Interested in human genetic variation and interpretation? Is heritable variations your particular area of interest ? Are you looking forward to expand your repertoire for Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies? Want to whet your current skills and know more about new tools and techniques for NGS analysis?
Explore the four-day course on Genetic variant analysis with hands-on tutorials, a joint online program by the University of Zurich-ETH Zurich Functional Genomics Centre Zurich (FGCZ) and C-CAMP Bangalore. On successful completion of training, participants will receive a certificate of participation for the training from FGCZ.
Who can apply: Masters students, doctoral and post-doctoral fellows actively engaged in or soon to commence research involving variant analysis of NGS data.
What will the course cover: The course starts with the raw reads and covers pre-processing, alignment, variant calling, several quality-control checkpoints, annotation and impact of variation on protein function and structure. There will also be a preliminary session on somatic variant calling.
Format: Theoretical inputs (lectures), Hands-on activities for data analysis (computer sessions), Interactive discussions on case studies (group discussions), Q&A sessions, feedback and discussions with other participants and instructors, Flash presentations by means of whiteboards or slides.
Requirements: A working computer connection and reliable internet access. No pre-existing knowledge of Unix nor the command line environment is required.
Medium of instruction: The course will be entirely taught in English
Costs: Academia: 1770.00 ₹ incl. GST | Startups: 2478.00 ₹ incl. GST
Participants: The course is limited to 50 participants. Selected applicants will be notified by CCAMP by 1-March-2021. Confirmation upon payment only. Apply before 28-Feb-2021. Queries? Contact [email protected].
Faculty
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Dr. Weihong Qi
ETH Zurich/ Functional Genomics Center ZurichWeihong is responsible for bioinformatics of next generation sequencing. Her main interest is genome informatics. She gives customized consultation and data analysis support for de novo genome and transcriptome sequencing projects.
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Lucy Poveda
Teaching Coordinator/ Expert Genomics / FGCZLucy has extensive experience in the exciting field of genomic technologies’ and their latest developments, particularly with Next Generation Sequencing and Optical Mapping technologies. Since 2009 she is a senior scientist at the Functional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ), which is a state-of-the-art research and training facility that belongs to both, the ETH and the University of Zurich. Lucy’s background is in medical microbiology and immunology as she studied Medical Microbiology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She then moved into the fields of tissue engineering and molecular inflammatory pathways, during her internship at the AO Foundation in Davos, Switzerland, and subsequent PhD at the University of Zürich and Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland.
