From zhu@iastate.edu Wed Jan 19 15:32:05 2005 Message-Id: Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:34:27 -0600 From: Zhiliang Hu Subject: Upcoming NCBI Training Opportunities To: Multiple Recipients of Special Issue: Upcoming Training Opportunities - Upcoming NCBI Field Guides The course, A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/FieldGuide/, is a lecture and hands-on computer workshop on GenBank and related databases covering effective use of the Entrez databases and search service, the BLAST similarity search engine, genome data and related resources. Locations of upcoming Field Guides: January 20 - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY January 22 - University of Maryland, College Park, MD January 26 - Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA January 28 - University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA - NCBI Mini-Courses NCBI bioinformatics mini-courses are either problem based or NCBI resource based. The courses are two hours in length with the first hour devoted to an overview that is followed by a one hour hands-on session. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/minicourses/ The courses are free and, with the exception of those sessions offered at CIT, are open to anyone who would like to attend. CIT sessions are open only to the NIH employees. The courses can be taken in any order. Upcoming NCBI mini-courses are listed below: January 27 - GenBank Quick Start, University of Mississippi, MS January 27 - Identification of Disease Genes, University of Mississippi, MS February 7 - LocusLink/Entrez Gene Quick Start, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA February 7 - Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA - Programming with NCBI BLAST® NCBI presents Programming with NCBI BLAST, a 3-day course including both lectures and computer workshops on effectively using NCBI BLAST within scripts, creating and maintaining local BLAST databases, and setting up a BLAST web server. Dates: February 16-18, 2005 During the course, participants will learn how to do the following: o Design effective BLAST search strategies o Create local BLAST databases and keep them current o Use NetBLAST and Standalone BLAST from within scripts o Script BLAST searches using the URL-API o Set up a BLAST Web Server The course is intended for bioinformatics and information specialists who are interested in accessing NCBI data in an automated fashion. A working knowledge of NCBI resources and the Perl scripting language is required. To enroll, see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/PowerTools/blast/course.html - NCBI Structure Course The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) presents Exploring 3D Molecular Structures Using NCBI Tools, a lecture and computer workshop on effectively using the NCBI databases, search services, and analysis tools that focus on 3D macromolecular structure data. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/Structure/course.html Locations of upcoming NCBI Structure courses: Feb 14 Biophysical Society, 49th Annual Meeting Long Beach, CA Feb 23 City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA Mar 30-31 Iowa State University Ames, IA Apr 25 Wadsworth Center, NY Health Dept. Albany, NY Jun 14-15 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Oct 11-12 Virginia Commenwealth University Richmond, VA Nov 1-2 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA