Course in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology for Molecular
Biologists
March 22nd-26th, 2009
 
Location
Residential University Centre, Bertinoro di Romagna (Italy)
 
Course description
Bioinformatics as a young discipline has recently evolved to head for new
challenges. While the classical methods and tools were primarily directed to deal
with sequences,  individual biological molecules and the support of various
"omics" technologies, qualitative and quantitative models are becoming rapidly
essential for the understanding of complex biological processes. 
Interpretation of large amounts of data mapped to modules and networks are
main topics for the future research on the molecular level.
Knowledge about the potential of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology methods
becomes increasingly career-critical for young investigators. Molecular biologists
need to understand what bioinformatics is capable to do and where the limits
are, how to talk to the fellow bioinformatician and how to develop strategies for
their own work. Therefore, the course offers a comprehensive view onto
contemporary, frequently used approaches in bioinformatics for the interpretation
of biological data. 
Lectures and workshops address key topics relevant for the lab scientist. These
topics include genome and protein functional and structural interpretation, gene
regulation, bioinformatics of genetics as well as data integration and biological
information systems. In addition, analysis molecular networks, and the
compilation of qualitative and quantitative models will be presented. The course
comprises basic knowledge together with the state of the art. Topics are
presented by faculty members with sound experience in the field. The audience
addressed are Ph.D. students as well as post-docs. Prerequisites should be a
sound biological and some basic knowledge in bioinformatics (e.g. BLAST etc.).
 
Directors
H. W. Mewes (Munich, Germany)
 
Faculty
D. Frishman (Munich, Germany), L. J. Jensen (Munich, Germany), R. Küffner
(Munich, Germany), K. Nenova (Munich, Germany), T. Rattei ( Munich, Germany), 
M. Scherf (Munich, Germany), V. Stümpflen (Munich, Germany), K. Suhre
(Munich, Germany), D. Wittmann (Munich, Germany), M. Wijst (Munich,
Germany),  R. Zimmer (Munich, Germany)