Stephen Turner listed a great selection of resources, courses, and training opportunities on his blog, Getting Genetics Done. Among the things listed are online and in-person training sessions, as well as a host of other awesome resources. Thanks, Stephen!
Entries Tagged as 'research'
List of bioinformatics workshops/training materials
April 4th, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments
Tags:2013, bioinformatics, research, tutorial
Rare Disease Day
February 29th, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments
Today is Rare Disease Day – an opportunity to improve awareness of rare diseases and improve support of research and support efforts for patients and their families. From NIH News: Rare Disease Day was established to raise public awareness about rare diseases, the challenges encountered by those affected, and the importance of research to develop [...]
NCBI and IPv6
February 21st, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments
From NCBI: NCBI now supports IPv6 (beta) for data downloads at http://bit.ly/xiQAsj. More information at http://1.usa.gov/x655AL . Please note that NCBI will be taking part in the World IPv6 Launch (http://www.worldipv6launch.org/). On that day (currently anticipated as June 6, 2012), we plan to add IPv6 service to our main FTP Server (http://bit.ly/yerWAX) and shortly thereafter [...]
Tags:2012, bioinformatics, Information, NCBI, research, science
Tutorials and lecture materials from NCBI and NHGRI
November 30th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
I am constantly surprised by the amount of great instructional material available in topics related to genomics and bioinformatics. It is unfortunate that there isn’t a “master list” somewhere of all of the instructional available from NIH-related efforts (hint hint). Until that happens, I’ll try to share resources as I find them. Here are some [...]
Tags:bioinformatics, BLAST, course, data, database, education, genetic, genome, genomics, informatics, Information, NCBI, NHGRI, research, science, tool, tutorial
Graduate Students: Attend the 62nd Annual Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany
October 24th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
ANNOUNCEMENT from Research News: Graduate Student Awards to Attend the 62nd Annual Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Lindau, Germany, July 1 – July 6, 2012 Internal WU Deadline: 12:00 NOON CST, ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics, and physiology/medicine convene annually in Lindau, Germany, to have open [...]
Informational Lunch Meeting for The Young Scientist Program – September 22nd
September 8th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
An important invitation from YSP: The Young Scientist Program invites Students, Post Docs, Technicians, and PIs along with past and current volunteers to an informational lunch and activity fair on Thursday, September 22nd at 12pm in Holden Auditorium, FLTC. Please RSVP if you can to Jennifer Mosher at 362-4841 or by email at mosherj@wusm.wustl.edu. If [...]
Tags:2011, Information, lab life, research, science, Washington University
NCBI C++ Toolkit v7.0.0 available
June 28th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
From NCBI: The NCBI C++ Toolkit v7.0.0 is now available from the FTP site. The Toolkit contains C++ language sources of NCBI software that can be used to build standalone BLAST, Sequin, Cn3D, and other NCBI tools and utilities. Also check out the The NCBI C++ Toolkit Book, Edited by Denis Vakatov, on the NCBI [...]
Tags:2011, bioinformatics, BLAST, genomics, informatics, Information, NCBI, NIH, research, software
Happy 20th Anniversary, YSP!
June 6th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
Today marks an important milestone for one of the most impactful outreach programs at Washington University, the 20th anniversary of the Young Scientist Program. Students, volunteers, alumni, teachers, PIs, and supporters of YSP will gather at the School of Medicine for a day-long symposium today. Among the highlights are: A welcome from Dean Shapiro Presentations [...]
Tags:2011, AAAS, research, science, Washington University
Lecture Announcement: Bioinformatics (data, databases, & software)
May 2nd, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
I am really excited to close out the “Genomic Techniques and Analysis” section of the Introduction to Genomic Medicine lecture series today with an introduction to bioinformatics and suggestions of how you can apply tools and databases to research. I’ll cover a number of topics, including: some general concepts to keep in mind when searching/using/analyzing [...]
Tags:2011, bioinformatics, BLAST, data, database, event, genome browser, ICTS, informatics, Information, NCBI, research, St. Louis, tutorial, Washington University
Lecture Announcement: Common & Rare Variance
April 3rd, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
There is increasing evidence that many of the common diseases plaguing our healthcare system – heart disease, high cholesterol, cancer, diabetes, obesity - are mediated by a highly variable and individually unique assortment of genetic variants that are rare across the general population. Today’s discussion will present the conceptual differences between genetic mutations that are common versus rare across [...]
Tags:2011, genomics, ICTS, research, Washington University
