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UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2020

Bringing together researchers, software developers and data managers working across the life sciences to share ideas, discoveries, tools and best practice in computational methods.

Advanced Python for Biologists 2020

This event is now fully booked.
This Advanced level workshop is ideal for researchers and technical workers with a background in biology and a basic knowledge of Python, to develop bigger or more complicated programs and increase skills and knowledge about the language, including object-oriented approaches to programming.

Single-Cell RNAseq Training Course 2020

Providing an introduction to single-cell genomics, this course is for researchers who are new to bioinformatics and are planning a single-cell project.

EI Innovate 2020: From Identification to Intervention

Developing solutions to global issues with EI’s advanced capabilities and expertise in genomics and bioinformatics - improving global food security, environmental management, conservation, health and disease targeting.

Genome Annotation Workshop 2021

This 3-day course will help to provide scientists with an overview of eukaryotic genome annotation approaches, covering advances in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, transcriptome assembly, best practice guidance for building gene models utilising short and long read sequencing data or cross species proteins, how to integrate and assess different gene models and create a publication/release ready gene set.

Long Reads Workshop 2021

This two-day hands-on training workshop will enable researchers that are currently using long read technology and those analysing long read RNAseq data, to produce genome annotations, differential expression analyses and RenSeq.

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Chatting Guts: why the microbiome is important

A healthy gut might well be the key to a long and healthy life. But with trillions of bacteria and hundreds of species of microbe all interacting with your gut in unique and interdependent ways, understanding gut health is a vast and complex challenge.

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Why do a year in industry?

Earlham Institute offers two students each year a place on our Year in Industry programme. Jess Peers and Giovanni Gendarini, our most recent undergraduates, say it’s been an experience they would recommend.

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Metagenomics: exploring the unseen

Earlham Institute Scientists are at the forefront of one of biology’s modern frontiers: the untraversed depths of nature’s hidden microbial universe. From the bacteria living inside of us to the millions of single celled protists underpinning the health and prosperity of our ecosystems.

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UK CBCB: an ELIXIR for cross-disciplinary collaboration in bioinformatics

The first ever UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (UKCBCB) takes place at the end of September - a two day virtual event which brings together the diverse bioscience disciplines which increasingly rely on powerful computational infrastructures to store, share and analyse large datasets.

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The Weird and Wonderful World of Protists: an interview with Sally Warring

Dr Sally Warring tells us that studying protists could make us rethink what we know about biology, genetics, and the complexities of life on Earth.

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EI Innovate: A platform for collaboration and new ideas

After last year’s inaugural success, EI Innovate is back with a three day event to explore how academic research can be translated and shared to establish new collaborations and innovative solutions to global challenges.