EMBL-EBI: Introduction to ontologies

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This workshop will give an introduction to the basic concepts of ontologies and how they are useful in biological applications. After a brief overview of some existing resources, we will focus on the Gene Ontology, annotations made using the Gene Ontology and tools leveraging those for biomedical discovery.

Also note: This event is part of a series of short introductions focusing on EMBL-EBI resources. If you want to learn more about these separate training events, see the Related Courses section below.

Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.

• This workshop is aimed at researchers who wish to understand why data standards are important and how they can be used in practice
• Graduate students, Postdocs and Staff members from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions or individuals
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available here
• Further details regarding the charging policy are available here

• Basic computing skills
• No previous bioinformatics experience is required, but an undergraduate level understanding of biology would be an advantage

After this course you should be able to:

• Understand what an ontology is, and how it is used
• Be familiar with the Gene ontology and the analyses it supports
• Know how to search and use the Gene Ontology in your project

During this course you will learn about:

• Ontologies: what are they and what should you care
• Gene Ontology: the resource and its usage
• Gene Ontology Annotations: how are they created and used

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

One half day session

A number of times per year

• EMBL-EBI: Introduction to EMBL-EBI resources
• EMBL-EBI: An Introduction to Sequence Searching
• EMBL-EBI: Interactions & Pathways - Reactome
• EMBL-EBI: Interactions & Pathways - IntAct & Complex Portal
• EMBL-EBI: Protein Sequence Databases with UniProt
• Using the Ensembl Genome Browser (ONLINE LIVE TRAINING)
• EMBL-EBI: Network Analysis with Cytoscape (ONLINE LIVE TRAINING)
• EMBL-EBI: Introduction to Chemogenomics Resources