May/June 2001
A Field Guide to GenBank and
NCBI Molecular Biology Resources
A lecture and hands-on computer workshop on GenBank and related databases
now featuring the NCBI assembly of the Draft Human Genome
and the completely revised WWW BLAST services.
Topics include:
GenBank Database: description and scope
Database Searching using Entrez
Neighboring and Links
Entrez searching
The NCBI Structures Database
The Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB)
Structural Alignments
Viewing Structures and Structural Alignments with Cn3D
Similarity Searching using NCBI BLAST
Local Alignment Statistics
Scoring Systems
Using WWW BLAST 2.1.2
PSI-BLAST / PHI-BLAST
RPS-BLAST (CDD Search)
Setting up Standalone BLAST
Genomic Resources at NCBI
Complete Genomes in Entrez
Human Genome Resources
UniGene
The NCBI Draft Genome
The Human Genome Map Viewer
BLAST Searching the Draft Genome
About the Instructor: Peter Cooper, Ph.D. is a Staff Scientist
at the National Library of Medicine. He has been providing user support
services to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) since
July 1998.
Web Registration Form at:
http://www.uab.edu/lister/ncbi.htm
LECTURE
Hill University Center, Alumni Auditorium
Wednesday, September 5, 8:30 am-11:30 am
HANDS-ON Sessions
LHL Electronic Classroom, G-40
Wednesday, September 5, 12:30-2:00
Wednesday, September 5, 2:15-3:45
Wednesday, September 5, 4:00-5:30
Attendance at the Lecture is required for registration in a Hands-ON
session.
Please register for only one computer session.
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