A course is being organized in Prague, hosted by the Czech ELIXIR Node lead institute in cooperation with the nodes involved in ELIXIR-EXCELERATE task 10.3 “Capacity Building in Genome Assembly and Annotation”. Some of the most experienced assembly and annotation experts in Europe will be teaching at the course.
The course is aimed at researchers interested in learning more about genome assembly and annotation. It will include information useful for both the beginner and the more advanced user. We will start by introducing general concepts and then continue to step-by-step describe all major components of a genome assembly and annotation workflow, from raw data all the way to a final assembled and annotated genome. There will be a mix of lectures and hands-on practical exercises using command line Linux. After the course the participants will be aware of common practices and commonly used tools and be able to run assembly and annotation projects on their own.
Workshop Programme
Preliminary programme, note that details might change. We will confirm the final programme prior to the course start. Lunch and coffee breaks to be included at a later stage as well.
Day 1 Wednesday Oct 12
Day 2 Thursday Oct 13
Day 3 Friday Oct 14
Working Dinner at Restaurace pod Juliskou
After this course, what kind of support would you need to efficiently continue to work with your own data?
- Looking at your own bioinformatics needs, what do you see as the greatest challenge in bioinformatics just now? Availability of compute resources? Training? Other?
- What other types of courses would you like ELIXIR to offer?
- Would you be interested in a short internship (1-2 weeks) at an expert bioinformatics center in another European country?
Venue
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR
Flemingovo náměstí 2, Prague 6
Building A, 4th floor
The Institute carries out fundamental research in organic chemistry, biochemistry and related disciplines, focusing in particular on medical and environmental applications. The IOCB is also the Node representative and coordinator of the ELIXIR CZ infrastructure.
Contacts
Entry requirements
Some experience in Linux command line is needed to participate in the practical exercises. Experience of Next Generation Sequencing data is recommended. Scripting/programming experience not necessary.
It is expected that you bring your own laptop for the workshop.
Registration
Registration is closed.
Registration is limited to max 30 participants due to the training room capacity.
Cost
Travel expenses and lodging need to be covered by each participant individually. Czech Node will cover the meeting costs.
Lodging
Bed and breakfast type of accommodation has been pre-booked with the below mentioned hotels in the vicinity of the workshop venue. Variety of rooms is available, approximate cost for single room is 50-60€, for double room 70-80€.
If you want to have the accommodation organised by us, please fill in the following Doodle poll by 20.9.2016 indicating the dates of your stay and room preference. Room preference will be taken into consideration, but is subject to availability.
If you want to share room with other participant, please inform us by email to tereza.votrubova@uochb.cas.cz.
Lodging details (exact location and dates) will be confirmed to each participant by end September.
Unfortunately the organizing team is unable to handle accommodation requests after Sep 20th. Do not hesitate to contact us though, if you struggle with hotel booking after this date.
Vila Lanna
V sadech 1
160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic
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