Summary: This course aims to provide a hands-on introduction to bioinformatics for next generation sequencing and to equip participants with the essential informatics skills and knowledge required to begin analysing next generation sequencing data and carry out some of the most common types of analysis.
Target audience: This course is open to applicants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Applicants should be postdoctoral scientists, senior PhD students, junior faculty members or clinicians/healthcare professionals actively engaged in or soon to commence research involving next generation sequencing data analysis. The course is free to attend for non-commercial applicants. Limited bursaries to cover travel, accommodation and sustenance costs are also available. The course will be taught in English with language support from instructors.
Application deadline: 18 October 2018.
Course Instructors
Marcela Sjoberg Herrera Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile
Daniela Robles-Espinoza Int. Lab for Human Genome Research, Mexico
Martin Del Castillo Velasco Herrera Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Stefan Dentro Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Alejandra Medina-Rivera Int. Lab for Human Genome Research, Mexico
Ana Rosa Moya Beltran Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Chile
Course Assistants
Guillermo Parada Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Alejandro Montecinos Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile
Cost
The course is subsidised by the Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences Programme and is free to attend for non-commercial applicants.
Please contact us for the commercial fee.
Overseas: Overseas courses are free to attend for non-commercial applicants. Limited bursaries to cover travel, accommodation and sustenance costs are available and are awarded on merit. If you would like to apply for a bursary, please complete the bursary section of the online application form.
Please note that both the applicant and sponsor are required to provide a justification for the bursary as part of the application
Additional funding opportunities
Visit our Funding webpage for additional funding opportunities currently available.
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