deNBI Workshops – GWAS analyis (18.09.) & genome annotation workshop (19.09.)
Upcoming training opportunities within bioinformatics through the deNBI network.
In Kiel, we will once again host a one day genome annotation workshop (Sept. 19th) – this is of particular relevance to all projects that work with novel genomic resources. There will also be a course on GWAS analyis by David Ellinghaus (Sept. 18th).
de.NBI Training course: Introduction to genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (18.09.2019)
Date: September 18, 2019 Time: 08:30 – 16:30
Location: Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Room E49
This course is designed for 15 participants. If we receive (a lot) more applications, we will choose participants based on the relevance of their application and/or a first-come-first-serve basis.
Contents: Over the past decade, genetic epidemiology studies have progressed from studying single genetic variants in candidate genes to investigating millions of common genetic variants in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Nowadays GWAS studies are moving forward to genome-wide rare variant association studies, gene-gene (GxG) and gene-environment (GxE) interaction studies as well as cross-phenotype studies including several 10k and sometimes even >100k genetic samples.
Learning goals: In this one day course we will give guidance for planning of SNP array genotyping and will provide best-practices for large-scale quality control, variant annotation and association analysis of GWAS data. In the practical part of the course will work on real-world data sets and show how to automatically and manually analyze large case-control sample sets and how to annotate phenotype-associated genomic regions.
Contact:
David Ellinghaus, d.ellinghaus@ikmb.uni-kiel.de
To sign up, please use: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=pTqWN2VlbUypjOFjc-NQyNoDGQjCVFROgh-ZNe-eehBURUFRNDlLSDVYUzhTN0swTzU0MThITUkzRC4u
de.NBI Training course – Eukaryote genome annotation (19.09.2019)
Sign-up for the de.NBI training course on eukaryotic genome annotation in Kiel, September 19th 2019
The constant drop in sequencing prices and the development of easy-to-use assembly programs makes it possible, even for small groups, to embark on a de novo genome project to obtain the full sequence of their species of interest. However, automatically annotating all genetic features in a eukaryotic genome, especially in non-model species with few or no sequenced closely related species, remains a challenge and standard pipelines still do not exist.
In this one day course participants will learn about these challenges and the current strategies that can be used to try to obtain the most complete set of genes from a de novo assembled eukaryotic genome. We will also discuss how additional data, such as RNA-seq, assembled transcriptomes or proteomic data, can be used to improve the annotation, which can inform decisions on how best to spend the budget during a genome project. The practical part of the course will explain how to automatically and manually annotate a genomic region and how that information can be immediately translated into biologically relevant data for the species of interest.
When: September 19th, 2019
Where: Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Room E49
Time: 08:30 – 16:30
PLEASE NOTE:
This course is designed for 15 participants. If we receive (a lot) more applications, we will choose participants based on the relevance of their application and/or a first-come-first-serve basis.
Deadline: This registration closes on September 15th 2019
For question regarding the course, please contact Montserrat Torres, m.torres@ikmb.uni-kiel.de
To sign up, please use: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJ8eI2X9xLmZZwI1uy3mtUyBclbwPLtd-DZKbAi0Q_OAwUwA/viewform
A full list of training courses offered by deNBI, please see: https://www.denbi.de/training
If you have need of additional or more specific training, please contact Marc Hoeppner (m.hoeppner@ikmb.uni-kiel.de)
