<div dir="ltr">To whom this may concern:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Edinburgh Genomics is happy to offer a 1-day workshop "Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencing - Data Handling, Analysis and Applications".</div><div><br></div><div><b>Description:</b></div><div><br></div><div>Nanopore sequencing is one of the newest sequence technologies, in which single DNA molecules are sequenced directly, without the need for an intervening PCR amplification step or a chemical labelling step. It offers the potential of read lengths of tens of kilo bases.</div><div><br></div><div>The Oxford Nanopore MinION (<a href="https://www.nanoporetech.com/products-services/minion-mki" target="_blank">https://www.nanoporetech.com/products-services/minion-mki</a>) is a portable sequencing device that already has proven its power in e.g. the rapid identification of viral pathogens, the monitoring of ebola, genome assembly improvement, and environmental and food safety monitoring. As a member of the pre-release MinION Access Programme (MAP), Edinburgh Genomics has considerable experience in both generating and analyzing MinION sequence data and also has published one of the first software tools to visualize and analyze these data [1].</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">This workshop will focus on the handling, analysis and applications of MinION sequence data. The workshop will be a combination of presentations, demos and hands-on tutorials. In the hands-on tutorials a wide range of software programs will be used, some of which were especially developed for the MinION.</font></div><div><br></div><div>[1] M Watson et al. poRe: an R package for the visualization and analysis of nanopore sequencing data. Bioinformatics. 2015 Jan 1;31(1):114-5.</div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px"><br><b>Topics:</b><br><br>The following topics will be covered:<br></p><ul><li>Introduction to the Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencing technology<br></li><li>Organisation of raw reads (poRe/Poretools)<br></li><li>Extraction of FASTQ/A data (poRe/Poretools)<br></li><li>Gathering and visualization of run statistics (poRe/Poretools)<br></li><li>Error correction and quality control (Nanocorr, NanoOK)<br></li><li>Alignment of reads (Last, BWA, R)<br></li><li>Event alignment (Nanopolish)<br></li><li>Scaffolding of short reads (SSPACE-LongRead)<br></li><li>Hybrid de novo assembly (SPAdes)</li></ul><b>Who should attend?</b><br><br>This workshop is aimed at anyone who is working with, or is planning to work with, Oxford Nanopore MinION sequence data.<br><br><b>Instructors:</b><br><ul><li>Mick Watson (Head of Bioinformatics)<br></li><li>Judith Risse (Bioinformatician, Edinburgh Genomics)<br></li><li>Bert Overduin (Training and Outreach Bioinformatician, Edinburgh Genomics)</li></ul><b>Requirements:</b><br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font color="#000000">For this workshop basic knowledge of Linux is essential, while familiarity
with R would be advantageous.</font><font color="#3c3c3c"></font></span></p>
<b><div><b><br></b></div>Cost:</b><br><br>The registration fee for this workshop is £155, which includes lunch and refreshments.<br><br><b>Application:</b><br><br>You can apply for this workshop by filling in the application form at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8WM7SF3" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8WM7SF3</a>. Application will close on Thursday 12 November 2015 noon. Successful applicants will be notified a.s.a.p. after this date.<br><br><b>Information:</b><br><br>For more information, please contact Bert Overduin (<a href="mailto:bert.overduin@ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">bert.overduin@ed.ac.uk</a>).<p></p></div><div><br></div><div>Note that registration is also open for our RNA-seq, Linux and Python workshops. For more information, please see <a href="https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/events/workshops">https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/events/workshops</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>With kind regards,</div><div>Bert Overduin</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Bert Overduin, PhD</div><div>TRAINING AND OUTREACH BIOINFORMATICIAN</div><div><a href="mailto:Bert.Overduin@ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">Bert.Overduin@ed.ac.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div>EDINBURGH GENOMICS</div><div>The University of Edinburgh</div><div>Ashworth Laboratories<br></div><div>The King's Buildings</div><div>Charlotte Auerbach Road</div><div>Edinburgh EH9 3FL</div><div>Scotland, United Kingdom</div><div><br></div><div>tel. <a href="tel:%2B44%280%291316507403" value="+441316507403" target="_blank">+44(0)1316507403</a></div><div><a href="http://genomics.ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">http://genomics.ed.ac.uk</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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