IGS Training Workshops
Overview
The Institute for Genome Sciences offers regular training courses on genomics and supporting technologies, such as bioinformatics. See any of the links below to get more information on each course, including registration instructions.
IGS Genomics Workshop
This workshop provides an introduction to the methods and tools used in genome analysis. It is designed for attendees who have fundamental knowledge of biology, but no prior genomics experience is expected or required. Topics include sequencing applications/technologies, genome annotation, comparative genomics, transcriptomics, metagenomics. Hands-on exercises using popular bioinformatics tools are included for all topics covered in the course.IGS Introduction to Programming for Bioinformatics
This workshop provides a basic introduction to three aspects of programming as applied to bioinformatics: Perl, databases, and R. No prior programming experience is expected or required. The workshop is designed to give biologists the fundamental programming tools they need to operate in a Linux/Unix environment and to manipulate data files, engage in analysis, and effectively store and retrieve their data.Introduction
The IGS Annotation Engine provides free automated annotation of prokaryotic sequences using the IGS prokaryotic annotation pipeline. In addition, the manual annotation tool Manatee is available for viewing and curating the data.
How to submit a genome to the Annotation Engine
To submit sequence to the Annotation Engine, simply send the sequence in a FASTA formated file. Please don't send zip files as they are blocked by our university mail system but other forms of compression are fine. Please let us know if the genomes are complete or in a draft state. If they are draft genomes there are two options for doing the annotation: 1. on the contigs; 2. on a pseudomolecule (contigs linked together into one long sequence with a spacer between each contig that introduces starts and stops in all 6 frames). We can generate the psueudomolecules for you if you wish us to. Also, if there is a close relative of your strain that has its sequence completed we can use that to order your contigs. If not, we can order the contigs longest to shortest. Please contact us if you are not sure which option (contigs/pseudomolecule) is best for you and we can provide some help in making the decision.
If you have a genome to submit, please contact us for more information.
How to reference use of the IGS Annotation Engine in your publication
We ask that anyone using the IGS Annotation Engine for their work include that information in the Materials and Methods section and to acknowledge us in the Acknowledgements section. Thank You.
Submit a sequence
You can submit your prokaryotic sequence for annotation using the IGS Annotation Engine. The molecule does not need to be closed, but better annotation will come from genomes with as little fragmentation as possible.To submit sequence to the Annotation Engine, simply send the sequence in a FASTA formated file. Please don't send zip files as they are blocked by our university mail system but other forms of compression are fine. Please let us know if the genomes are complete or in a draft state. If they are draft genomes there are two options for doing the annotation: 1. on the contigs; 2. on a pseudomolecule (contigs linked together into one long sequence with a spacer between each contig that introduces starts and stops in all 6 frames). We can generate the psueudomolecules for you if you wish us to. Also, if there is a close relative of your strain that has its sequence completed we can use that to order your contigs. If not, we can order the contigs longest to shortest. Please contact us if you are not sure which option (contigs/pseudomolecule) is best for you and we can provide some help in making the decision.
If you have a genome to submit, please contact us for more information.
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