Staff provide training and consultation in the use of bioinformatics tools at no charge, but prospective users must schedule an appointment prior to a formal consulting session.
Graduate and undergraduate students interested in learning more about bioinformatics are encouraged to visit the Facility to discuss their research. Having the ability and knowledge to perform bioinformatics analyses is an asset in most areas and will help future researchers in job applications, performing better research, and improving their chances of obtaining grant funding.
Courses Offered at UConn (as of 06/05/2018):
Other Online/In-Person Courses (2018):
| Organization | Course | Current session | Cost | Location |
| Coursera | Bioinformatics (7-course series) | June 4 | $49.00/month | Online, UC San Diego |
| Coursera | Systems Biology and Biotechnology (6-course series) | June 25 | $39.00/month | Online, Mount Sinai |
| Coursera | Big Data, Genes, and Medicine | June 4 | $49.00 one-time fee |
Online, SUNY |
| Cold Spring Harbor | Computational Genomics | Nov 28 – Dec 5 | $2,855 (board/lodging incl) | Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
| Cold Spring Harbor | Programming for Biology | Oct 15-30 | $4,165 (board/lodging incl) |
Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
| Cold Spring Harbor | Genome Access Course | Sep 23-25 | $1,075 (board/lodging incl) |
Cold Spring Harbor, NY |
Past Meetings and Conferences
| Conference | Time | Location |
| International Plant and Animal Genome XXV | January 14-18, 2017 | San Diego, CA, USA |
| NGS Data Analysis and Informatics Conference | February 6, 2017 | San Diego, CA, USA |
| 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | March 20, 2017 | Honolulu, HI, USA |
| NGS 2017 – Structural Variation and Population Genomics | April 3, 2017 | Barcelona, Spain |
Online Course Materials Available Anytime (Past Years):
Online Forums answering questions about bioinformatics analysis
Online Resources discussing bioinformatics trends and software
RNA-Seq Blog | Transcriptome Sequencing Research and Industry News
Living in an Ivory Basement | Stochastic news on science, testing, and programming
Open Helix Blog | Discussing publicly available genomics data
Homologus | Frontier in Bioinformatics
Getting Genomics Done | Getting things done in genetics and bioinformatics research
Professional Organizations supporting research in Bioinformatics
International Society for Computational Biology
International Society for Biocuration