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    Introduction to Glycoinformatics

    Streamed from Geneva, 25 - 26 May 2021

    This page is addressed to registered participants. To access course description and application form, please click here.

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  • Schedule

    Day 1:

    9:00-12:00 CET

    • The glycoinformatics landscape (break)
    • Glycans and glycoproteins:
      -- Introduction to glycomics@ExPASy
      -- How to explore glycomes with GlyConnect


    Lunch break


    13:00-15:00 CET (hands-on exercises)

    • Tutorial: GlyTouCan
    • Tutorial: GlyConnect


    15:30-17:00 CET (hands-on exercises)

    • Analysing site-specific data and generating glycoprofiles
    • Tutorial: Glynsight, Compozitor

    Day 2:

    9:00-12:00 CET

    • Glycoinformatics and glycovirology: an update on Sars-Cov-2 (break)
    • Glycan-binding proteins
      -- Introduction to UniLectin
      -- Predicting lectins in genomic data
      -- Lectins and microbiome


    Lunch break


    13:00-15:00 CET (hands-on exercises)

    • Tutorial: UniLectin
    • Tutorial: SugarBindDB, Glydin’


    15:30-17:00 CET (hands-on exercises)

    • To be defined
    • Wrap-up