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Education: Introductory course in bioinformatics--Kenya
Submitted by Erik Bongcam-Rudloff; posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 (2 comments)
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LOCALE: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
DATES: 14th-16th August 2006
Organized by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Biosciences East and Central Africa (BECA) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
OBJECTIVES
The ILRIBECA EMBNet node is presenting an introductory course in Bioinformatics for scientists in East and Central Africa in collaboration with SLU, funded by FORMAS-SIDA. The objective of the course is to introduce young scientists to, and encourage application of, bioinformatics/computational biology in their research and to present some of the biological resources available on the ILRIBECA bioinformatics platform.
TOPICS
- Single sequence analysis
- Homology searches
- Online resources for references
- Biological databases and database formats - Ensembl
- Patterns and Profiles
- wEMBOSS - a web interface to the popular EMBOSS software package for biological sequence analysis.
COST
There is no cost for the course, and all material and refreshments during the course are free. All travel and accommodation costs to be covered by participants.
HOW TO APPLY
As only 25 participants can be accepted, participants will be selected from as wide as possible a range of institutions/groups. In order to be considered, please register before 21 July 2006. Successful participants will be notified by 24 July 2006.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dr. Etienne de Villiers
Bioinformatics Group Leader
International Livestock Research Institute
PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
Phone +(254 20) 4223000 Fax +(254 20) 4223001
Email: e.villiers[at]cgiar.org
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I am looking forward to attend the introductory course in bionformatics at ILRI, Kenya. We need to know how to download the application form. I am certain that this will be exciting and will go a great way in capacity building in this new field.
Bosibori Bett, KARI, Kenya
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I have found the application form. Thankyou.
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