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Wed 16 - Wed 16 May-12 Seminar on metabolomics

Groot Auditorium (ZI 02.21)


12:00 pm-1:00 pm
"What metabolomics can do for you: lessons down under."presented by Dr. Liesbet Temmerman


Fri 18 - Fri 18 May-12 Permanent Education Course in Human Genetics (Day 8)

VUB


Human genetics is a relatively young medical discipline which originated in the sixties with the demonstration of chromosomal anomalies in constitutional and acquired disorders. The discipline experienced a rapid growth with the development of DNA analytical methods which enabled the identification of several genetic, mainly monogenic, disorders. At present, human genetics experiences another growth spurt due to the development of genome-wide analysis tools, high capacity mutation detection methods leading towards complete human genome sequencing. This evolution leads to an ever increasing relevance within all medical disciplines. The current technologies not only enable to identify inherited Mendelian disorders, but also increase our understanding of complex diseases. Human genetics not only enables diagnosis, but is leading more and more to improved guidance and treatment. From this ever increasing importance and complexity, the Belgian Society of Human Genetics identified the need for a course which provides a theoretical basis for human genetics at a postdoctoral level. The members of the society represent the eight Belgian human genetics centers as well as scientists and professionals involved in human genetics. The postgraduate course in human genetics intends to fulfill the need of a growing number of professions in which a full theoretical basis of all aspects of human genetics is useful or required. In the industry, health care, diagnostics as well as in certain areas of research, such knowledge is wanted. Within the Belgian genetics centers, the course will provide a uniform and adequate theoretical basis for all those taking up responsibilities in human genetics-related activities.


Sun 20 - Fri 25 May-12 25th Course in Medical Genetics

EuroMediterranean University Center of Ronzano- Bologna (Italy)


9:00 am-5:30 pm
Medical Genetics is a postgraduate level course addressed to both researchers and clinicians seeking an up-to-date overview of the field of medical genetics today. It provides an overall view of the clinical developments which are taking place as major applications of modern genetics in different medical specialties. The topics covered in the present edition are: Introduction to Medical Genetics and Genome Analysis, Cytogenetics and Clinical Genetics, New Approaches in Medical Genetics, Complex Genetic Disorders, Therapy, Technology, Epigenetics and Ethical Issues. At the end of the course, on May 24th afternoon, a Public Awareness of Genetics event in honor of Mario Capecchi and in memory of Victor A. McKusick, will be held in Bologna.
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Thu 24 - Thu 24 May-12 Opinno Teaching Modules - Module 3: Listen to young Biotech entrepreneurs

Ghent


Will take place during the convention 'Knowledge for Growth'.
OPINNO – open innovation for successful entrepreneurship – aims to bridge the gap between life sciences education and industry, and stimulate entrepreneurship among students. OPINNO organizes teaching modules with life sciences entrepreneurs that share their industry experience with students.
More info? www.opinno.be
Flyer - slides


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Sat 26 - Sat 26 May-12 VIB Course: Gentle hands-on introduction to python programming (Day 1)

Gent


9:30 am-5:00 pm
Goal
  • Learning the basics of Python programming: different variables, reading files, writing files, conditional statements
  • Being able to write a basic python script from scratch
  • Using Python in Linux.
Summary
This course is organised over two full days. With the help of plenty hands-on exercises, you will get introduced into the different types of variables in python, the peculiarities of python and good programming habits. This course will provide you an ideal stepping stone for further developing programming skills in Python.
Required skills
Aimed for people with no programming skills whatsoever.
Training schedule
  • Short introduction to programming and Python
  • Print statement - showing what your program does.
  • Variables and operators - how to do math
  • Conditions - deciding what to do
  • Loops - doing the same thing with different information
  • Lists and tuples - how to handle a range of variables
  • File reading and writing - getting hold of data and dumping your results
Throughout the course we'll stress the importance of 'good programming practice', such as clear variable names and adding comments to your code.



Fri 1 - Fri 1 Jun-12 VIB Course: Gentle hands-on introduction to python programming (Day 2)

Gent


9:30 am-5:00 pm
Goal
  • Learning the basics of Python programming: different variables, reading files, writing files, conditional statements
  • Being able to write a basic python script from scratch
  • Using Python in Linux.
Summary
This course is organised over two full days. With the help of plenty hands-on exercises, you will get introduced into the different types of variables in python, the peculiarities of python and good programming habits. This course will provide you an ideal stepping stone for further developing programming skills in Python.
Required skills
Aimed for people with no programming skills whatsoever.
Training schedule
  • Functions - re-using the same bit of code
  • Imports - what functions does Python provide?
  • Dictionaries - organising your variables
  • Assert - stop before things go wrong
  • Classes - get the most out of Python
Throughout the course we'll stress the importance of 'good programming practice', such as clear variable names and adding comments to your code.



