Scientists from SAS Institute will be at WUSM providing JMP Genomics training on Feb 13th, 2013. Training will be held in FLTC 404 A&B. This will be a hands-on workshop using JMP Genomics, version 6.0. Data will be provided. Please bring your own laptop with JMP Genomics 6.0 installed. Download JMP Genomics 6.0. Please download [...]
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Sign up for JMP Genomics training at Washington University in February
January 10th, 2013 by Kristi · No Comments
Tags:2013, bioinformatics, genomics, informatics, Information, JMP Genomics, tutorial, Washington University
NCBI’s ClinVar
November 9th, 2012 by Kristi · No Comments
Interested in integrating data from clinical genetic testing and the literature in a single place? ClinVar aggregates information from a variety of sources about sequence variation and its relationship to human health in a single centralized location. from Intro to ClinVar: The goal of ClinVar is to provide a freely accessible, public archive of reports [...]
Tags:2012, clinical, gene, genetic, informatics, NCBI, repository, sequence, variation
Tutorials and lecture materials from NCBI and NHGRI
November 30th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
I am constantly surprised by the amount of great instructional material available in topics related to genomics and bioinformatics. It is unfortunate that there isn’t a “master list” somewhere of all of the instructional available from NIH-related efforts (hint hint). Until that happens, I’ll try to share resources as I find them. Here are some [...]
Tags:bioinformatics, BLAST, course, data, database, education, genetic, genome, genomics, informatics, Information, NCBI, NHGRI, research, science, tool, tutorial
Worthwhile reads in bioinformatics…
November 21st, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
Just wanted to share some excellent resources in bioinformatics that I happened to catch on Twitter this morning. Both are dedicated issues and both are freely available online (yay!): The BioMart Virtual Issue from Database: The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation (HT @emblebi). If you haven’t had a chance to play with BioMart, please [...]
Tags:bioinformatics, EBI, genome browser, informatics, Information, journal
Partek Training Workshops to be offered in September
September 12th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
Partek will provide a day long in-depth training course of the Partek GS software package in Room 602 of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center on September 22, 2011. Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis in Partek Genomics Suite Software The class will cover the alignment using Partek Flow, BAM file import in Partek Genomic Suite, [...]
Tags:bioinformatics, genomics, informatics, software, tutorial, Washington University
JAMIA’s Virtual Informatics Journal Club
September 5th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
Interested in learning more about some of the most cutting edge topics in medical and research informatics? Check out the monthly virtual journal club hosted at the American Medical Informatics Association website. The Journal Club meets the first Thursday of each month at 3:00 ET for discussions of the best of JAMIA’s peer-reviewed content. The [...]
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NCBI C++ Toolkit v7.0.0 available
June 28th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
From NCBI: The NCBI C++ Toolkit v7.0.0 is now available from the FTP site. The Toolkit contains C++ language sources of NCBI software that can be used to build standalone BLAST, Sequin, Cn3D, and other NCBI tools and utilities. Also check out the The NCBI C++ Toolkit Book, Edited by Denis Vakatov, on the NCBI [...]
Tags:2011, bioinformatics, BLAST, genomics, informatics, Information, NCBI, NIH, research, software
Lecture Announcement: Susceptibility Genetics
May 23rd, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Laura Bierut for a lecture on Susceptibility Genetics this afternoon for the Genomic Medicine series. New genetic technologies have led to a revolution in identifying susceptibility variants for many diseases and traits. This lecture will discuss some basics of susceptibility gene finding and predict what the future will hold with [...]
Tags:2011, genomics, ICTS, informatics, Washington University
Lecture Announcement: Biomedical Informatics
May 9th, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
Our final set of lectures related to Clinical Application kicks off today with discussion on Biomedical Informatics by Rakesh Nagarajan. Dr. Nagarajan will present some background information and discuss projects and resources available through the Center for Biomedical Informatics that facilitate clinical and translational research. See http://cbmi.wustl.edu/html/projects.html for a list of projects at CBMI. Biomedical [...]
Tags:2011, course, genome, genomics, ICTS, informatics, resources, science, Washington University
Lecture Announcement: Bioinformatics (data, databases, & software)
May 2nd, 2011 by Kristi · No Comments
I am really excited to close out the “Genomic Techniques and Analysis” section of the Introduction to Genomic Medicine lecture series today with an introduction to bioinformatics and suggestions of how you can apply tools and databases to research. I’ll cover a number of topics, including: some general concepts to keep in mind when searching/using/analyzing [...]
Tags:2011, bioinformatics, BLAST, data, database, event, genome browser, ICTS, informatics, Information, NCBI, research, St. Louis, tutorial, Washington University
