The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) presents A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources, a lecture and hands-on computer workshop on GenBank and related databases databases covering effective use of the Entrez databases and search service, the BLAST similarity search engine and genome data and related resources.

Now featuring the NCBI assembly and annotation of human, mouse and other genomes, the updated map viewer genome displays, the new BLAST pages, the new NCBI curated conserved domains, and Cn3D 4.1.

The course has two parts: a 3-hour morning lecture followed by optional 120-minute instructor led computer workshops in the afternoon. Additional workshops are available on the following day. Due to the limited number of workstations, multiple workshops will be offered on two dates in order to accommodate as many people as possible.

Note: Workshop sessions are limited to 22 people per session and fill up quickly

• GenBank Database: description and scope
• The NCBI Derivative Databases: RefSeqs
• Database Searching using Entrez
  • Neighboring and Links
  • Entrez searching
• The NCBI Structures Database
  • The Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB)
  • Structural Alignments
  • Viewing Structures and Structural Alignments with Cn3D
• Similarity Searching using NCBI BLAST
  • Local Alignment Statistics
  • Scoring Systems
  • Using BLAST web services
  • PSI-BLAST
  • RPS-BLAST (CDD Search)
  • Specialized BLAST pages
• Genomic Resources at NCBI
  • Complete Microbial Genomes in Entrez
  • Higher Genome Resources
    • RefSeq and Gene
    • UniGene
    • Variation Data (SNPs)
    • The NCBI Human Genome
    • The Map Viewer
    • Mouse and Other Genomes

The course is free but registration is required.

Workshop sessions are optional, but attendance is restricted to those who registered for and attended the lecture.

Ekaterine Adeishvili, Simin Assadi, Nicholas Beckloff, Medha Bhagwat, Peter Cooper, Virna Dapic, Susan Dombrowski, Chuong Huynh, Emir Khatipov, Wayne Matten, Rana Morris, Steve Pechous, Eric Sayers, and Tao Tao are biologists on the User Services staff of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Revised February 25, 2008

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