Bioinformatics: Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing

PrerequisitesNew

The aim of this course is to provide hands-on experience in analysing NGS data, including:

• Knowledge of the various sequencing technologies, data formats and analysis workflows commonly used in "'NGS'" analysis workflows
• Hands-on experience with common analytical workflows for ChIP-seq, RNASeq data and De Novo Genome Assemblies using computer exercises.
• An overview of available tools and discuss their limitations.

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• Basic experience of command line UNIX, graduate level in Life Sciences
• Sufficient UNIX experience might be obtained from one of the many UNIX tutorials available online.

Number of sessions: 2

• To provide an introduction to New Generation Sequencing, associated software and some of its applications.

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

2

A number of times per year

• Bioinformatics: Analysing mapped NGS data with SeqMonk
• Bioinformatics: EMBL-EBI - Archives for Next Generation Sequence Data with the EBI