Workshop organised by the EMBRACE (EU FP6 NoE), in connection with the EMBnet AGM 2010.

The event is sponsored by the Apulia Regional Council under a EU initiative financed by EU funds - POR Puglia 2000/2006 (http://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/aptbari) and EMBRACE (http://www.embracegrid.info/).

This workshop is a continuation of the previous workshop in Rome (see link below). It is aimed at bioinformaticians interested in discussing issues related to the management of platforms and analysis of next-generation sequencing data.

The workshop will include lectures by experts from relevant fields and corresponding practical sessions. Topics covered will include storage facilities for sequencing raw data, tools for genome mapping of sequence reads, sequence reads assembly, contig and scaffold generation, gene calling of mapped reads for digital analysis of gene expression, identification of structural genome variants by using long paired-end sequencing and tools for genome annotation.

The workshop will start June 16th at 10:00 A.M. with a list of presentations on the topics such as de novo sequencing: analysis strategies, reference supported sequence assembly; re-sequencing: mapping and detection of variability; RNA-seq and digital gene-expression profiling, ChIP -seq, epigenetics, metagenomics, small RNA sequencing and genome annotation.

The second day (June 17th) will be dedicated to an extensive hack-a-thon session with real data analysis of some of the above mentioned topic.

The hack-a-thon will use the computer facility of the National Institute
of Nuclear Physics (INFN, http://www.ba.infn.it/) in Bari.

 

EMBnet´s AGM will take place on June 18th

 

There is no registration fee. The costs for the EMBnet members are covered by the Apulia Regional Council and EMBnet. Other participants have to cover only their travel and accommodation, the rest will be sponsored by EMBRACE and Apulia Regional Council.