[ngs-announce] MSU course in Next-Gen Sequencing Data Analysis, June 6th-June 17th

[C. Titus Brown]

Analyzing Next-Generation Sequencing Data

June 6th - June 17th, 2011
Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University

Instructors: Dr. C. Titus Brown, Dr. Ian Dworkin, and Dr. Istvan Albert.

Applications must be received by March 25th for full consideration.

More information and application link here:

   http://bioinformatics.msu.edu/ngs-summer-course-2011

Course Description:

This intensive two week summer course will introduce students with a strong
biology background to the practice of analyzing short-read sequencing data from
Roche 454, Illumina GA2, ABI SOLiD, Pacific Biosciences, and other next-gen
platforms. The first week will introduce students to computational thinking and
large-scale data analysis on UNIX platforms. The second week will focus on
mapping, assembly, and analysis of short-read data for resequencing, ChIP-seq,
and RNAseq.

No prior programming experience is required, although familiarity with some
programming concepts is helpful, and bravery in the face of the unknown is
necessary. 2 years or more of graduate school in a biological science is
strongly suggested.

Students will gain practical experience in:

    * Python and bash shell scripting
    * cloud computing/Amazon EC2
    * basic software installation on UNIX
    * installing and running maq, bowtie, and velvet
    * querying mappings and evaluating assemblies

Materials from last year's course are available at http://ged.msu.edu/angus/
under a Creative Commons/use+reuse license.

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Dr. C. Titus Brown, ctb at msu.edu
Asst Prof., Michigan State U.
http://ged.msu.edu/