Programme (overview)

Course Registration

Organizational and practical introduction

Welcome note and introduction

Opening overview 
(Peer Bork)

Mixer

Day 2
(August 11th)

Session 1:
"DNA Sequence Analysis in 2008"

Lecture 1:
traditional and new-generation DNA sequencing technologies: high-throughput sequencing of entire and partial genomes
(Francesca Ciccarelli)

Lecture 2:
Re-sequencing of genomes to uncover strain-differences and population variants
(Roland Krause)

Tutorial

Day 3
(August 12th)

Session 2:
"Protein domains and motifs"

Lecture 3:
Domain analysis
(Rebecca Wade)

Lecture 4:
Prediction of functional motifs in non-globular segments: post- translational modifications and translocation signals (Frank Eisenhaber)

Tutorial

Day 4
(August 13th)

Session 3:

"Evolution, gene duplication, and Data integration across organisms"

Lecture 5:
Gene duplication
(Mikita Suyama)

Lecture 5:
Phylogenetic tree reconstruction

( Shamil Sunyaev)

Tutorial

Social Event

Day 5
(August 14th)

Session 4:

"Functional modules"

Lecture 7:
Genomic context analysis
(Martijn Huynen)

Lecture 8:
Functional modules related to light in different organisms  (Christian von Mering)

Tutorial

Evening Discussion

Day 6
(August 15th)

Session 5:
Gene expression

Lecture 9:
Gene expression studies and interaction networks
(Roland Krause)

Lecture 10:
Genome tiling arrays and ultra-fast sequencing: gene expression and regulation at bp-level resolution
(Jan Korbel)

Afternoon session:
Insights and feedback on the course

Day 7
(August 16th)

Summary and Discussions

Presentation of research results by participants

Concluding Remarks