= Metabolic Modelling: Tools, Techniques, and Applications in Research =
== India 2024 ==
== Tutors ==
 * Dr Mark Poolman (MP: Oxford Brookes University)
 * Dr Anu Raghunathan (AR: NCL, Pune)
 * Dr Dipali Singh (DS: Quadram Institute, Norwich)
 * Pareena Verma  (PV: Oxford Brookes University)
 * Dr Trunil Desai (TD: Oxford Brookes University)

== Guest Speaker ==
 * Prof. Sundip Kundu (SK: University of Calcutta)

== Course Timetable and Resources ==
||'''Day''' ||'''Time''' ||'''Activity''' ||'''Links''' ||'''Tutor''' ||
||Day 1 - Tues(17/09) || || || || ||
||PM ||12:00 ||Arrival, Admin & Registration etc || || ||
|| ||12:30 ||Lunch || || ||
|| ||14:30 ||Welcome and introduction to the course - why do modelling? || ||MP/ AR ||
|| ||14:30 ||Lecture 1:  Introduction to metabolic modelling. ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/L1.pdf|Slides]] ||PV/TD ||
|| ||15:00 ||Lecture 2: Python and computational representation of metabolic networks. ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/L2.pdf|Slides]] ||TD ||
|| ||15:30 ||Tea/Coffee Break || || ||
|| ||15:45 ||P1. Computers: checking internet connectivity, software installation. ||[[https://mudshark.brookes.ac.uk/Meetings/India2024/ScrumPyInstall|Prac1]] ||All ||
|| || ||P2. Python and [[https://mudshark.brookes.ac.uk/ScrumPy|ScrumPy]] ||[[https://mudshark.brookes.ac.uk/Meetings/India2024/Prac2|Prac2]] ||All ||
|| || ||Close || || ||
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||Day 2 - Wed (18/09) || || || || ||
||AM ||09:00 ||Lecture 3: Null space, elementary modes and conserved cycles ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/Barcelona2023/L3.pdf|Slides]] ||TD ||
|| ||10:00 ||Lecture 4. Linear programming, Flux Balance Analysis and Applications ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/L4.pdf|Slides]] ||AR ||
|| ||11:00 ||P3.  Null space, subsets and elementary modes ||[[https://mudshark.brookes.ac.uk/Meetings/India2024/Prac3|Prac3]] ||All ||
||PM ||12:30 ||Lunch || || ||
|| ||14:30 ||Constraint-based modelling of C3, C4 and CAM || ||SK ||
|| ||15:30 ||Tea/Coffee Break || || ||
|| ||15:45 ||P4: Linear programming and Flux Balance Analysis ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/Barcelona2023/P4|Prac4]] || ||
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||Day 3 Thurs (19/09) || || || || ||
||AM ||9:00 ||P4: Continued || || ||
|| ||10:00 ||Lecture 5: Determination of minimal media requirements for Campylobacter jejuni ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/L8.pdf|Slides]] ||DS ||
|| ||11:00 ||P5: Determination of minimal media requirements for ''Campylobacter jejuni'' ||[[https://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/Nottingham2022/P5|Prac5]] ||All ||
||PM ||12:30 ||Lunch || || ||
|| ||14:30 ||Lecture 6: Antimicrobial target identification by GSMM - INNOTARGETS ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/L7.pdf|Slides]] ||PV/MP ||
|| ||15:30 ||Tea/Coffee Break || || ||
|| ||15:45 ||P6: Antimicrobial target identification by GSMM - INNOTARGETS ||[[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/P5_instructions.pdf|Prac6]]  [[http://mudsharkstatic.brookes.ac.uk/India2024/P5_tar.tar|Materials]] ||All ||
||Day 4 - Fri (20/09) || || || || ||
||AM ||09:00 ||Finish Practicals/General Discussion || ||All ||
|| || ||Go Home! || || ||