EMBL-EBI: Protein Sequence Databases with UniProt

Beginners

This workshop aims to give the scientific community hands on experience on how to access and effectively use protein data in UniProt. UniProt is a high-quality, comprehensively and thoroughly annotated protein resource. Participants will be able to access detailed information on protein function and millions of protein sequences in the UniProt knowledgebase, including isoforms and disease variants.

Also note: This event is part of a series of short introductions focusing on EMBL-EBI resources. If you want to learn more about these separate training events, see the Related Courses section below.

The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no wheelchair or level access available to this level.

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

• This workshop is suitable for researchers interested in different aspects of proteins including their sequences and functions.
• Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
• Please be aware that these courses are only free for registered University of Cambridge students. All other participants will be charged a registration fee in some form. Registration fees and further details regarding the charging policy are available here.
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here

No previous bioinformatics experience is required, but an undergraduate level understanding of biology would be an advantage.

Number of sessions: 1

Bioinformatics, Data retrieval, Database search, Proteins

After this course you should be able to:

• identify information about all aspects of a protein of interest such as function, interactions, disease association, etc
• investigate protein homology via sequence similarity searches and alignments
• use UniProt to connect to specialised resources in different areas of biology
• access proteomes for completely sequenced organisms
• download customised datasets

During this course you will learn about:

• All the UniProt resources, in particular UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB)
• How to search UniProtKB
• How to use the analysis tools available in UniProtKB
• Ways of programmatic access to UniProtKB
• How to explore new visual representation of positional features including genetic variants and proteomics data from UniProt and other Large Scale Studies

A mixture of presentations and "hands on" exercises

• Free for registered University of Cambridge students
• £ 50/day for all University of Cambridge staff, including postdocs, temporary visitors (students and researchers) and participants from Affiliated Institutions. Please note that these charges are recovered by us at the Institutional level
• It remains the participant's responsibility to acquire prior approval from the relevant group leader, line manager or budget holder to attend the course. It is requested that people booking only do so with the agreement of the relevant party as costs will be charged back to your Lab Head or Group Supervisor.
• £ 50/day for all other academic participants from external Institutions and charitable organizations. These charges must be paid at registration
• £ 100/day for all Industry participants. These charges must be paid at registration
• Further details regarding the charging policy are available here

0.5

Once a year

Related

• Protein Structure Analysis
• EMBL-EBI: Network Analysis with Cytoscape (ONLINE LIVE TRAINING)
• EMBL-EBI: An Introduction to Sequence Searching
• EMBL-EBI: Transcriptomics Data and Tools (ONLINE LIVE TRAINING)
• EMBL-EBI: Interactions & Pathways
• EMBL-EBI: European Variation Archive
• EMBL-EBI: Introduction to Interpro
• EMBL-EBI: Introduction to the European Nucleotide Sequence Archive (Online)
• EMBL-EBI: Ontologies in life sciences - examples from GO and EFO