31 de marzo de 2011

Curso 'Next Generation Sequence Analysis: Practice and Departure to New Frontiers'

Hola,
en el 11 GABI Status Meeting, que tuvo lugar recientemente en Alemania,
nos anunciaron el siguiente taller de verano, que tendrá lugar en el mes de Agosto:

'Next Generation Sequence Analysis: Practice and Departure to New Frontiers'
organized by: R. Fries (Animal Breeding, TUM), T. Meitinger (Human Genetics, TUM), K.F.X. Mayer (MIPS, Helmholtz Zentrum München), T. Strom (Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München)

-> OPEN FOR APPLICATION! (see link below)

Dates:       08.08. – 15.08.2011
Location:  Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany
Description:
The Synbreed Summer School provides an introduction to next generation sequence analysis for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in animal and plant breeding. The course consists of a practical part with hands-on exercises guided by experienced Synbreed scientists and guest lecturers covering the frontiers of next gen sequencing in animal and plant improvement.
Program Overview:
  • Practice the pipeline from next gen sequence reads to annotated variants (alignment, visualization, variant calling, imputing and annotation)
  • Visiting the sequencing facility of the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
  • Guest lectures about advances in sequencing technology, genome assembly, genomic selection, next gen population genomics, efficient computation and agricultural genome projects
  • Download preliminary programme
Target Group and Requirements:
  • The course is directed towards PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in animal and plant breeding
  • Knowledge of Linux and a scripting language (e.g. Phyton)
  • Dual-core processor equipped laptop with a recent Linux distribution (e.g. Ubuntu 10.10) and at least 150 GB free storage. Linux setup assistance will be provided during the introductory session.
Course language: English
Costs:
Course fee                                    500 Euro    
Participant in single bedroom*         826 Euro
Participant in double bedroom*        756 Euro
(*includes: full accommodation and meals)
Services at Course Location: please visit http://www.hdbl-herrsching.de.
Application deadline:  01.06.2011
Number of participants: 20

Contact:

Project Coordination Synbreed
Natalie Ohl / Wolf-Christian Saul
Chair of Plant Breeding
Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan
Technische Universität München
Emil-Ramann-Str. 4
D-85354 Freising
Ph.:    +49 (0)8161/71-5226
Fax:    +49 (0)8161/71-4511
Email: synbreed[at]wzw.tum.de

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