Three days Bioinformatics Course

ASM/JGI Bioinformatics Institute hosted by the American Society for Microbiology at Washington, DC presentes a course of three days from March 11, 2009 to  March 14, 2009 on the following topic:

The Spring Bioinformatics Institute aims to meet the need for more undergraduate faculty in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines to understand, interpret, and use molecular sequence information to solve problems. The Institute features the analysis of microbial genomes, molecular sequences, and structural data, providing a framework for developing classroom activities and research projects for undergraduate students.

Host Organization's Web Site:

http://www.facultyprograms.org/page02a.shtml

Genome-wide association analysis of susceptibility and clinical phenotype in multiple sclerosis

A recent study published by the "Human Molecular Genetics 2009" featured the latest work of UCSF's department of neurology,  R&D, and GlaxoSmithKline.

This study reports the results of a genome-wide association study performed in a 1000 prospective case series of well-characterized individuals with MS and group-matched controls using the Sentrixw HumanHap550 BeadChip platform from Illumina.