Online Courses – East Genomics

There are many online opportunities to grow your knowledge of genomic medicine and we have highlighted some here. Courses are subject to change, and additions to this page are
welcome.

Health Education England: Genomics Education Programme

The HEE Genomics Education Programme facilitates online courses and e-learning modules for the public and NHS employees. Many are free, and some are accompanied by continuing professional development (CPD) credits. Courses include:

Genomics in Healthcare
Public Health Masterclass in Genomics
Tumour Assessment for Whole Genome Sequencing
Whole Genome Sequencing: Decoding the Language of Life and Health
Sample Processing and DNA Extraction
Introduction to Bioinformatics

Wellcome Genome Campus online courses

The Wellcome Genome Campus offers free online courses on genetics and genomics. Themes include:

Bacterial Genomes: Accessing and Analysing Microbial Genome Data
What is Genetic Counselling?
Bacterial Genomes: Disease Outbreaks and Antimicrobial Resistance
Bacterial Genomes: Comparative Genomics, ARTEMIS and ACT

Future Learn MOOCs

The Future Learn massive open online course (MOOC) platform offers online courses from a host of esteemed UK partners. Many courses are free, and can be taken by professionals or interested public:

European Bioinformatics Institute

The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is part of EMBL, Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences. The institute offers regular online training modules, on themes that include:

Online Postgraduate Courses

Within the East of England, please see the Cambridge Genomic Medicine Programme and Courses for CPPD for taught postgraduate training in genomic and genetic medicine.

Taught (in-class) postgraduate courses in genomic medicine are also available elsewhere across the UK. Additionally, the following courses are available through online (distance learning) delivery:

Hunting for COVID-19 variants March 22, 2021
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Genomics study identifies routes of transmission of coronavirus in care homes March 3, 2021
Care homes are at high risk of experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Older people and those affected by heart disease, respiratory disease and type 2 diabetes – all of which increase with age – are at greatest risk of severe disease and even death, making the care home population especially vulnerable. […]
Q&A with Sharon Peacock, coronavirus variant hunter February 22, 2021
The Conversation spoke to Professor Peacock about that day and what happened after. Q: When did you first get the idea to set up Cog-UK? And how was it formed? In late February 2020, it dawned on me that we were going to need genome sequencing capabilities across the UK for the novel coronavirus. It […]