Bioinformatics for Core Facility Managers
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Date:
Tuesday 12 - Thursday 14 June 2018Venue:
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) - Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United KingdomApplication opens:
Monday 13 November 2017Application deadline:
Friday 23 March 2018Participation:
Open application with selectionContact:
Charlotte PeartonRegistration fee:
£560 (with accommodation)Registration closed
Overview
Bioinformatics core facilities play an essential role in enabling research in the molecular life sciences. This is constantly evolving as new research tools emerge, as experiments become increasingly data intensive, and as their clients – experimental researchers – become more exposed to the power of data-driven biology. This is an opportunity for managers of core facilities to learn directly from EMBL-EBI’s service teams, from each other and from potential users.
This course is organised in parallel with Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators to maximise opportunities for networking. Shared sessions are highlighted in bold.
Audience
This course is aimed at aspiring, new and experienced managers of bioinformatics core facilities, or other facilities that support their users to analyse and interpret large biomolecular data sets.
Syllabus, tools and resources
Outcomes
After this course you should be able to:
- Identify the strengths and limitations of your core facility
- Develop plans to overcome (or circumvent) your limitations
- Familiarise yourself and your team members with new public databases and tools, and with the latest developments in established services
- Support the development of appropriate bioinformatics skills among users of your core facility
Programme
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Day 1 – Tuesday 12 June 2018 |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch and registration | |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Course introduction and introduction to EMBL-EBI | Cath Brooksbank |
| 13:30-14:00 | Keynote: The evolving role of bioinformatics core facilities | Sarah Butcher |
| 14:00-15:15 | Models for core facility set up | Alex Sossick and Ezgi Karaca |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Tools for streamlining data analysis | Eduardo Sanz Garcia |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Participants' perspectives - challenges and expectations | Sarah Morgan and Cath Brooksbank |
| 18:00 | Drinks and dinner with delegates from Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators | |
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Day 2 – Wednesday 13 June 2018 |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 | Designing your core facility services | Vera Matser, Ezgi Karaca and Andrew Hercules |
| 10:00 -11:00 | Data challenges in the life sciences: EMBL-EBI perspective | Ewan Birney |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Designing your core facility services | Vera Matser, Ezgi Karaca and Andrew Hercules |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Service budgets | Sarah Butcher |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Service budgets | Sarah Butcher |
| 17:00 | Case study on data security and research infrastructures | Gary Saunders |
| 18:00 | Day end | |
| 18:30 | Drinks and dinner with delegates from Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators | |
| Day 3 – Thursday 14 June 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Data management for you and your users | Marta Teperek and Yasemin Turkyilmaz-van der Velden |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Supporting Initiatives - CORBEL, ELIXIR, RItrain | Vera Matser, Elixir Hub Team and Cath Brooksbank |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:30 | Collaborative team working | Conrad Bessant |
| 14:30-15:30 | Collaboration and networking workshop (with Coffee) | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Course wrap up and feedback | Cath Brooksbank |
| 16:00 | Course end | |