HTSA2014: Practical Course on High-Throughput Sequencing Data Analysis

This workshop aims to familiarize participants with the analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data and provide hands-on training on the latest analytical approaches. The course consists of a well balanced mixture of lectures, giving insight into how to analyze HTS data, and practicals, consisting of computational exercises that will enable participants to apply statistical methods to the analysis of RNA-seq and ChIP-seq data, under the guidance of the lecturers and teaching assistants.

Topics will include:

• Quality control of sequencing reads
• Data handling and visualization
• Genomic mapping
• Statistical concepts for data analysis
• RNA-seq data analysis
• ChIP-seq data analysis
• Functional analyses

Lectures on analysis methodologies will be complemented by presentations from leading scientists, who will give first-hand examples of how biological knowledge can be gained from RNA-seq and ChIP-seq experiments.

Workshop Type:
Course

The course will accept up to 40 participants. 

• There are no tuition costs. 
• OIST will cover the accommodation and food of all selected course participants. 
• OIST may cover travel costs for some participants.
• OIST will help you with the arrangement of travel visas, if necessary.

How to apply: 
Applicants are asked to provide a short description of their research project and their motivation to participate in this course. The full application form can be found HERE (https://groups.oist.jp/htsa/application).  
Application deadline is July 15, 2014. 

Organizers:
Prof. Nicholas M. Luscombe, OIST (Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit / https://groups.oist.jp/grsu )
Prof. Jonathan Miller (Physics and Biology Unit / https://groups.oist.jp/pbu )
Gabriella Rustici, University of Cambridge
Hidetoshi Saze, OIST (Plant Epigenetics Unit / https://groups.oist.jp/peu )

For more information on Program and Invited Lecturers, please visit the HTSA2014: Practical Course on High-Throughput Sequencing Data Analysis WEBSITE (https://groups.oist.jp/htsa).

Please address inquiries and questions to the High-Throughput Sequence Analysis Workshop Team (htsa2014@oist.jp).