Functional analysis of -Omics data

General information

The workshop covers the bioinformatics concepts and tools available for interpreting a gene list using gene ontology and pathway information. The workshop focuses on the principles and concepts required for analyzing and conducting functional and pathway analysis on a gene list from any organism, although the focus will be on human and model eukaryotic organisms.

Course Objectives

Participants will gain practical experience and skills to be able to:

  • Understand basic concepts of functional enrichment analysis;
  • Interpret enrichment analysis results;
  • Get systems perspective of gene functions;
  • Get more information about a gene list;
  • Discover what pathways are enriched in a gene list (and use it for hypothesis generation);
  • Predict gene function and extend a gene list;
  • Follow workflow after the workshop to conduct their own analysis.

Target Audience

This workshop is intended for biologists working with ‘-Omics data’ (e.g. RNA-Seq, protein expression and other omics data), who are interested in interpreting large gene/protein lists resulting from their experiments.

Setup Requirements

This workshop will be delivered online over zoom; you may wish to install the dedicated zoom. Otherwise, no special software installation will required, as we will be using online analysis tools.

  • Zoom Link:

Links and material will be provided on the day. BYO coffee.

Schedule

Time Programme
10:00 Welcome & Session 1
11:30 Break
11:40 Session 2
13:00 Wrap-up

Post-workshop survey

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