Using the Ensembl Genome Browser BeginnersPrerequisites
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.
This course will focus on the vertebrate genomes in Ensembl, however much of what will be covered is also applicable to the non-vertebrates (plants, bacteria, fungi, metazoa and protists) in Ensembl Genomes.
There may be some tools and topics that do not apply to non-vertebrates; if you have any questions about this, please email the Ensembl Outreach Project Leader, Emily Perry.
Applicants for this course are requested to complete a pre-course survey. This will be used to tailor the course content to the audience research interests and background.
Further information is available here.
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- Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here
- Further details regarding the charging policy are available here
- Basic computing skills
- Graduate level in Life Sciences
- Knowledge of basic genetics and basic bioinformatics terminology is very helpful for this course
Number of sessions: 1
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
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1 | Mon 22 Jun 2015 09:30 - 17:00 | 09:30 - 17:00 | Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building | map | Denise Carvalho-Silva |
- 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
- Comparative genomics and proteomics: orthologues, protein families, whole genome alignments and syntenic regions
- Variation: SNPs and other polymorphisms, haplotypes, linkage disquilibrium, structual variants like CNVs
To enable participants to access genomes with confidence
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
- 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
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