Thu 7 - Fri 8 Jun-12 Leuven Statistics Days 2012

College De Valk, Tiensestraat 41, 3000 LEUVEN, Auditorium Zeger Van Hee (room 91.56)


9:00 am-4:45 pm
Following the tradition of celebrating statistics at K.U.Leuven, we are glad to announce the biennial Leuven Statistics Days 2012, to be held in Leuven on June 7 and 8, 2012. This edition’s theme is “Mixed models and modern multivariate methods in linguistics.” This international Leuven-based meeting warmly welcomes everyone interested in the methodological and applied themes. Through excellent invited speakers, a number of fine contributions, and a panel discussion, the meeting organizers aim to reach their twofold goal:  (1) provide an exchange forum for statistical methods in linguistics and (2) stimulate cross-fertilization, centered around the methodological themes, between researchers in linguistics, bioinformatics, computer science, data mining, engineering, bio-engineering, imaging, and medical statistics, to name a few. Contributed presentations (oral and poster) are very welcome. To stimulate interaction, the entire meeting is held in a plenary format. Because of that, the number of oral slots available is limited, but the poster sessions are designed to foster interaction.
Leuven Statistics Days (LSD) are supported by LStat (Leuven Statistics Research Centre).
Invited speakers: Harald Baayen, Marco Baroni, Geert Verbeke, Luc De Raedt


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Fri 15 - Fri 15 Jun-12 Permanent Education Course in Human Genetics (Final exam)

tba


Human genetics is a relatively young medical discipline which originated in the sixties with the demonstration of chromosomal anomalies in constitutional and acquired disorders. The discipline experienced a rapid growth with the development of DNA analytical methods which enabled the identification of several genetic, mainly monogenic, disorders. At present, human genetics experiences another growth spurt due to the development of genome-wide analysis tools, high capacity mutation detection methods leading towards complete human genome sequencing. This evolution leads to an ever increasing relevance within all medical disciplines. The current technologies not only enable to identify inherited Mendelian disorders, but also increase our understanding of complex diseases. Human genetics not only enables diagnosis, but is leading more and more to improved guidance and treatment. From this ever increasing importance and complexity, the Belgian Society of Human Genetics identified the need for a course which provides a theoretical basis for human genetics at a postdoctoral level. The members of the society represent the eight Belgian human genetics centers as well as scientists and professionals involved in human genetics. The postgraduate course in human genetics intends to fulfill the need of a growing number of professions in which a full theoretical basis of all aspects of human genetics is useful or required. In the industry, health care, diagnostics as well as in certain areas of research, such knowledge is wanted. Within the Belgian genetics centers, the course will provide a uniform and adequate theoretical basis for all those taking up responsibilities in human genetics-related activities.


Wed 20 - Wed 20 Jun-12 5th BeNeLux NGS meeting (SymBioSys PF)

UZ Leuven, Belgium


9:00 am-6:30 pm
This NGS meeting aims to bring together scientists from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg who are working with any of the next-generation sequencing platforms, to exchange experiences, identify complementary interests and common problems and to enhance interaction between individuals at all levels. The primary focus of this meeting is on user experiences and networking, rather than scientific breakthroughs.The meeting is free for anyone interested, although registration is required. Programme



Thu 5 - Sat 7 Jul-12 MEDSIP 2012: Advances in Medical Signal and Information Processing

University of Liverpool, UK


Following the success of the previous events ,  the next MEDSIP conference will be held in Liverpool on the 5th – 7th of July 2012. As in previous years, topics to be covered in this conference  are:
  • Physiological Measurement & Analysis
  • Electrophysiology
  • Critical/Intensive Care
  • Medical Imaging and Image Processing
  • Mathematical and Statistical Modelling
  • Signal Processing
  • Telemedicine & E-Health
  • Health and Safety in Medical Application
Proffered papers are invited for submission as oral or poster presentations. In addition, there will be space for commercial exhibition from industry.
Contributors are asked to submit a 2-page abstract in the first instance. Those accepted for presentation at the conference will be invited to submit a full paper (up to 6 pages) for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
The conference will be the ideal opportunity to disseminate research findings, discuss ideas with experts and to establish collaborative links.

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Sun 19 - Thu 23 Aug-12 The Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics

Downing College, University of Cambridge, UK.


This Wellcome Trust Summer School provides an opportunity for students to learn and be inspired by those that have shaped human genomics in the past decade, and for current scientific leaders to interact with future stars in the field. Now in its fifth year, this popular course was re-named ‘The Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics’ in 2011, as a tribute to Leena Peltonen
The schedule of this 4-day course is highly interactive with integrated presentations by the tutors and PhD students, discussions about current topics in human genetics, and one-to-one mentoring meetings between tutors and students. We expect that all tutors will stay for the duration of the meeting.