ANNOUNCEMENT!

Four NCBI Mini-courses

Lectures and Hands-on Computer Workshops

Thursday, April 5, 2007 - Friday, April 6, 2007

NOTE: Registration is closed.

All lectures will take place in Room 31 (Lower Level) at Parks Library. The computer lab sessions will take place in Room 32 (Lower Level) at Parks Library and Room 1340 at the Molecular Biology Building. Lab assignments were sent to registrants via email on 4/3/07.

Also, please print off the following handouts to bring to class on Thursday and Friday.

HANDOUTS AND SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 5 -

Lecture: 9:00 am - 10:30 am. Lab begins at 11:00 am.
Structure Analysis Quick Start (20 page PDF) ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/minicourses/IowaSt/structure032907.pdf

Lecture: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Lab begins at 3:00 pm.
BLAST Quick Start (18 page PDF) ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/minicourses/IowaSt/blast032907.pdf OR (PPT file) ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/minicourses/IowaSt/blast032907.ppt

Friday, April 6 -

Lecture: 9:00 am - 10:30 am. Lab begins at 11:00 am.
Identification of Disease Genes (21 page PDF) ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/minicourses/IowaSt/IdentificationDisease032907.pdf

Lecture: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm. Lab begins at 3:00 pm.
Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences (28 page PDF) ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/minicourses/IowaSt/MakingSense032907.pdf

WHAT:

Parks Library is hosting the presentation of four NCBI Mini-courses. Each course is 2 1/2 hours in length with the first 1 1/2 hours devoted to an overview that is followed by a 1 hour hands-on computer session. The mini-courses will be taught by two biologists from the NCBI User Services staff.

Mini-Course Information

The following courses are being offered:

• Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences [class description]
• Identification of Disease Genes [class description]
• BLAST Quick Start [class description]
• Structure Analysis Quick Start [class description]

WHEN:

Thursday, April 5, 2007 and Friday, April 6, 2007

WHERE:

The lecture portion of each mini-course will be held in Room 31 (lower level) at Parks Library.

For each mini-course, there will be two hands-on computer sessions held simultaneously in Room 32 (computer lab) at Parks Library and in Room 1340 (computer lab) at the Molecular Biology Building.

NOTE: Due to limited space, pre-registration is required!! The lecture portion of each mini-course will be held in Room 31 at Parks Library. This room can accommodate 65 people.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

The course is designed for faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and others in the life sciences who work with biological sequence data. Because seating is limited, the course is not recommended for most undergraduate students.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Friday, April 6, 2007

Registration Information - Registration is closed. Email Andrea Dinkelman for information regarding late registration.

Please read carefully.

• Pre-registration is required for each mini-course. If you register and find that you cannot attend, please email Andrea Dinkelman, adinkelm@iastate.edu

• If you wish to attend the hands-on lab session, you must attend the lecture. Register for the lecture and the lab session on the form.

• If you do not want to attend the hands-on lab session, you may register for the lecture only.

• Because of anticipated interest in the mini-courses, I suspect they will fill quickly. I will maintain a waiting list.

Questions or Concerns?

Please contact:

Andrea Dinkelman, Assistant Professor/Science & Technology Librarian
Email: adinkelm@iastate.edu
Office: 152 Parks Library
Phone: 515-294-6943

Last updated 04/04/2007