Tackling global challenges through life science research.

Introduction to Python for Biologists 2020

This introductory level course will be delivered virtually, and is intended for people with a biological background but with no previous programming experience. The course introduces basic programming concepts with plenty of time to practice writing code and work on your own data.

Advanced Python for Biologists 2020

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.

UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2020

The three-day conference will cover the breadth of biological data management, analysis and sharing. It will include talks on data standards, algorithm and tool development, and data curation.

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.

Norwich Single-Cell Symposium 2021

Now in its fourth year, the annual Norwich Single-Cell Symposium at Earlham Institute covers single-cell genomics technologies and their application in microbial, plant, animal and human health and disease.

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Why bioinformatics is important

Bioinformatics is part of the full package.

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How aphids spit lncRNA into plants to make them a tastier prospect

Aphids are a nuisance, especially ones which can adapt to hundreds of different plant species. Perhaps long non-coding RNA helps them to do it?

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Three ways EI is helping bees

On World Bee Day, we are celebrating our precious pollinators and the work our scientists are doing to aid their long-term survival.

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Joining the dots to tackle COVID-19: a bioinformatics approach

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for healthcare and science alike. Part of that is understanding how the SARS-Cov-2 virus causes such severe disease in some patients, triggering what is known as a cytokine storm that sends the immune system into overdrive.

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The miRNA driving the Weddell Seal’s incredible deep diving ability

Weddell Seals have the impressive ability to dive to depths approaching one kilometre for up to an hour at a time. Now, insights from a genomics study led by scientists in the Di Palma Group at the Earlham Institute have highlighted the role that microRNAs can play in driving this adaptive evolution.

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Students need to up their bioinformatics game: why I am learning to code python

UEA undergraduate in Molecular Biology and Genetics Georgia Whitton believes it’s paramount for students to learn the importance of bioinformatics, and has some top tips on the best ways to learn to code.