Date: 30 May - 3 June 1994, Campinas, Brazil
Organizers:
- Vanderlei P. Canhos, Base de Dados Tropical, Brazil
- Sándor Pongor
Faculty: Wim Degrave (FIOCRUZ, Brazi)
David Judge (University of Cambridge, UK)
Gary Olsen (University of Illinois, USA)
Goran Neshich (EMBRAPA-CENARGEN, Brazil)
Instructors: Heitor L.C. Coutinho (BDT, Brazil),
Valeria Bevilacqua (ICGEB, Italy)
Carlos A. Brefe, BDT, Brazil
Topics: Computer Communications, Networking on Internet;
Electronic Mail, Bulletin Boards;
Bioinformatics resources: BMBBnet, BDTnet, ICGEBnet;
Molecular Biology Databases;
Sequence comparison and alignment techniques;
Microbial Strain Data Network (MSDN);
Ribosomal Database Projectand its applications
for phylogenetic studies;
Round table on Latin American networking options;
PROGRAMME
Monday 30/05/94
8:30 - 9:00 - Registration
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome and overview of workshop.
Vanderlei P. Canhos
9:30 - 10:30
ICGEB and ICGEBnet.
Sandor Pongor
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break.
11:00 - 12:30
BDTnet and BMBBnet
Vanderlei Canhos and Goran Neschich
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
The Internet: tools and resources
Wim Degrave+ instructors
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break.
16:00 - 17:30
Practical: Navigating on the Internet
Wim Degrave + instructors
Tuesday 31/05/94
9:00 - 10:00
Biological information on Internet: from genes to ecossystems
Vanderlei Canhos and Goran Neschich
10:00 - 11:00
Molecular Sequence Databases
Wim Degrave and Goran Neschich
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Accessing Sequence Databases
Wim Degrave and Goran Neschich
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Introduction to GCG
Wim Degrave
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30
Practical: GCG applications
Wim Degrave and David Judge
Wednesday 01/06/94
9:00 - 10:30
The Ribosomal Database Project
Gary Olsen
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Practical: Phylogenetic analysis (RDP and GDE)
Gary Olsen
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
Practical: Phylogenetic analysis (RDP and GDE)
Gary Olsen
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:30
Designing PCR primers.
David Judge
16:30 - 17:30
Practical: Designing PCR primers
David Judge
Thursday 02/06/94
9:00 - 10:30
Staden package
David Judge
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Practical: Staden Package
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Studying proteins, motifs and 3-D structures
Sandor Pongor
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Practical: Studying proteins, motifs and 3-D structures
Sandor Pongor
Friday 03/06/94
9:00 - 10:00
Microbial strain databases
Vanderlei P. Canhos
10:00 - 10:30
Practical: Accessing microbial strain databases
10:30 - 11:00
Coffe break
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture: Gary Olsen
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Round table: Latin American networking options.
Chairman: Vanderlei P. Canhos