Precision Medicine Bioinformatics: From raw genome and transcriptome data 
to clinical interpretation (PMBI01)"

https://www.prinformatics.com/course/precision-medicine-bioinformatics-from-
raw-genome-and-transcriptome-data-to-clinical-interpretation-pmbi01/

Instructors, Dr. Malachi Griffith and Dr. Obi Griffith from Washington 
University

This course will run from 16th - 20th July 2018 in Edinburgh.

Course Overview:
Precision medicine refers to the use of prevention and treatment strategies 
that are tailored to the unique features of each individual and their 
disease. Analysis of high throughput genome and transcriptome data is major 
component of new large-scale precision medicine efforts. This analysis 
involves the identification of specific genome or transcriptome features 
that predispose an individual to disease, predict response to specific 
therapy, or influence diagnosis and prognosis. During this course (PMBI01), 
students will perform an end-to-end precision medicine analysis of real 
human genome (WGS and Exome) and transcriptome (RNA-seq) data. Students 
will start with raw sequence data for a hypothetical patient, learn to use 
the tools needed to analyze this data on the cloud, and interpret results 
in a clinical context. The goal of the analysis will be to identify 
personalized therapeutic options for this patient as well as identifying 
any prognostic or diagnostic implications in the data. After completing the 
course, students should be in a position to (1) understand raw sequence 
data formats, (2) perform bioinformatics analyses on the cloud, (3) run 
complete analysis pipelines for alignment, variant calling, annotation, and 
RNA-seq, (4) visualize and interpret whole genome, exome and RNA-seq 
results, (5) leverage the identification of passenger variants for 
immunotherapy (e.g. personalized cancer vaccines) and disease monitoring 
applications, and (6) begin to place these results in a clinical context by 
use of variant knowledgebases. The data, tools, and analysis will be most 
directly relevant to human cancer genomics and bioinformatics. However, 
many of the skills and concepts covered will be applicable to other human 
diseases and even those studying non-human organisms. All course materials 
(including copies of presentations, practical exercises, data files, and 
example scripts prepared by the instructing team) will be provided 
electronically to participants.

Intended Audience
This workshop is primarily aimed at researchers and technical workers with 
a background in biology who want to learn fundamental bioinformatics skills 
for genomics with a particular emphasis on medical research applications. 
The course is essentially a crash course in bioinformatics for next 
generation sequence data analysis. It would also be useful for students 
with a computational background who seek an introduction to genomics 
technology and analysis approaches. In general, it is suitable for anyone 
working with genome or transcriptome data in the context of disease 
research. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own data or project 
outlines for discussion. Some time during the course will be dedicated to 
consultation with a team of instructors from the McDonnell Genome Institute.

Full course schedule at
https://www.prinformatics.com/course/precision-medicine-bioinformatics-from-
raw-genome-and-transcriptome-data-to-clinical-interpretation-pmbi01/

Email [email protected] with any questions.

Other up-coming courses include

1.      January 29t – February 2nd 2018
INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING (IBHM02)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Andrew Parnell
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bayesian-hierarchical-
modelling-using-r-ibhm02/

2.      January 29th – February 2nd 2018
PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (PHYL02)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Emmanuel Paradis
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-phylogenetic-analysis-
with-r-phyg-phyl02/
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3.      February 19th – 23rd 2018
MOVEMENT ECOLOGY (MOVE01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Dr Luca Borger, Dr Ronny Wilson, Dr 
Jonathan Potts
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/movement-ecology-move01/

4.      February 19th – 23rd 2018
GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R (GMMR01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Prof. Dean Adams, Prof. Michael Collyer, 
Dr. Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/geometric-morphometrics-using-r-gmmr01/
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5.      March 5th - 9th 2018
SPATIAL PRIORITIZATION USING MARXAN (MRXN01)
Margam Discovery Centre, Wales, Jennifer McGowan
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-marxan-mrxn01/

6.      March 12th - 16th 2018
ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R (ENMR02)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r-
enmr02/

