1. Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analyses Course May 7 - 19, 2012 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy Course web page: http://www.pasteur.fr/~tekaia/BCGA2012.html Organizers: Giuseppe D'Onofrio, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples Fredj Tekaia, Institut Pasteur Paris, France. EMBO Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analyses Course Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy, May 7 - 19, 2012 EMBO Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analyses Course Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy, May 7 - 19, 2012

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3. Thanks to the President of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn: Professor Enrico Alleva For hosting and supporting this course. Acknowledgements

4. We are grateful to all colleagues and administrative staff who devoted much of their time to efficiently help in setting this course. They are all volunteers. Acknowledgements

5. EMBO: Anne-Marie Glynn Lynne Turnbull Sharon Witzke

6. From the Institut Pasteur Paris (http://www.pasteur.fr)http://www.pasteur.fr -Gestion du Budget Marie-Pierre Landete, Maryse Fichepain; -Secretariat Nirina Andriakoto; -Service Missions Murielle Dupuis; Service Photos Jean-François Charles;…. Edouard Yeramian, Institut Pasteur Paris For his help in the evaluation of the applications

7. Tru Huynh, Institut Pasteur Paris Martin Krzywinski, Genome Sciences Centre Vancouver - Canada Cedric Notredame, Centre de Regulacio Genomica, Barcelona - Spain Inna Dubchak, Genomic Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA - USA Kalliopi Trachana, Structural and Computational Biology - EMBL-Heidelberg - Germany Gary Benson, Boston University, Boston - USA Claudia Angelini, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples - Italy Invited colleagues

8. Roberto Tagliaferri, Dept. Maths and Informatics, Universita di Salerno, Italy Giuseppe D'Onofrio, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples - Italy Remo Sanges, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples - Italy Javier de Las Rivas, Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics, Salamanca - Spain Bernard Dujon, Institut Pasteur, Paris - France

9. Computer Room

10. Sitting Plan EMBO2012 Students are assumed to complement each others in terms of backgrounds

11. Practical matters You should have your badge always visible;

12. Goals of the course Create class atmosphere Generate interactivity You make the course Learn new ideas/Exchange ideas Establish new collaborations

13. Lectures / Practical sessions Preparation is key Ask questions Make comments Concentration/application Develop critical analysis We expect to have a lively and friendly course

14. Lectures / Practical sessions The 8 Gb USB pen drive should be renamed EMBO2012 and used for Bibliographic documents + course materials +…

15. Oral Presentations 15 minutes each including discussion: SelfIntroduction: -Your work environment (University, Lab,… -Your background and projects; Useful for further discussion with others Your presentation

16. Personal On time Full time presence Respectful of rules Solidarity (mix backgrounds: help each others) No cell phones Ethical use of Internet No e-mail during the course.

17. Personal Keep the place clean ; No water-coffee-tea cups in the computer room;

18. Saturday May 19 th Course Evaluation

19. Course evaluation EMBO on-line evaluation Questionnaire to be completed carefully ( Friday evening - Saturday morning ): http://www.conference-service.com/pc12-08/welcome.cgi (Questionnaire is CONFIDENTIAL - evaluation is personal, no group evaluation) You need your user_Id & passwd

20. Course evaluation Local/short paper version

21. During the last session (9-12 am, May 19th): you will present your personal course evaluation in 1/2 slides : Indicate what you learned, your overall impression on the 2 weeks course. Your self evaluation in terms of active participation to the course. Course evaluation 9-12 am, Saturday, May 19th

22. First name Family name e-mail adress: PHOTO Institution full adress EMBO Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, May 7- 19, 2012 Copy of your Self Introduction First slide Complete and save this file as: Familyname_EMBO2012_Eval.ppt

23. Indicate what you learned, your overall impression of the 2 weeks course, Your self-evaluation in terms of active participation during the course,… EMBO Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, May 7- 19, 2012

24. The overall analysis of the paper questionnaire results will be presented. Presence is mandatory; Participation certificates will be distributed. Group picture will be distributed. Course evaluation 9-12 am, Saturday, May 19th

25. Pictures sharing We would like you to share your pictures with others. Some will be added to the course web page. Have a nice stay in Naples

26. Thanks Questions?