Next Generation Sequencing Techniques and Software Applications
A 2-day workshop covering a spread of topics in biology, genomics, and life science. The first day will present a set of lectures and the second day will host three hands-on workshop sessions.
Who is this for?
Researchers, postdocs and students interested in Next Generation Sequencing, bioinformatics, data analysis, software tools, and computer programming.
The objectives
Participants will get a broad overview of topics covering multiple facets of bioinformatics, genomics, and life science. The workshop will cover techniques as well as specific tools, including Galaxy and Ensembl. The first day will present a set of lectures and the second day will host two hands-on workshop sessions.
When: 5-6 October, 2015
Where: Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), Bijenička c. 54, Zagreb
Tentative Programme, Day 1 | |
Monday October 5, 2015 | |
Location: Plava dvorana (Blue Room), 3rd wing | |
Lectures: | |
09:00 - 09:05 |
Welcome and overview |
09:05 - 09:30 |
A case for cloud computing in bioinformatics |
09:30 - 10:00 |
Towards supporting accessible, reproducible, and transparent research |
10:00 - 10:30 |
To be announced |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break and poster section |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Mapping the epigenome: an application in cancer genomics |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Characterization of repeatom from NGS data using RepeatExplorer |
12:00 - 12:30 |
Virtual Screening with Galaxy: LiSIs perspective |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
13:30 - 14:00 |
Data intensive biology and data provenance graphs |
14:30 - 15:00 |
To be announced |
15:00 - 15:30 |
De novo genome assembly from 3rd generation sequencers data |
Tentative Programme, Day 2 | |
Tuesday October 6, 2015 | |
Location: Computer classroom, Library, 5th wing | |
9:30 - 11:00 |
Imputation server/mtDNA server |
11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
11:15 - 12:45 |
NGS 101 with Galaxy |
12:45 - 14:00 |
Lunch break |
14:00 - 15:30 |
Introductory Python programming for biologists |