An overview of what needs to be done at the school, and the expected work load on each day.

Introduction to transcriptomics, Affymetrix technology.

Lecturer:  Sean May, Nottingham University, UK

Databases and information systems for biology.

Lecturer:  Matthias Lange, IPK, Germany

GeneSpring.

Lecturer:  Neil Graham, Nottingham University, UK ; Xuming Wang, China

Analysis of biological networks.

Lecturer:  Hendrik Mehlhorn, IPK, Germany

Introduction to bioinformatics resources.

Lecturer:  Ralf Hofestädt, University of Bielefeld, Germany

CELLmicrocosmos 4.1: A Software Approach for the Localization of Metabolic Pathways in a Virtual Cell Environment

Lecturer:  Bjoern Sommer, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Gene networks.

Lecturer:  Hugh Shanahan, University of London, UK

Detail description of Affymetrix technology.

Lecturer:  Andrew Harrison, Essex University, UK

Tricks with Affymetrix analysis for cross-species analysis.

Lecturer:  Sean May, Nottingham University, UK

Introduction to plant sciences.

Lecturer:  Chuanzao Mao, Zhejiang University, China

R/Bioconductor.

Lecturer:  Hugh Shanahan, University of London, UK ; Junjie Cao, Zhejiang University, China

Building gene networks from large datasets.

Lecturer:  Chris Needham, the University of Leeds, UK

Research problems facing analysts.

(Open discussion)

Groups work together on data analysis (with lecturers available to help).

Modelling gene networks using Petri-nets.

Lecturer:  Ming Chen, Zhejiang University, China

Each group gives presentation on biology they have discovered, prizes awarded, general discussion on biology.

Science in the UK and China, and moving between countries; career structures in both countries. We expect to recruit UK students who may be considering spending part of their careers in China and we hope some of the Chinese students similarly look to spend part of their careers in UK. The RCUK-China relevant organisations are included.