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Upcoming Course:
October 16-19, 2007 - NCBI Training Center, NIH Building 38A

  
Note: New Security Measures for Visitors to NLM and NIH

  
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   Course Schedule

 Tuesday, January 29
TimeEventDescription
09:00 - 10:15Lecture 1 Introduction to Entrez
10:15 - 10:30Break 
10:30 - 12:30Practical 1Exploring Entrez Pipelines
12:30 - 13:30LunchNatcher Cafeteria
13:30 - 14:30Lecture 2 Introduction to the E-utilities
14:30 - 15:00Practical 2 Exploring the E-utilities with E-Bench
15:00 - 15:15Break 
15:15 - 16:00Lecture 3 The Four Basic Pipelines
16:00 - 17:00Practical 3 Coding Basic Pipelines

 Wednesday, January 30
TimeEventDescription
09:00 - 11:15Lecture/Practical 4 Complex Pipelines: Entrez Linking
11:15 - 11:30Break 
11:30 - 12:30Lecture/Practical 5 Accessing LinkOuts
12:30 - 13:30LunchNatcher Cafeteria
13:30 - 15:00Lecture/Practical 6 ESearch Special Topics: Entrez Filtering
15:00 - 15:15Break 
15:15 - 17:00Lecture/Practical 7 ESearch Special Topics: Dates and Accessions

 Thursday, January 31
TimeEventDescription
09:00 - 12:30Practical 8 Coding an Advanced E-utility Application
12:30 - 13:30LunchNatcher Cafeteria
13:30 - 14:30Lecture 9 Introduction to the SOAP Interface
14:30 - 14:45Break 
14:45 - 17:00Practical 9 Using the E-utilities with SOAP

 Friday, February 1
TimeEventDescription
09:00 - 10:30Discussion 1Meet the Developers
10:30 - 10:45Break 
10:45 - 11:15Discussion 2 Usage Guidelines for the E-utilities
11:15 - 12:00TourTour of NCBI
12:00 - 13:00LunchNatcher Cafeteria
13:00 - 17:00Open LabIndividual Consultations
 


   About the Instructors

Steve Pechous, Eric Sayers and Tao Tao are biologists on the User Services staff of the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Revised November 7, 2007

Questions or Comments?
Write to Eric Sayers