The goal of this course is to form system managers in the basic concepts of Bioinformatics, the most commonly used tools and databases and their installation and maintenance, so they can better assist users in their respective institutions and provide them with the basic tools for Sequence Analysis. Theorical lectures will take place at the lecture room of CNB and practical sessions will be held at computer rooms provided by the University. Trains pass every 10-30 minutes depending on time of day.
Detailed timetables are available.
There are several bus lines stopping near or inside the campus and providing connectivity to various places in the area of Madrid. See the map of the campus or the aerial picture to see how to get to the CNB from the railway station or the bus stop. The goal of this course to enhance user assistance in institutions for scientific research who have a local computing facility but not computer science staff with experience in Biology or Bioinformatics. As such the course is addressed to Computer Scientists who are responsible for the computing facilities of a research institution and need to offer their users access to bioinformatics tools. The course shall include a practical application of all the concepts shown.