Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases In Southeast Asia

5th Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases In Southeast Asia

Sponsored by UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/ WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)

The Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases in Southeast Asia is an initiative of WHO/TDR in collaboration with Mahidol University. The aims of the initiative are to strengthen research capability of scientists in endemic countries and to promote application of bioinformatics in tropical diseases research. Bioinformatics is a rapidly growing field and has evolved into a core component of post-genomic research whose aim is to transform the sequencing data into biologically meaningful knowledge. The discipline has become an important tool for understanding gene regulation, gene expression, functional description of the gene products, and metabolic processes leading to diseases and genetic variations.

About the course:

This is the 5th Southeast Asia Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases to be held at the Center for Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics (CBAG), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand from September 18-29, 2006. It is an intensive 2-week course comprising of lectures given by invited experts in the field in the morning, followed by practical sessions on using various bioinformatics tools in a computer laboratory in the afternoon. Time will be allocated in the evening for the participants to review, ask questions and follow-up the course contents. Computers will be made available for each participant during the practical course. Selected participants will receive training materials and CDs of the training course containing course materials and Bioinformatics freeware used in the course. All trainees in the course will receive continued support from CBAG and future access to resources available in the center.

Objectives:

The objective of the 5th regional training course on bioinformatics applied to tropical diseases in Southeast Asia is to train young investigators and encourage the application of bioinformatics to pathogen genome research and development of new strategies for disease control. Efforts will also be made to promote multidisciplinary and international networking and collaboration among investigators from different countries in the region, with the emphasis of diseases of TDR portfolio (Malaria, Tuberculosis, Dengue, Leishmaniasis, Chagas' disease, African sleeping sickness, leprosy, filariasis, onchocerciasis, and schistosomiasis).

Venue:

Center for Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics (CBAG), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand

For Further Information:
Professor Worachart Sirawaraporn
Department of Biochemistry and Center for Bioinformatics and Applied Genomics (CBAG),
Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
Rama VI Rd., Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 66-2-201-5605
Fax: 66-2-248-0375
Email: [email protected]