A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources

Instructor

Dr. Peter Cooper and Dr. Wayne Matten, biologists on the User Services staff of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Course Topics

• GenBank Database: description and scope
• The NCBI Derivative Databases: RefSeqs
• 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)
  • Specialized BLAST pages
• Genomic Resources at NCBI
  • Complete Microbial Genomes in Entrez
  • Higher Genome Resources
    • RefSeq and LocusLink
    • UniGene
    • Variation Data (SNPs)
    • The NCBI Draft Human Genome
    • The Map Viewer
    • Mouse and Other Genomes

Schedule

October 22, 2002
Lecture - Link Auditorium - 8:00 - 11:30
Hands-on Workshop - GEB Teaching and Testing Lab - 2 sessions
1:00 - 3:00 REPEATS 3:15 - 5:15 (registration required)

October 23, 2002
Hands-on Workshop - GEB Teaching and Testing Lab - 3 sessions
9:00 - 11:00 REPEATS 1:00 - 3:00 REPEATS 3:15 - 5:15 (registration required)
 

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