UCD announces a new Bioinformatics Course

University College Dublin, in conjunction with GPlusE project, announces a new certificate course in bioinformatics to be held in the summer 2018.

When: To be confirmed. Dates based on Interest level: July/August/September 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