A curated collection of educational resources for learning about RNA bioinformatics, RNAcentral, and Rfam. These materials are suitable for teaching at the upper undergraduate and graduate level.
This repository aggregates training materials, tutorials, and educational resources related to:
- RNAcentral database and tools
- Rfam database and covariance models
- Upper undergraduate students in bioinformatics, computational biology, or molecular biology
- Graduate students and researchers new to RNA bioinformatics
- Educators developing courses on RNA and genomics
- Bioinformaticians seeking training resources
Step-by-step instructional materials
- Rfam online tutorial, quick tour, EMBL-EBI
- RNAcentral online tutorial, EMBL-EBI
- RNA Bioinformatics, by Paul Gardner, Lars Barquist and Anton Enright
Presentation materials for teaching
- RNA Bioinformatics lecture slides, by Paul Gardner, 2023
Recorded lectures and demonstrations
- Using RNAcentral to explore and investigate non-coding RNA sequences, Recorded Webinar, EMBL-EBI, September 2023
- Annotating genomes with non-coding RNAs using Rfam and Infernal, Recorded Webinar, EMBL-EBI, May 2023
Practical exercises and problem sets
Foundational topics (HMMs, CMs, RNA structure, etc.)
We welcome contributions! If you have educational materials related to RNAcentral or Rfam that you'd like to share:
- Check our Submit a new educational resource template
- Submit materials via GitHub Issues or Pull Request
- Include metadata: title, description, level, format, topics covered
All contributed materials should be:
- Publicly accessible (or have permission to share)
- Relevant to RNAcentral or Rfam
- Suitable for educational purposes
- Properly attributed to original authors
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This repository structure is licensed under CC0 1.0. Individual resources maintain their original licenses.
Maintained by: RNA Resources Team at EMBL