Time: Wed June 3, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
          Thu June 4, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
          Tue June 9, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Place: Bioinformatics Computer Core Lab (Rm 104), Life Sciences Bldg
Organizers: Wan-Ling Chiu, Jeff Elhai
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Schedule

Wed June 3, 9am	Rationale for transcript sequencing - The value of plant/cyanobacterial symbioses - Sequencing to find symbiosis-specific genes Resource: The Issues of Nitrogen       (from the International Nitrogen Initiative)
Thu June 4, 9am	The Nature of Blast Link: National Center for Biotech Info Link: BioBIKE portal Mystery #1: Do sharks have blood? Mystery #2: Anthrax attack or not? Resource: DG29 sequence (for Mystery #2) Presentation: Analysis of cDNA library
Tue June 9, 9am	The Nature of Blast (part 2) (Before coming please read notes and answer questionnaire) Notes: Blast: Alignment of pairs of sequences Resource: Persemlidis A, Fondon III JW (2001).   Having a BLAST with bioinformatics   (and avoiding BLASTphemy).   Genome Biol 2:reviews2002.1 - 2002.10 Questionnaire   Jonathan Levin presents: Yano K et al (2008). CYCLOPS, a mediator of symbiotic intracellular accommodation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:20540-20545. Erick Breathwaite presents: ??? Gherbi H et al (2008). SymRK defines a common genetic basis for plant root endosymbioses with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi, rhizobia and Frankia bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:4928-4932.
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