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Description: The Ensembl project provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of, mainly vertebrate, genome sequences. This one-day hands-on workshop offers a comprehensive practical introduction to the use of the Ensembl genome browser as well as essential background information. Non-vertebrate genomes at a related project, may also be explored. Further information concerning course content is available. A course timetable is also available.

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Target audience:

• Our courses are open to all who might benefit
• Booking priority is given to people from Cambridge University and Collaborating Institutes
• Individual Course fees are required only from External participants not from Collaborating Institutes

Duration: One full day session

Sessions:

Number of sessions: 1

Date	Time	Venue	Trainer
Tue 2 Apr	09:30 - 17:30	Department of Genetics, Room G12	Giullietta Spudich , Denise Carvalho-Silva , Emily Pritchard

Format: Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

Frequency: A number of times per year

Prerequisites:

• Graduate level in Life Sciences

Aims: To enable participants to browse the Ensembl Databases with confidence

Topics covered:

• Introduction to Ensembl: origin, goals and organization of the Ensembl project
• Worked example: guided tour of the most important pages of the Ensembl website
• Data mining with BioMart: retrieving genomic information using the web interface (no programming required).
• Understanding genes and transcripts in Ensembl
• Finding sequence variants (polymorphisms such as SNPs and CNVs)
• Comparative genomics (homology and cross-species comparisons)

Notes:

• None of our current courses require you to bring your own computer, however, if you want to bring a laptop and have it online we can arrange access via the University Lapwing wireless service
• Participants are encouraged to bring problems/questions about their research to try to tackle these during the workshop using Ensembl

Theme: SBS Practical Bioinformatics Training: Specialized Topics