The one-week course took place from the 13 to the 17 July 2015 and welcomed 12 PhD students who were thrilled to learn more about EMBL\u2019s technological advances and facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Signalife project was awarded specific funding from the French government based on its excellence and expected scientific value in cell signalling. A large part of the initiative focuses on attracting and training the best PhD students to form the next generation of scientists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe group was very international and had a good scientific knowledge: they were a similar crowd to EMBL\u2019s and some of them would fit very well in our postdoc programme,\u201d explains Vladimir Benes Head of Genomics Core Facility, EMBL. \u201cThey were very active and interested during the training: it was pleasant and rewarding to discuss with them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A similar collaboration with the University of Nizza had been set up in 2007 but only one course had been given. Signalife was a good opportunity to revive it, and to create a joint genomic\/proteomic course to give students a 360-degree view on the theory and the practice behind analysing genetic expression patterns and proteomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy project is on host-pathogen interaction, more specifically on the phosphorylation of an E3 ligase that is very important for fighting infections. So the proteomics part of the course was very useful and will help me design better experiments in the future,” explains Maria Isabel Acosta Lopez, one of the participants. \u201cThe genomics part was less directly applicable for me but it was also very interesting and it gives me ideas for future projects\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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