RNA-seq Bioinformatics: A Practical Introduction Mapping, Visualization, Basic Analyses May 13th - 14th 2013, Leipzig, Germany

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RNA-seq Bioinformatics: A Practical Introduction
Mapping, Visualization, Basic Analyses

May 13th - 14th 2013, Leipzig, Germany


Scope and Topics

The purpose of this workshop is to get a deeper understanding in High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) with a special focus on bioinformatics issues. Advantages and disadvantages of current sequencing machines and their implications on data analysis will be discovered. The participants will be trained on understanding their own HTS data, finding potential problems/errors and finally start writing their own pipelines. In the course we will use a real-life RNA-seq dataset from the current market leader Illumina.

All analyses will be performed using cloud services. By saving their final cloud-images, the participants will be able to reuse all tools/pipelines and to continue their analyses after the workshop (platform independently: Windows, Mac OS, Linux).

This course will be limited to 15 participants, ideally with similar knowledge base, to allow personal assistance and efficient learning. After registration, participants will be selected on the basis of their background and in order of incoming registrations.
Speakers

David Langenberger (ecSeq Bioinformatics) started working with small non-coding RNAs in 2006. Since 2009 he uses HTS technolgies to investigate these short regulatory RNAs as well as other targets. He has been part of several large HTS projects, for example the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC).

Christian Otto (University of Leipzig) is one of the developers of the read mapping tool segemehl and is an expert on implementing efficient algorithms for HTS data analysis.

Mario Fasold (ecSeq Bioinformatics) works in the analysis of microarray data since 2007 and developed several tools such as the Bioconductor package AffyRNADegradation and the Larpack program package. Since 2011 he has analysed HTS datasets in several projects.

Ole Menssing (Illumina)


Key Dates

Closing Date of Applications: February 22nd 2013
Confirmation of Attendance: February 26th 2013
Workshop: May 13th-14th 2013 (8:00 - 18:00)


Attendance

Location: UFZ Conference Venue, Leipzig, Germany.
Language: English
Available seats: 15
Registration fee: 1,160 EUR + 19% VAT = 1,380.40 EUR
Travel expenses and accommodation are not covered by the registration fee.


Contact

ecSeq Bioinformatics
Brandvorwerkstr.43
04275 Leipzig
Germany