The document summarizes a bioinformatics summer camp, including: 1. The camp will cover basic molecular biology and bioinformatics topics like DNA, proteins, gene expression and the genetic code. 2. Students will work on computational analysis projects involving whole genome sequencing, gene expression profiling, and functional and comparative genomics. 3. The camp will teach techniques for analyzing protein structures and interactions, gene expression data, and identifying pockets on protein surfaces.

3. DNA Protein Nucleotides sequence Gene expression = Protein production

4. Exons & Introns STOP F R L

5. Biological Diversity Bacteria Fruit Fly Human Yeast

11. Gene expression Computational analysis of cDNA microarray expression profiles ~26,000 genes in one experiment

15. Voronoi Diagram and Delaunay Triangulation Geometry based approach for functional motifs Discrete Flow

16. 3D alpha shapes (HIV-1 protease)‏

19. Pockets in Ribonuclease A

20. A Server for Identification of Protein Pockets & Cavities CASTp http://cast.engr.uic.edu/ Users of CASTp: Columbia, Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Princeton, Stanford, U Penn, SUNY Stony Brook, Texas A&M, UCIrvine, UBC, Virginia Tech, Yale, Abbott Lab, Pfizer, SmithKline Beecham, ... Agouron, Emisphere, Vertex, ... Kyoto U, Cambridge, European Molecular Biology Lab, INRA (France), Pasteur-Lille, Uppsala, Weizman,... Brazil, Czech, Korea, Turkey, ...

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