The omics era of biological research requires more systemic approaches to data analysis and a move away from the single gene/protein perspective. Network and pathway analysis tools use the information available in protein-protein interaction and pathway databases to enrich biological data and allow us to understand biological entities, not only as individual components, but also as complex, interacting systems.

This course will provide life scientists with training on biological network and pathway analysis and protein interaction bioinformatics resources. The principles of biological network and pathway analysis will be introduced and explained using relevant case studies. The course also explores the data repositories, resources and tools available to explore and analyse large datasets from a network perspective.Participants will also have the opportunity to either learn how to access public repositories via programmatic methods or spend time analysing data using the approaches covered in the course.