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Apply Now for the 2021 Fungal Pathogen Genomics (Virtual) Course
January 21, 2021
Fungal Pathogen Genomics is an exciting several day long course that provides experimental biologists working on fungal organisms with hands-on experience in genomic-scale data analysis. Through a collaborative teaching effort between the web-based fungal data mining resources FungiDB, EnsemblFungi, PomBase, SGD, CGD, MycoCosm, and JGI, students will learn how to utilize the unique tools provided by each database, develop testable hypotheses, and analyze various ‘omics’ datasets across multiple databases.
Please note: Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Fungal Pathogen Genomics course will be delivered in a virtual format.
Daily activities will include individual and group training exercises, supplementary lectures on bioinformatics techniques and tools used by various databases, and presentations by distinguished guest speakers covering the following topics:
- Comparative genomics, gene trees, whole-genome alignment
- Identification of orthologs and orthology-based inference
- Genome browsers and gene pages
- RNA-Seq analysis and visualization in VEuPathDB Galaxy
- Variant calling analysis and Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) tool
- Development of advanced biologically relevant queries using FungiDB ‘search strategies’ and mining integrated datasets (proteomics, transcriptomics, phenotypes, etc.)
- Genetic interactions, virulence genes, secondary metabolites
- Overview of ontology structure, evidence, available tools, slimming and enrichment
- Introduction to annotation and curation of fungal genomes (e.g. Apollo in EnsemblFungi, FungiDB, and MycoCosm/JGI)
The application deadline for the Fungal Pathogen Genomics workshop to be held May 10-14, 2021 in virtual format is February 18, 2021.
Don’t miss out – apply now!
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