Objetivos

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of different subareas techniques in the Computational Biology field. Theoretical knowledge will be given in the mornings followed by hands-on sections during the afternoon.

Programa

Monday, February 28th, 2022

10:00-11:00: Nícia Rosário-Ferreira - “Using text-mining as a tool to establish binary relationships from omics data types”

11:00-12:00: Irina Moreira - “Protein network and transcriptomic analysis”

14:00-16:30: Nícia Rosário-Ferreira - “Hands-on session: using text-mining without knowing any programming language”

Tuesday, March 1st, 2022

10:00-11:00: António Preto, “Machine learning: from statistics to artificial intelligence and back”

11:00-12:00: Irina Moreira, “The importance of artificial intelligence in drug discovery”.

14:00-16:30: António Preto, “Hands-on session: machine learning in genomics and proteomics”

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022

10:00-12:00: Conceição Egas – “Artificial intelligence methods in microbiomics”.

12:00- 12:30: Quiz

14:00 – 16:30 Armindo Salvador, “Key concepts in molecular systems biology: scales, networks, motifs and design principles”

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

10:00-12:30:   Armindo Salvador, “Introduction to kinetic modeling”

14:00-16:30:   Armindo Salvador, “Hands-on session: computational exploration of regulatory motifs in biochemical networks”

Friday, March 4th, 2022

10:00-11:30:   Armindo Salvador, “Hands-on session: computational exploration of regulatory motifs in biochemical networks (continued)”

11:30-12:00:   Students: Presentation of results from the hands-on session

14:00-15:00:  Seminar, Oleg Igoshin

15:30-16:30: Students: Presentation of results from the hands-on session

Evaluation

50% Quiz + 50% Work Presentation