Date July 10-12, 2017 – Downtown Toronto, Ontario Faculty Malachi Griffith, Obi Griffith, Brian Haas, and Fouad Yousif Course Objectives High-throughput sequencing of RNA libraries (RNA-seq) has become increasingly common and largely supplanted gene microarrays for transcriptome profiling. When processed ...
Read More »Informatics for RNA-seq Analysis (2015)
Course Objectives High-throughput sequencing of RNA libraries (RNA-seq) has become increasingly common and largely supplanted gene microarrays for transcriptome profiling. When processed appropriately, RNA-seq data has the potential to provide a considerably more detailed view of the transcriptome. The CBW ...
Read More »scLVM – identification of hidden subpopulations of cells in RNA-Seq data
Highlights New method improves single-cell genomics analyses; Method clarifies the true differences and similarities between cells by modelling relatedness and removing confounding variables; Scientists can use known molecular pathways to better understand cancer cells, differentiation processes and the pathogenesis of ...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Job – Sr Research Associate- Sequencing Platforms
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA) The Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, CA (a division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) is searching for an experienced Research Associate. Under general direction, performs research assignments that ...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Jobs – Dec 2014
Principal Scientist, Translational Medicine Job American Biotechnology Company (Seattle, WA) …working with complex biological datasets from various sources (transcriptomics microarray, RNA – Seq , proteomics, epigenomics, cytometry) – Fluency with basic … Ivy Exec (12/15/14) Head of Bioinformatics Calico Labs ...
Read More »SNPlice – identify cis-acting, splice-modulating variants from RNA-seq datasets
The growing recognition of the importance of splicing in eukaryotes, together with rapidly accumulating RNA-sequencing data, demand robust high-throughput approaches, which efficiently analyze experimentally derived whole-transcriptome splice profiles. Researchers from The George Washington University have developed a computational approach, called ...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Job – Research Fellow – The Mayo Clinic
Job Posting Number: 40171BR Job Posting Title: Research Fellow Specialty: Research Work Site: MN – Rochester Department: Health Sciences Research Job Description: The Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics(BSI) within the Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) has an immediate ...
Read More »subSeq – Determining appropriate sequencing depth through efficient read subsampling
Next-generation sequencing experiments, such as RNA-Seq, play an increasingly important role in biological research. One complication is that the power and accuracy of such experiments depends substantially on the number of reads sequenced, so it is important and challenging to ...
Read More »Upcoming Workshop – Informatics for RNA-Seq
Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop Series Date June 19-20, 2014 – Vancouver, British Columbia Faculty Malachi Griffith and Obi Griffith Course Objectives High-throughput sequencing of RNA libraries (RNA-seq) has become increasingly common and largely supplanted gene microarrays for transcriptome profiling. When processed ...
Read More »NGSANE: A Lightweight Production Informatics Framework for High Throughput Data Analysis
The initial steps in the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data can be automated by way of software ‘pipelines’. However, individual components depreciate rapidly due to evolving technology and analysis methods, often rendering entire versions of production informatics pipelines ...
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