This year, we celebrate the 20th birthday of the human genome sequence published in Nature and Science in February 2001. While the history of bioinformatics goes back much further, the technical breakthrough to sequence entire genomes, culminating in the (draft) human genome sequence was a...
When you meet Dieter, you might be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of words he can rapidly throw your way. Dieter’s enthusiasm immediately shone through as he started talking about his teaching role: “I’ve recently been hired to spruce up the BiBC Master’s programme with...
The idea for the Cancer Genomics course started with Patrick Kemmeren, PI at the Princess Máxima Center, who was convinced that a course about bioinformatics in cancer research would be a good addition to the curriculum of the Bioinformatics & Biocomplexity (BiBC) Master’s programme. He...
The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center is happy to announce their next online seminar on Monday May 10 (16:00-17:30). Joep de Ligt and Pjotr Prins will present their work on COVID-19 sequencing in New Zealand and the PubSeq SARS-CoV-2 public sequence resource that originated from an online...
The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center is very happy to announce an online mini-conference on Monday April 12 (16:00 - 17:30) with three speakers from NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research): Dr. Nina Dombrowski, MSc. Jeroen Hoekendijk and Dr. Julia Engelmann. All three speakers are currently using state-of-the-art bioinformatics methods to carry their research. A short...