Training courses 2017: Workshop + Summer School in Advanced Computational Metagenomics

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ELIXIR-IIB is glad to announce a week-long Workshop & Summer School events in Advanced Computational Metagenomics.

Introduction and Motivation

A two-day workshop will precede a three-day intense training school where eminent specialists in the field will be delivering interdisciplinary training in computational metagenomics.

We offer three different registration options:

1. Workshop only
2. Three-day school only
3. Both events

The workshop is open to all and will be able to host up to 100 people, whereas the intensive hands-on training course, for organisational and logistic reasons, is restricted to max 40 attendants.

Full details and the pre-registration form are provided below

WORKSHOP AND SUMMER SCHOOL DATES:

• Workshop: 19-20 June, 2017
• School: 21-23 June, 2017

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:

• Workshop:
  • early registration: 19th May, 2017
  • late registration: 9th June, 2017
  • late registration for oral abstract’s submission: 31st May, 2017
  • late registration for poster abstract’s submission: 9th June, 2017
• Summer School
  • registration: CLOSED --- Summer School class is FULL

If you want to secure a room at the Una Hotel Regina, we recommend you to either make a hotel reservation or register to the School by May the 5th.

Abstract submission for oral and poster presentation at the workshop

VENUE:

• Workshop: Salone degli Affreschi, Palazzo Ateneo, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, P.zza Umberto I, 1 - 70121 Bari
• Summer School: Una Hotel Regina, Strada Provinciale, 57, 70016 Noicattaro, BA (http://www.unahotelreginabari.it/en/)

FEES:

Workshop and Summer School Registration Form

The workshop registration fee includes: attendance to scientific sessions, a printed copy of the book of abstracts, coffee-breaks and lunches. A Social dinner is planned on June 19th (20.00 - 22.00) and the fee is 30€ for participants (all categories and deadlines) and 45€ for any accompanying person. Accompanying people may pay on-site.

The Summer school registration fee includes: attendance to the training, course material, coffee breaks, lunches and dinners for 3 days.

We have a deal with the Una Hotel Regina until May the 10th:

• Double room for two people: 105 euros (52.50 per person) including breakfast
• Doble room for one person: 80 euros including breakfast. For room booking, please, send an e-mail to stella@meeting-planner.it.
  Please notice that after May the 10th, the price of rooms will raise to 160 and 130 euros, respectively.

Cancellation policy

Cancellations must be notified to stella@meeting-planner.it. Within May 10, 2017: 100% refund (except for an administrative charge of € 50,00). Within May 29, 2017: 50% refund. No refund will be made for cancellation received after that date or for no-show. Please note that refunds will only be processed by bank transfer after the workshop dates.

ELIXIR-IIB Organisers

• Domenica D’Elia (ELIXIR-IIB Training Coordinator Deputy, CNR-ITB, Italy)
• Allegra Via (ELIXIR-IIB Training Coordinator, CNR-IBPM, Italy)
• Loredana Le Pera (ELIXIR-IIB Training Team, Italy)

Organising and Scientific commmitee

• Duccio Cavalieri (University of Florence, IT)
• Matteo Chiara (University of Milan, IT)
• Guy Cochrane (EBI, UK)
• Carlotta De Filippo (IBIMET-CNR, IT)
• Rob Finn (EBI, UK)
• Bruno Fosso (IBIOM-CNR, IT)
• Omry Koren (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
• Graziano Pesole (IBIOM-CNR and University of Bari,IT)
• Ernesto Picardi (University of Bari, IT)
• Marc Rosello (EBI, UK)
• Maurizio Sanguinetti (Catholic University of Rome, IT)
• Monica Santamaria (IBIOM-CNR, IT)
• Nicola Segata (University of Trento, IT)
• Gabriel Valiente (Technical University of Catalonia, SP)
• Nills Peder Willassen (The Arctic University of Norway, NO)

Workshop on Computational Metagenomics: Methods, Standards and Experimental Procedures

19-20 June, 2017 - University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy

Chairs

• Duccio Cavalieri (University of Florence, IT)
• Graziano Pesole (IBIOM-CNR and University of Bari, IT)

Keynote speakers

• Duccio Cavalieri (University of Florence, IT)
• Guy Cochrane (EBI, UK)
• Carlotta De Filippo (IBIMET-CNR, IT)
• Rob Finn (EBI, UK)
• Omry Koren (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
• Graziano Pesole (IBIOM-CNR and University of Bari, IT)
• Lorenza Putignani (Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy)
• Maurizio Sanguinetti (Catholic University of Rome, IT)
• Nicola Segata (University of Trento, IT)
• Gabriel Valiente (Technical University of Catalonia, SP)
• Nills Peder Willassen (The Arctic University of Norway, NO)

Summer School in Advanced Computational Metagenomics

21-23 June, 2017 - Una Hotel Regina, Noicattaro, Bari, Italy

School Description

The school will focus on the computational aspects of metagenomics analysis including reference databases, software and data retrieval and submission. The investigation of microbial communities will be discussed with an overview on real projects cases, both in ecological, clinical and nutrition fields. During the practical sessions students will learn how to analyse meta-barcoding and shotgun data from Next Generation Sequencing experiments and to perform statistical inference on them.

Target audience

This course is aimed at researchers involved or embarking upon bioinformatic analysis in metagenomic projects.

During the course, you will learn about:

• Analysis of meta-barcoding sequence data;
• Analysis of shotgun Metagenomics sequence data;
• Functional annotation of metagenomic data;
• Methods for statistical comparisons of multiple metagenomic samples.

Learning objectives

After this course you should be able to:

• choose and accomplish the most appropriate approach to analyse taxonomic composition and function of your metagenomics data;
• perform metagenomic data submission and retrieval;
• use statistical tools for comparative analysis of multiple samples;
• use methods for pathway and network analysis in metagenomics projects.

Course prerequisites

No prior knowledge of metagenomic sequences analysis or specific programming skills are required. Conversely, a basic knowledge of BASH, Unix terminal usage and R are desirable.

School’s Instructors

• Marc Rosello & Guy Cochrane (EBI, UK)
• Rob Finn (EBI, UK)
• Bruno Fosso & Monica Santamaria (IBIOM-CNR, IT)
• Gabriel Valiente (Technical University of Catalonia, SP)
• Duccio Cavalieri & Giovanni Bacci (University of Florence, IT)
• Matteo Chiara (University of Milan, IT)

ELIXIR-IIB member institutions

• CNR (ELIXIR-IIB coordinator)
• CRS4
• CINECA
• Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento
• INFN
• GARR
• Sapienza Università di Roma
• Università di Bari
• Università di Bologna
• Università di Firenze
• Università di Milano
• Università di Milano Bicocca
• Università di Padova
• Università di Parma
• Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"
• Università di Salerno
• Università della Tuscia