Bioinformatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that revolutionized our understanding of the foundations of life and associated fields, such as molecular medicine and biotechnology. The flood of genomic, clinical and phenotypic data presently generated by novel sequencing and other high-throughput technologies urge for innovative solutions at the intersection of biology, data sciences, and medicine.
The school aims at bringing together scientists and students with interest in life and data sciences to learn about cutting edge topics in these fields, to discuss novel ideas and to establish interdisciplinary collaboration supporting their future work.
Main topics covered (more details will be available in the course program):
- Genomic foundations of Health and Disease
- Mining big BioData and integrative Bioinformatics
- Developmental and Single Cell Genomics
- Drug repurposing and gene-based pharma
- Population genomics and the impact of the ‘Armenian Genome’
- Algorithms and Machine Learning for Life Sciences
Who can attend the workshop:
Students and researchers with background in Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, Biomedicine and/or Mathematics, Statistics, Computing, Data Science and Machine Learning who are interested in the field are welcome to attend (please find the registration link below). Also, a basic knowledge of statistics is required.
Instructors*
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| Arsen Arakelyan IMB NAS Armenia |
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| Hans Binder Leipzig University Germany |
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| Henry Loeffler-Wirth Leipzig University Germany |
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| Hrant Khachatryan YerevaNN Armenia |
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| Leonard Lipovich Wayne State University USA |
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| Levon Yepiskoposyan IMB NAS Armenia |
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| Lilit Nersisyan IMB NAS Armenia |
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| Maria Nikoghosyan IMB NAS Armenia |
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| Maria Schmidt Leipzig University Germany |
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| Roksana Zakharyan RAU Armenia |
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| Siras Hakobyan IMB NAS Armenia |
* More instructors will be included upon confirmation
Program
Will be available soon
Registration
Registration is open. Please use the link to fill the registration form.
The deadline is extended because of COVID-19 situation until further notice
Registration fee is 30,000 dram (around 55 USD), which includes:
- accommodation (shared rooms for 2-3 people)
- transportation: Yerevan -> Gyumri, Gyumri ->Yerevan
- meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- course-related materials.
Waivers and a limited
number of travel fellowships are available.
Venue
The school will be held in KASA Training Centre at Shahumyan 69 street, Gyumri, Armenia.
Organizers
The school is organized by the Bioinformatics Group of the Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics of Leipzig University, and Russian-Armenian University within the frame of their cooperation.
Organizing committee
Arsen Arakelyan, IMB NAS RA
Hans Binder, IZBI
Henry Loeffler-Wirth, IZBI
Roksana Zakharyan, IMB NAS RA, RAU
Maria Nikoghosyan, IMB NAS RA
Lilit Nersisyan, IMB NAS RA
Siras Hakobyan, IMB NAS RA
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Contacts
In case of questions, please contact us at big@mb.sci.am or call (+374) 95 899 149.