NCBI bioinformatics mini-courses May 10-11

Wed Apr 18 09:26:19 EDT 2007

IAPril Information Workshops

Learn how to find and use information more effectively in these 
hands-on workshops.
WHERE: 14N-132 (Digital Instruction Resource Center - DIRC)
WHEN: In April, every Wednesday in April at 5, and every Friday in 
April, 12pm (noon)

Wed., 4/18 @ 5-6: Flavors of Citation Searching
Have you ever used Web of Science to do find citations?  Have you 
used Google Scholar?  Ever used citation links in journal articles? 
This session will explore the different ways you can use the citation 
searching method for identifying literature on a subject to benefit 
of your research.  The concept of citation searching has been around 
for over 50 years, but it has evolved with technology.  Several 
examples will be given, and we would enjoy hearing about your own 
techniques.  Food and drink will be provided.

Fri., 4/20 @ 12-1: Copyright and Scholarly Publication: Retaining 
Rights & Increasing the Impact of Research
Can you use and re-use your own work for future writing and teaching? 
Or is it locked tight behind a vault of copyright restrictions?  This 
session will help you find the keys to fully realize the potential of 
your own work for yourself and the world. It will provide a very 
brief summary of copyright law and how it affects your work, and an 
overview of actions you can take to improve the impact and reach of 
your research - including why retaining rights to your work matters, 
and how you can take advantage such rights to increase citation and 
readership.

Janet,
Here is some information for postdocs.  We are delighted to be able 
to offer these courses free of charge.  Signups are limited to 20, 
and you must sign up in advance.

Louisa Worthington Rogers
Biology, Medicine & Neurosciences Librarian
M.I.T. Science Library 14S-134
Cambridge, MA 02139
elworthi at mit.edu

NCBI Bioinformatics Mini-Courses: May 10-11

The MIT Libraries will sponsor a series of 4 NCBI bioinformatics 
mini-courses on May 10-11, 2007 in the Hayden Library DIRC, 14N-132. 
Each course is 2.5 hours in length, including a lecture followed by a 
1-hour hands-on session. To register, send your name, name of 
course(s), department, affiliation, and email address to Louisa 
Worthington Rogers (elworthi at mit.edu). There is a limit of 20 
attendees per course.
Thursday, May 10:
9:30-12:00 - Making Sense of DNA and Protein Sequences
In this mini-course, we will find a gene within a eukaryotic DNA 
sequence. We will then predict the function of the implied protein 
product by seeking sequence similarities to proteins of documented 
function using BLAST and other tools. Finally, we will find a 3D 
modeling template for this protein sequence using a Conserved Domain 
Database Search.
1:00-3:30 - Entrez Gene Quick Start
In this course, we will use NCBI 's Entrez Gene 
(<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene) 
to learn how to obtain information about a human gene such as its 
mRNA and genomic sequence, gene structure (exon-intron locations), 
function and phenotypes associated with mutations. We will also learn 
how to determine whether the SNPs in the coding region of a gene are 
known to alter the function of the protein product.
Friday, May 11:
9:30-12:00 - Structural Analysis Quick Start
This course covers how to visualize and annotate 3D protein 
structures using NCBI's Cn3D, identify conserved domain(s) present in 
a protein, seach for other proteins containing similar domain(s), 
explore a 3D modeling template for the query protein and find distant 
sequence homologs that may not be identified by BLAST.
1:00-3:30 - Mapviewer Quick Start
In this course, we will use the human genome Map Viewer 
(<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/). 
Used to view the NCBI assembly of the complete human genome, Map 
Viewer is a valuable tool for the identification and localization of 
genes that contribute to human disease. In this course, we will see 
how to view different human genome maps and make best use of them. We 
will learn to locate a human gene, download its sequence along with 
its upstream sequence (to analyze promoter regions), obtain 
exon-intron coordinates, find a possible splice variant and identify 
whether the variations in the gene are associated with a disease.
About the Instructors:
Simin Assadi and Steve Pechous are biologists on the User Services 
staff of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

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