University College Dublin, in conjunction with GPlusE project, announces a new certificate course in bioinformatics. The course will be held from 30th July to 10th August 2018.
When: 30th July – 10th August 2018
Where: University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Belfield Campus, Dublin 4, Ireland
Apply by: 10th May 2018
Cost: € 1500
Outline:
- Basic scripting
- Introduction to next-generation sequencing
- Protein structure modelling and analysis
- Molecular evolution and phylogenetics
- Network biology
- SNP data and use in GWAS
- Biostatistics in R
Programme of topics:
- Genome structure, sequencing/assembly, annotation
- Next-generation sequencing
- LINUX/UNIX
- Biostatistics and exploratory data analysis in R
- Intro to evolutionary selection
- Population genomics
- Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
- Scripting for evolutionary simulation
- Population genetics/drift/selection
- Refining evolution Sims
- Tree-thinking/Darwin’s big idea
- Phylogenetics
- Network biology—Theory & Cytoscape
- Metabolic modelling/FBA
- Protein structure prediction
Entry Requirements: Undergraduate degree in Agriculture, Life Sciences or Veterinary Medicine
For further information please contact: suzanne.stewart@ucd.ie