PhD Program in Cancer Biology
University of Zurich
c/o Institute of Molecular
Cancer Research
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Phone: +41 44 635 34 52
http://www.cnz.uzh.ch
Molecular and Cell Biology of Cancer 2014
Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics
Date
Monday, March 17, 2014
Course venue
Functional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ)
Y32H
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09.00 - 09.30
General outline
Holistic Approaches to Biology and Biomedicine (30 min)
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09.30 – 10.30
Introduction to Genome and Transcriptome Analysis
Introduction to Genome and Transcriptome Analysis Using
Microarrays (30 min)
Methods and Tools of Next Generation Sequencing (30 min)
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10.30 – 10.50
Break
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10.50 – 11.50
Introduction to Proteome Analysis
Introduction to Protein Separation and Complexity Reduction
Techniques (30 min)
Introduction to Quantitative Proteomics (30 min)
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12.00 – 13.00
Lunch Break
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13.00 – 14.40
Lab Visit Transcriptomics and Proteomics
In 4 groups in parallel:
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Microarray Workflows (20 min)
Next Generation Sequencing (20 min)
Quantitative Mass Spectrometry (20 min)
FT Mass Spectrometry Technologies (20 min)
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14.40 – 15.00
Break
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15.00– 16.30
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Practical Analysis of Proteomics Data Using Bioinformatics and
Statistics (45 min)
Introduction to Genome and Transcriptome Bioinformatics
(45 min)
Closing Remarks & Feedback