Network analysis in biomedical research using Cytoscape

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Outline

• Organization
• Introduction
• Installation instructions
• Hands-on session

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Organization

• MaCSBio Science Days 2020, Thursday 9 July 2020
• Workshop 2: Network analysis in biomedical research using Cytoscape
• Organization: Martina Summer-Kutmon
  Assistant professor at Maastricht University
  Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio)
  Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT
• https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/martina.kutmon

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Introduction

• The slides are available here.
• The session will also be recorded and the video will be linked from here as soon as possible.

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Installation instructions

If you want to participate in the hands-on session of the workshop, please install Cytoscape. You will work on a couple of exercises to learn how to use Cytoscape.

• Go to www.cytoscape.org
• Download Cytoscape version 3.8.0
• Find instructions here: www.cytoscape.org/download.html

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Hands-on session

1. Quick tour of Cytoscape (demo - walk along)
2. Network topological analysis and visualization of protein-protein interaction networks
3. Pathway extension with regulatory information
4. (Optional: Getting started with the Cytoscape Automation - programming skills required)

Additional tutorials can be found here: Cytoscape tutorials