Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - Computational analyses in health and life sciences

*The recognition of ECTS depends on your home university. 

This CIVIS course consists of 23 sessions happening over five days from 9.00 to 5.00 CET

For further information or if you have any questions, please send an e-mail to: 

• Thorsten Schmidt & André F. Martins (organisers)
• Martina Ebi (administrative support)

Requirements

This CIVIS course is open to motivated Bachelor's, Master and PhD students at one of CIVIS member universities. 

A B2 level of English is recommended. 

Undergraduate students should have already acquired 90 credits in their field of study or 3 semesters of study.

Schedule of the course

The CIVIS course will consist of a blended mixture of carefully selected traditional lectures, workshops, and tutorials structured into five different sessions on the five days of the course. In particular, it will consist of the following sessions:

Day 1 -  Basics and technologies

During the first session "basics and technologies", participants will understand the need for large-scale data in research projects and how to use public open-access databases. Moreover, they will learn 3D modelling of macromolecules and gain insight into different technologies for next-generation sequencing applications.

Day 2 - NGS I: analysis of next-generation sequencing data

The second day of the CIVIS summer school is dedicated to data analysis generated via next-generation sequencing (NGS). The participants will learn the man steps in an NGS data analysis pipeline and introduce the concepts of bioinformatic data analysis of genomic data. Moreover, students will learn strategies of how identified sequence variants can be interpreted towards identifying pathogenic mutations.

Day 3 - NGS II: interpretation of next-generation sequencing data

After dealing with the analysis of next-generation sequencing data on the second day, day 3 will focus on interpreting such data. Participants will be guided by identifying a potentially pathogenic mutation to the diagnosis of a disease and how "omics" approaches and functional analyses can assist this process.

Day 4 - Protein structure and function

Day 4 will focus on the computational analysis of proteins. The participants will learn protein structure databases and protein structure prediction, which applications are available, and the limitations of such predictions.

Day 5 - Compounds and imaging

Identifying an underlying genetic mutation and predicting the protein structure does not necessarily lead to the identification of a cure for a disease. Therefore, day 5 will focus on identifying (potentially) active compounds using bioinformatical and screening approaches and strategies for translational imaging and the preclinical analysis of compounds.

Application process

Applicants should fill in this application file and send it along with their CV to this email address. The application deadline is 5 April 2022.

Selected students will be notified by the end of April 2022.

This CIVIS course will be held in the buildings of the Tübingen University Hospital. Participating students might be asked to provide COVID-19 immunization proof when entering the university hospital depending on the regulations in force in July.

Assessment

Students can claim 3 ECTS for their attendance, the preparation and the presentation of a poster at this CIVIS course. Students will have the option to participate in a written exam at the end of summer school if a grade is needed. This exam will be held in a multiple-choice format using questions set by the lecturers of the course.

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