7.      March 19th – 23rd 2018
BEHAVIOURAL DATA ANALYSIS USING MAXIMUM LIKLIHOOD IN R (BDML01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr William Hoppitt
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/behavioural-data-analysis-using-maximum-
likelihood-bdml01/
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8.      April 9th – 13th 2018
NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R (NTWA02
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Marco Scotti
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/network-analysis-ecologists-ntwa02/

9.      April 16th – 20th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MODELLING FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS USING R (IPSY01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Dale Barr, Dr Luc Bussierre
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-statistics-using-r-for-
psychologists-ipsy01/

10.     April 23rd – 27th 2018
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES USING THE VEGAN PACKAGE 
(VGNR01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Peter Solymos, Dr. Guillaume Blanchet
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-ecological-
communities-in-r-with-the-vegan-package-vgnr01/

11.     April 30th – 4th May 2018
QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHIC ECOLOGY: MODELING GENOMES, NICHES, AND COMMUNITIES 
(QGER01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Dan Warren, Dr. Matt Fitzpatrick
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/quantitative-geographic-ecology-using-r-
modelling-genomes-niches-and-communities-qger01/
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May 7th – 11th 2018 ADVANCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL 
DATA USING R (MVSP02)
CANADA (QUEBEC), Prof. Pierre Legendre, Dr. Guillaume Blanchet
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/advances-in-spatial-analysis-of-
multivariate-ecological-data-theory-and-practice-mvsp03/

12.     May 14th - 18th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO MIXED (HIERARCHICAL) MODELS FOR BIOLOGISTS (IMBR01)
CANADA (QUEBEC), Prof Subhash Lele
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-mixed-hierarchical-
models-for-biologists-using-r-imbr01/

13.     May 21st - 25th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (IPYB05)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-python-for-biologists-
ipyb05/

14.     May 21st - 25th 2018
INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENISNG AND GIS FOR ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (IRMS01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof. Duccio Rocchini, Dr. Luca Delucchi
https://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-remote-sensing-and-gis-
for-ecological-applications-irms01/

15.     May 28th – 31st 2018
STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR (SIMM04)
CANADA (QUEBEC) Dr. Andrew Parnell, Dr. Andrew Jackson
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/stable-isotope-mixing-models-using-r-
simm04/

16.     May 28th – June 1st 2018
ADVANCED PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (APYB02)
SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones
https://www.prinformatics.com/course/advanced-python-biologists-apyb02/
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17.     June 12th -0 15th 2018
SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING (DBMR01)
Myuna Bay sport and recreation, Australia, TBC
COMING SOON  www.PRstatistics.com

18.     November 6th – 10th 2017
LANDSCAPE GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (LNDG03)
Myuna Bay sport and recreation, Australia, TBC
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19.     June 18th – 22nd 2018
STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGISTS 
USING R (SEMR02)
Myuna Bay sport and recreation, Australia, TBC
COMING SOON  www.PRstatistics.com
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20.     July 2nd - 5th 2018
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTISTS USING R (SNAR01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof James Curley
http://www.psstatistics.com/course/social-network-analysis-for-behavioral-
scientists-snar01/

21.     July 8th – 12th 2018
MODEL BASE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ABUNDANCE DATA USING R (MBMV02)
Glasgow, Scotland, Prof David Warton
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/model-base-multivariate-analysis-of-
abundance-data-using-r-mbmv02/

22.     July 16th – 20th 2018
PRECISION MEDICINE BIOINFORMATICS: FROM RAW GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME DATA 
TO CLINICAL INTERPRETATION (PMBI01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr Malachi Griffith, Dr. Obi Griffith
https://www.prinformatics.com/course/precision-medicine-bioinformatics-from-
raw-genome-and-transcriptome-data-to-clinical-interpretation-pmbi01/

23.     July 23rd – 27th 2018
EUKARYOTIC METABARCODING (EUKB01)
Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Owen Wangensteen
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/

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