Sequence Analysis & BLAST Training

Sequence analysis and BLAST training — basic alignments, motif searches, primer design verification, and biological interpretation of sequence results.

What is Sequence Analysis & BLAST Training?

This programme makes you confident with the everyday bioinformatics workflows that scientists run dozens of times a week — from "what is this sequence?" to "are these two genes really homologous?" — using BLAST and standard alignment tools.

What you will learn

NCBI navigation — GenBank records, RefSeq, GenInfo identifiers
BLASTn, BLASTp, tBLASTn, BLASTx — when to use which
Reading and interpreting BLAST output — E-value, score, identity, coverage
Pairwise alignments (Needleman-Wunsch, Smith-Waterman) at conceptual level
Multiple sequence alignment with Clustal Omega and MUSCLE
Motif and conserved-domain searches (Pfam, InterProScan, NCBI CDD)

Who this is for

Students from bioinformatics, biotechnology, microbiology, genetics, and life sciences who use sequences in their work but have never been formally walked through these tools. Equally relevant for working researchers wanting to validate primers or identify unknown sequences confidently.

What you take away

NTHRYS training certificate detailing sequence-analysis scope
A reproducible mini-project on a sequence dataset of your choice
Working competence with the most common in-silico operations in modern biology
A foundation strong enough to take on more advanced bioinformatics next

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