University of Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, Costa Rica
13Dec2021
This course will introduce crop biologists to methods and approaches for analysing crop genomics data for genotyping. During the course participants will learn about genotyping experimental design, variant calling, comparative genomics using Ensembl, analyse variation data…
This introductory knowledge exchange workshop is an opportunity for managers of bioinformatics core facilities in both formal and informal positions, to learn from various core facility managers across Latin America and EMBL-EBI, from each other, and from potential users of…
This course will provide training on using R in genomics applications for crop biodiversity. The first day will cover the basics of biodiversity and R, before analyzing various genomes to assess biodiversity. This will include hierarchical clustering, correlating genomic data…
Bioinformatics is fast becoming an integral component of all biological projects. The deluge of genomic information has also opened up the possibility of asking new questions using only publicly available data and a personal computer. This course will go beyond bioinformatic…
Faculty of Natural Sciences - University of Buenos Aires (FCEN-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
02Dec2019
In this course participants will learn the basics of metagenomics, covering experimental design and workflows, moving through to microbiome analysis via metabarcoding and shotgun metagenomics. The course theme will be the use of metagenomics oriented to biodiversity.
International Potato Center (CIP), La Molina, Peru
09Apr2019
Many Latin American countries are hotspots for biodiversity, most of which have been characterized only to a very limited extent. This course aims to provide knowledge on available approaches, methods and tools to perform studies on biodiversity employing modern high-…
Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza / Institute of Agricultural biology (IBAM), Mendoza, Argentina
06Nov2019
This course will provide training on RNAseq data production and interpretation. The course starts with a brief introduction to RNA-seq and discusses quality control issues. Next, we will present the alignment step, quantification of expression and differential expression…
IHEM - Instituto de Histología y Embriología - CCT CONICET Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
06Nov2019
In this course, participants will learn the necessary theoretical background and basic tools of molecular target identification in pathogens and building of compound libraries for virtual screening. We also will introduce general concepts of molecular docking simulations.
The aim of this workshop is to introduce researchers to the field of Chemoinformatics, especially in the areas of Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD) and Ligand-Based Drug Design (LBDD). Trainees will cover the use of protein, ligand and drug databases, protein modelling,…
CABANA workshops are modelled on EMBL-EBI off-site courses and tailored to the research interests of our hosts.
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