The Fundamentals of Bioinformatics Training Program provides participants with foundational knowledge and hands-on experience in key bioinformatics tools and techniques. This program combines biology, computer science, and statistics to analyze and interpret biological data, preparing participants for careers in research, healthcare, and biotechnology.
Master DNA and protein sequence alignment techniques
Learn to navigate and extract data from biological databases
Visualize and analyze protein structures in 3D
Definition, importance, and connections to genomics, proteomics, and drug discovery
GenBank, EMBL, UniProt, KEGG, PDB and practical database navigation
DNA/protein sequences, alignment techniques (BLAST, Clustal Omega), scoring matrices
ORF prediction tools and functional annotation (GO terms, COG, Pfam)
Tree construction methods (Neighbor-Joining, Maximum Likelihood)
Protein structure visualization, homology modeling (SWISS-MODEL), docking
Genome assembly overview, RNA-Seq basics, mass spectrometry data
Drug discovery, personalized medicine, agriculture, metagenomics