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Genomics in Biomedical Research
Principles and Applications of Computational and Experimental Genomic Tools to Biomedical Problems

Program

Note: this program is provisional and subject to change

Day 1: Monday, October 17.

Time

Speaker

Topic

8:50-9:00 Dario Boffelli Welcome and Overview
9:00-9:45 Eddy Rubin Keynote
9:45-10:30 Len Pennacchio Overview of Comparative genomic Tools
10:30-10:45 break
10:45-11:30 Dario Boffelli Overview of Sequence Databases, BLAST search
11:30-12:15 Jim Noonan Phylogenetic analysis
12:15-1:15 lunch
1:15-5:00 hands-on session
5:30-7:00 UC Berkeley Botanical Garden: Wine and Buffet Reception


Day 2: Tuesday, October 18.

Time

Speaker

Topic

9:00-9:45 Inna Dubchak Principles of Comparative Genomic Analysis
9:45-10:30 Lior Pachter Genome annotation
10:30-10:45 break
10:45-11:30 Mike Eisen Evolution of Regulatory Sequences (not confirmed)
11:30-12:15 Jan-Fang Cheng Genome Browsers
12:15-1:15 lunch
1:15-5:30 hands-on session
5:30-7:00 Social Event


Day 3: Wednesday, October 19.

Time

Speaker

Topic

9:00-9:45 Jeff Wang Resources for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
9:45-10:30 Axel Visel Gene expression patterns and browsers
10:30-10:45 break
10:45-11:30 Nadav Ahituv Searching for nucleotide changes causing human disease in conserved non-coding elements
11:30-12:15 Brian Black Genomic analysis of cardiac gene expression
12:15-1:15 lunch
1:15-5:30 hands-on session

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