LearningLab
Enhancing Biology Teaching Using Biological Databases
EMBL-EBI Hinxton, 8 - 10 March 2010
| Monday, 8 March 2010 | |
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Different types of biological data: genes, proteins and databases |
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| 13:00-13:30 | Registration |
| 13:30-13:45 | Welcome and Introduction |
| 13:45-15:00 | Icebreaker activity - An introduction to bioinformatics |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee/tea break |
| 15:30-16:15 | Presentation: A tour of EMBL-EBI databases and resources |
| 16:15-17:30 | Activity: Exploring genomes – a treasure hunt on the Internet |
| 17:45 | Buses depart for hotel in Cambridge |
| Tuesday, 9 March 2010 | |
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Comparing organisms: from Darwin to databases |
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| 09:00 - 10:15 | Presentation: Introduction to species comparison |
| 10:15-11:00 | Activity: DNA to Darwin Part 1 |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee/tea break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Activity: DNA to Darwin Part 2 |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30 - 15:00 | Activity: Introduction to protein sequence and structure evolution Part 1 |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee/tea break |
| 15:30-16:30 | Activity: Introduction to protein sequence and structure evolution Part 2 |
| 17:00 | Buses depart for Cambridge, Christ’s College tour and dinner |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | |
| Differences within species: why are we different? | |
| 09:30-10:15 | Presentation: SNPs and human variation |
| 10:15-11:30 | Activity: Comparison of human SNPs |
| 11:30-14:15 | Split group sessions: coffee/tea break; roundtable discussion of use of teaching resources; tour of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute sequencing centre |
| 14:15-14:30 | Feed back roundtable discussions to whole group |
| 14:30-15:15 | Presentation: Copy number variation |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee/tea break |
| 15:45-17:15 | Activity: Genetic variation and disease |
| 17:15-17:30 | Course evaluation |
| 17:45 | Buses depart for Cambridge central rail station and hotel |