Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics 2016

Next Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics 2016 is a conference dedicated to the algorithmic principles and theory of bioinformatics, with a focus on practical computational sessions using sequence analysis tools and techniques applicable to any species or genome size.

Key Topics

• Introduction to the unix command line
• Introduction to NGS technologies and tour of Sanger Institute facilities
• NGS data formats and tools
• Introduction to scripting for bioinformatics
• SNP/indel theory and practical
• Sequence alignment+QC
• De novo sequence assembly
• Structural variation theory and practical
• ChiP-seq analysis
• RNA-seq analysis
• Accessing public sequencing repositories
• Sequencing data visualisation with the Integrated Genomics Viewer
• Participant projects and presentations