Bioinformatics: Using the Ensembl Genome Browser

BeginnersPrerequisites

The Ensembl project provides a comprehensive and integrated source of annotation of, mainly vertebrate, genome sequences. This one-day workshop offers a comprehensive practical introduction to the use of the Ensembl genome browser as well as essential background information. Further information is available here.

Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to Book or register Interest by linking here.

• 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

• Basic computing skills
• Graduate level in Life Sciences
• Knowledge of basic genetics and basic bioinformatics terminology is very helpful for this course

Number of sessions: 1

• 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 datasets using the data mining tool BioMart
• Comparative genomics and proteomics: orthologues, protein families, whole genome alignments and syntenic regions
• Variation: SNPs and other polymorphisms, haplotypes, linkage disquilibrium, structual variants like CNVs

To enable participants to access genomes with confidence

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

• 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

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A number of times per year