COURSE CHARACTERISTICS

This course is targeted to post graduate students who wish to gain insight on the different integrative and translational research approaches in the field of Bioinformatics. 

 Objectives:

• To gain knowledge about the current challenges and opportunities in the emerging field of translational bioinformatics.
• To meet experts in the field of integrative and translational bioinformatics.

 Main topics covered:

• (DAY1) Clinical application of genomic information
• (DAY2) Electronic Health Records in integrative research
• (DAY3) Automatic extraction and integration of information from scientific publications and other sources
• (DAY4) Ontologies and standards for biomedical data integration
• (DAY5) Systems biology and network analysis for translational medicine

•  Duration: 
  
  Total of 30 hours over 5 working days. Morning sessions from 9am – 1pm, and afternoon sessions from 3pm – 5pm.

   Requirements: 
  
  Graduate students with background on: Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, Medicine, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Mathematics, Physics, Biomedical Engineering or related areas.

   Confirmed Lecturers:

  • Prof. Joan Albanell - Cancer Research Program, IMIM-Hospital del Mar and Pompeu Fabra University,Spain
  • Prof. Søren Brunak - Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Dr. Laura I. Furlong - Integrative Biomedical Informatics, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Spain
  • Prof. Josep Lluis Gelpí - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Barcelona and Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
  • Prof. Peter Ghazal - Division of Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Prof. Roderic Guigó - Bioinformatics and Genomics Program, Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain
  • Prof. Martin Hofmann-Apitius - Department of Bioinformatics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Germany
  • Dr. Nuria Lopez-Bigas - Biomedical Genomics Group, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  • Dr. Miguel Ángel Mayer - Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University and Medical Association of Barcelona, Spain
  • Prof. Barend Mons - Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
  • Prof. Arcadi Navarro - Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  • Prof. Baldo Oliva - Structural Bioinformatics, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  • Prof. Ferran Sanz - Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), Pompeu Fabra University,Spain
  • Prof. Amnon Shabo - Healthcare and Life Sciences Standards Program, IBM, Israel
  • Prof. Alfonso Valencia - Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Spain
  • Prof. Johan Van der Lei - Department of Medical Informatics at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam,The Netherlands

  REGISTRATION AND GRANTS

  The Registration fee is 300€. It includes the lectures, coffee breaks and lunches during the course. 
  
  Two types of Grants are available, candidates can apply to one or both grants: 
  
  1) European Mobility Grant
  
  The European Mobility Grants can be given to applicants who reside in Europe and whose travel to the training require air/train travel and/or who need accommodation in Barcelona during the course week. 
  
  INBIOMEDvision will cover the costs of inter-European travel and lodging in Barcelona up to total of 500€ per applicant. Expenses will be covered only for travel and accommodation during the course period from the 22nd until the 26th of April. The original tickets/invoices are required for the reimbursement of the expenses. 
  
  The in-city travel in Barcelona is not covered by the Mobility Grant. 
  
  2) Registration fee Grant
  
  The Registration fee Grant covers the registration only. Travel and accommodation costs are not covered by the organiser.

  SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZERS

  Chair: Dr. Laura I. Furlong – Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) 
  Prof. Ferran Sanz – Pompeu Fabra University 
  Dr. Nuria Lopez-Bigas – Pompeu Fabra University

  The course is organised by INBIOMEDvision in collaboration with Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spanish Technological Platform for Innovative Medicines (PTEMI), and The Spanish Institute of Bioinformatics (INB).