Genovate
is proud to be the first in the region to offer training
in Bio-informatics. Our first three programs are Bio-Java, Bio-XML,
and Bio-Perl. These
cutting-edge training programs will prepare life-science
and technology professionals to take advantage of the latest
developments in computational Bio-informatics.
Bio-informatics encompasses many aspects of mathematics,
information technology, and biology to reveal patterns and
links within and among sets of biological data. It combines
areas including all aspects of the acquirement, processing,
storage, distribution, analysis, and display of biological
data.
The Bio-informatics sector is currently under-going rapid
growth projected to increase from the US $468 million of
2001 to US $5.4 billion by 2010 globally (Front Line Strategic
Management Consulting, Inc., July/August 2001). Similar to
the once burgeoning information technology industry, numerous
organizations within Bio-informatics are offering services
resulting from the sequencing of the human genome and other
scientific breakthroughs. At the same time, the technical
manpower expertise needed to handle the demand of these companies
in the Bio-informatics sector is far from adequate.
Genovate's initial Bio-informatics training offerings
will include Bio-XML, Bio-Perl,
and Bio-Java programming,
which will teach such skills as bio-technology concepts,
bio-computing, fundamentals of accessing biological sequences
using these programming languages, the architectures of Bio-XML, Bio-Perl,
and Bio-Java, and authoring
programs with these three languages. Participants will understand
the overall scope of Bio-informatics, its beginning, evolution,
future prospects and emerging areas. With this knowledge,
participants will develop skills in the area of object-oriented
programming for Bio-informatics use.
BioJava
Programming
Course Description
This course helps participants understand
the overall scope of bio-informatics, its beginning,
evolution, future prospects and emerging areas. This
course also takes you through Java programming language.
With this knowledge, participants can develop skills
in the areas of object-oriented programming in the
biological area using BioJava. By the end of class,
participants will be able to program BioJava applets
and read and edit BioJava technology source code.
Duration
5 days.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course delegates
should be able to:
Perform
basic computer skills, such as
using a mouse.
Execute commands
using a command line interface.
Preferably participants
with science background.
Exposure to any
programming language.
Skills Gained
This course will teach participants to:
Explain the bio-technology
concepts.
Explain the bio-computing.
Explain the significance of the
bio-computing, genetic engineering.
Explain the significance of Java
programming.
Describe the use of control statements
with a Java applet or application.
Given a
Java program, evaluate effective object-oriented
design and Java technology coding techniques.
Given a program, modify source
code to improve the program.
Explain the significance of BioJava.
Describe the fundamental of accessing
biological sequences using BioJava.
Writing BioJava program using
SymbolList etc.
BioPERL
Programming
Course Description
This course helps participants understand
the overall scope of bio-informatics, its beginning,
evolution, future prospects and emerging areas. This
course also takes you through PERL programming language.
With this knowledge, participants can develop skills
in the areas of biology using BioPERL. By the end
of class, participants will be able to program BioPERL
including sophisticated ways of processing strings
of characters and recognizing patterns. Using BioPERL
participants will learn how to access the sequence
data locally and remotely and also searching similar
sequence etc.
Duration
5 days.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course delegates
should be able to:
Perform
basic computer skills, such as
using a mouse.
Execute commands
using a command line interface.
Preferably participants
with science background.
Exposure to any
programming language.
Skills Gained
This course will teach participants to:
Explain the bio-technology
concepts.
Explain the significance of the
bio-computing, genetic engineering.
The concept of PERL program and
writing simple PERL programs.
Describe the use and significance
of BioPERL.
Participants will be able to
understand all BioPERL objects and its usage.
Using BioPERL
how to access sequences, obtaining basic sequence
statistics.
Using BioPERL
how to search for genes and other structures
on genomic DNA.
Developing machine-readable sequence
annotations etc.
BioXML
Programming
Course Description
This course helps participants understand
the overall scope of bio-informatics, its beginning,
evolution, future prospects and emerging areas. This
course also takes you through XML . With this knowledge,
participants can develop skills in the areas of object-oriented
programming in the biological area using BioXML.
By the end of class, participants will be able to
create BioXML structure with the help of DTD(Document
Type Definitions), XML Namespace etc.
Duration
5 days.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course delegates
should be able to:
Perform
basic computer skills, such as
using a mouse.
Execute commands
using a command line interface.
Preferably participants
with science background.
Exposure to any
programming language.
Skills Gained
This course will teach participants to:
Explain the bio-technology
concepts.
Explain the bio-computing.
Explain the significance of the
bio-computing, genetic engineering.
Explain the XML Architecture.
The Concept of DTD, Namespace,
XSL, XSLT and XML Schema.
Explain the BioXML Architecture.
Working
with SeqDTD, ComputationDTD.
The concept of BioXML NameSpaceWorking
with DxbRefDTDs.
