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BI/EMBL Hinxton - Structural Bioinformatics course

When: 
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 12:00 to Friday, September 20, 2019 - 03:45
Description: 

Structural biology, determining the three-dimensional shapes of biomacromolecules and their complexes, can tell us a lot about how these molecules function and the roles they play within a cell. Bioinformatics data derived from structure determination experiments enables life-science researchers to address a wide variety of questions. For example, it aids the understanding of how mutations in a gene might alter a protein’s shape, disrupt a catalytic site, or alter the binding affinity of a pharmaceutical compound.

This course explores bioinformatics data resources and tools for the interpretation and exploitation of biomacromolecular structures. It will focus on how best to analyse available structural data to gain useful information given specific research contexts. The course content will investigate the impact of genetic variation on structure, predicting protein structure and function, and exploring interactions with other macromolecules as well as with low-MW compounds. Participants will also have an opportunity to explore protein docking using HADDOCK

Learning goal: 

At the end of this course, trainees will be able to:

  • Access and browse a range of structural data repositories
  • Determine whether appropriate structural information exists about a given molecule or complex, applying available structure-quality information
  • Build a structural model for a protein which has a structurally characterised relative and evaluate its quality
  • Evaluate the potential impact of genetic variation on a structure
  • Predict the function of a protein based on sequence and structure data
  • Explore protein complex modelling approaches
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Venue: 

European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) - Training Room 1 - Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge,  CB10 1SD, United Kingdom

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