VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute

Research Simulation Antigens in Streptococcus Proteins

Time: Tuesday July 10 - Wednesday July 11, 9:00 am - 11:30
Place: Bioinformatics Computer Core Lab (Rm 104), Life Sciences Bldg
Organizers: Ping Xu and Todd Kitten
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Schedule

Tues July 10, 9am
Joe Moeller presents:
Rodríguez-Ortega et al (2006). Characterization and identification of vaccine candidate proteins through analysis of the group A Streptococcus surface proteome. Nature Biotechnology 24(2): 191-197.

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- Paper: Emanuelsson (2007). Locating proteins in the cell using TargetP, SignalP and related tools. Nature Protocols 2(4): 953-971.
- Paper:Rappuoli and Covacci (2003). Reverse Vaccinology and Genomics. Science 302: 602.

- Data: Streptococcus gordonii genome: First 100kb.
- Slides: Genome Sequence Analysis
- Exercise: Sequence Excercise
- Exercise: Find a new transmembrane protein!

Wed July 11, 9am
Katie Vollmer presents:
Mora et al (2006). Microbial genomes and vaccine design: refinements to the classical reverse vaccinology approach. Current Opinion in Microbiology 9:532–536.

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More research simulations More course web pages

Rodríguez-Ortega et al (2006). Characterization and identification of vaccine candidate proteins through analysis of the group A Streptococcus surface proteome. Nature Biotechnology 24(2): 191-197.

Mora et al (2006). Microbial genomes and vaccine design: refinements to the classical reverse vaccinology approach. Current Opinion in Microbiology 9:532–536.