The course is prepared to offer participants the opportunity to have a hands-on experience of all steps to construct a genome-scale metabolic model – from genome to a complete model and also validate the model with experimental data. The combination of computational methods with wet-lab experiments will offer the participants an all-around experience to the main tools and methods used to go from hypothesis to the lab bench and back.

Course main topics

Genome annotation and of metabolic models reconstruction with merlin.

KBase: A collaborative, open environment for systems biology of plants, microbes and their communities.

Optflux: an open-source software platform for in silico metabolic engineering.

Experimental determination of biomass composition and its inclusion in genome-scale metabolic models.

Experimental metabolomics analysis using GC-MS.

• Early Registration: April 30^th
• Registration: May 17^th
• Late Registration: May 24^th

          Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.

Payment

IMPORTANT: Your application can only be accepted after we have received payment of the registration fee in our bank account. Please note that we can ONLY accept bank transfer payments. Credit Card payment is not possible.

Payment by Bank Transfer: details will be sent in your ‘application confirmation email’. Bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid at source. Payment must be placed right after the registration process within 10 days. To have your bank transfer payments processed correctly, please include in the description/reason of your transfer your Full Name.

Registration form here.