github.com - With advances in Cancer Genomics, Mutation Annotation Format (MAF) is being widely accepted and used to store somatic variants detected. The Cancer Genome Atlas Project has sequenced over 30 different cancers with sample size of each cancer type...
If we only had Illumina reads, we could also assemble these using the tool Spades.
You can try this here, or try it later on your own data.
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We will use the same Illumina data as we used above:
illumina_R1.fastq.gz: the Illumina...
Research Associate/JRF/SRF position, DBT Sponsored Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
Applicants should hold a PhD or a first class MSc/MTech degree in Bioinformatics of Biotechnology/Life Sciences; experience in using bioinformatics tools,...
github.com - This tool extracts heterozygous kmer pairs from kmer count databases and performs gymnastics with them. We are able to disentangle genome structure by comparing the sum of kmer pair coverages (CovA + CovB) to their relative coverage (CovB / (CovA +...
Biomedical Informatics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh invites application for a project dissertation program for students who have completed their first year of M.Sc. in Bioinformatics.
This is an exciting opportunity for Master's students to train...
github.com - Phylogenomic Analysis Pipeline for Herbarium Specimens
What is PhyloHerb: PhyloHerb is a wrapper program to process genome skimming data collected from plant materials. The outcomes include the plastid genome (plastome) assemblies,...
The study suggests that a specific genetic mutation, involving the insertion of an Alu element (a type of transposable DNA sequence), played a critical role in the evolutionary transition from tailed primates to tailless hominoids.