Free bacterial genome assembly workshop

QFAB Bioinformatics is holding a one-day workshop covering the concepts of de novo assembly and initial annotation of a bacterial genome from short-read next-generation sequencing (NGS) data.

Using Galaxy, a web-based platform that provides a user-friendly interface for bioinformatics tools, the company will introduce the tools, data types and workflow of de novo genome assembly. Participants will assemble a microbial genome using different software before assessing, annotating and visualising the assembled genome.

The free workshop is provided as part of the Omics platform, a project funded by Research Data Services (RDS) to provide cloud-based data services and tools for Australian life science researchers to combine, analyse and interpret genomic (DNA), transcriptomic (RNA), proteomic (proteins) and metabolomic (small molecules) data. It will be of interest to biologists and bioinformaticians wanting to gain an insight into the processes of short-read genome assembly.

The event will be held at the Griffith Southbank Graduate Centre, Queensland, on 21 November from 9 am to 5 pm. Those interested in attending should register here by 5 pm on 17 November.