February 10, 2020 to February 12, 2020
NIH Campus- Bethesda, Maryland
Registration occurs on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for registration is one week before the first day of the course. If you are unable to register before the deadline, please email: training@faes.org or call 301-496-7977 for space availability.
NIH Fellows or NIH community members being sponsored by their lab can enroll tentatively, using the Contract: SF-182 option on the workshop’s registration site while waiting for authorization of payment. Enrollment is not guaranteed until payment is received.
Background
The National Center For Biotechnology Information (NCBI) web portal is the alma mater for biomedical research data. NCBI hosts the popular data resources like PubMed, PubChem, GenBank, RefSeq, GEO, SRA and dozens of other important Biomedical Data resources that are in the forefront of human health research. Learning to efficiently use the NCBI resources would significantly help biomedical discovery.
Objectives
This training will provide a hands-on experience, using examples that will highlight the use of different NCBI resources, for biomedical research. Participants will learn to use both browser based resources and programmatic resources. Basic and advanced usage of resources including Gene, Protein, Expression, Variation, Chemicals, Sequencing, Taxonomy, Literature, BLAST, SRA-Tools etc., would be covered.
Who should attend
- Researchers and academics interested in learning to use the data resources, tools and standards available from NCBI
- Clinicians, researchers and academics interested in using the NCBI data resources for standard references, basic research or for clinical discovery
- Program administrators who are interested in getting a firsthand experience understanding the standard data sources and tools provided by the NIH/NLM/NCBI
Hands-on Skills/ Tools/ Techniques explored
- NCBI ALL database search
- Advanced NCBI search options
- NCBI Gene / GenBank
- Gene Expression Omnibus
- Sequence Read Archive
- ClinVar
- dbSNP
- Conserved Domain Database
- Taxonomy
- PubMed
- PubChem
- Retrieving Reference Genomes and Sequences
- BLAST tools and techniques
- Automating NCBI searches
- Programmatic Access to NCBI
Highlights
- Cloud-based linux environment
- Training provided by active NIH researchers
- Cookbook style bound manual for all exercises
- Continuing Education Credits
General Training Rate
$1099.00
Discounted Training Rates
$550.00-NIH Trainees(Fellows, PostDocs, PostBacs working at any NIH Campus ONLY)
$795.00-NIH Community (Working, Appointed, or Assigned to any NIH Campus ONLY)
$899.00-Academia, US Government, US Military
Refund Policy
100% tuition refund for registrations cancelled 14 or more calendar days prior to the start of the workshop.
50% tuition refund for registrations cancelled between 4 to 13 calendar days prior to the start of the workshop.
No refund will be issued for registrations cancelled 3 calendar days or less prior to the start of the workshop.
Notification
All cancellations must be received in writing via email to Ms. Carline Coote at registration@faes.org.
Cancellations received after 4:00 pm (ET) on business days or received on non-business days are time marked for the following business day.
All refund payments will be processed by the start of the initial workshop.
Suggested Lodging Accommodations
A special rate is available to all workshop attendees. This includes complimentary buffet breakfast, guest room Wi-Fi, and discounted $15 parking per night. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle service to/from the NIH campus. The hotel is also within walking distance of the training facility. Reservations can be made online, see below.