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Description: 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.

Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by email.

Target audience:

• All University members (this includes colleges and departments)
• External participants (where spaces are available)
• The workshop is primarily targeted at wetlab researchers
• Further details regarding Graduate School of Life Sciences' eligibility criteria are available

Duration: One full day session

Sessions:

Number of sessions: 1

Date	Time	Venue	Trainer
Tue 27 Nov	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:

• Basic computing skills
• Graduate level in Life Sciences

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

Topics covered (session 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
• Evaluating genes and transcripts: how are Ensembl gene and transcripts predictions made?

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