This workshop provides hands-on instruction in the use of the UCSC
GENOME BROWSER, which is a widely used platform for interpreting many
types of GENOME-wide data for a large number of organisms. In the
context of human genetics, aggregated data from hundreds of projects
are available, including short and long variants (SNPs and CNVs),
benign and pathogenic variants from several large databases, and
metagenomic data such as histone- and DNA modification. The BROWSER
PROVIDES A CONSISTENT INTERFACE AND GENE MODELS FOR MOUSE AND MORE
THAN 120 OTHER ANIMALS.The workshop will also demonstrate recently
added features including display of exons only, display of
discontinuous regions of the GENOME AND THE SIMULTANEOUS, joint
configuration of multiple wiggle files, such as are used to display
RNA-seq data.
ROBERT KUHN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF UCSC GENOME BROWSER, TRAINING AND
OUTREACH, GENOME BROWSER LICENSING, will lead the workshop from the
US, with trained facilitators on hand at venues across Australia to
assist participants locally. This workshop was initiated by Dominique
Gorse, Director, QFAB Bioinformatics, and was supported by AGTA
[https://www.agtagenomics.org.au/]’s Small Grants scheme. It has
been organised by EMBL-ABR as part of a series of hybrid training
events.
AUDIENCE
Researchers and students with knowledge of basic biology.
PREREQUISITES
Before attending, participants are required to view two introductory
webinars (23 OCTOBER: Using the UCSC GENOME BROWSER, 24 OCTOBER:
Advanced features of the GENOME BROWSER) available on the EMBL-ABR
youtube channel
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WlFNBSfmt3e8Js8o2fFqQ].
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring along your own laptop with an up to date web browser
installed (Chrome or Firefox are fine).
_THIS WORKSHOP IS PART OF A SERIES OF TRAINING
[http://www.embl-abr.org.au/about/events/] EVENTS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO
HEAR WHEN REGISTRATIONS OPEN FOR OTHER EVENTS, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO
EMBL-ABR NEWS [https://www.embl-abr.org.au/embl-abr-news/]._
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Precinct E, Building E1, Room 112 (Level 1)
James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Smithfield, 4878, QLD, Australia