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www.simonsfoundation.org - Complete genome sequences from more than one hundred diverse human populations All genomes in the dataset were sequenced to at least 30x coverage using Illumina technology. The sequencing reads were mapped and genotyped using a customized procedure...

The aim of this series to interviews some notable bioinformaticians to get their views on various aspects of bioinformatics research.

daehwankimlab.github.io - Resource for downloading all the HISAT2 related files  Please cite: Kim, D., Paggi, J.M., Park, C. et al. Graph-based genome alignment and genotyping with HISAT2 and HISAT-genotype. Nat Biotechnol 37, 907–915...

Registration for BINC examination 2015 will open soon.

github.com - Generate unique k-mers for every contig in a FASTA file. Unique k-mer is consisted of k-mer keys (i.e. ATCGATCCTTAAGG) that are only presented in one contig, but not presented in any other contigs (for both forward and reverse strands). This tool...

Department of Botany & Bioinformatics Centre NORTH-EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY, SHILLONG 793022 Applications with complete bio-data from candidates possessing the required qualifications are invited for the posts of JRF (2) and Project Assistant...

github.com - Perform Alignment-free k-tuple frequency comparisons from sequences. This can be in the form of two input files (e.g. a reference and a query) or a single file for pairwise comparisons to be made.

20th International BioInformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME) 9 - 14 August 2015 St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Organiser: Christine Carrington (University of the West Indies - UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad...

github.com - Just import the assembly, bam and ALE scores. You can convert the .ale file to a set of .wig files with ale2wiggle.py and IGV can read those directly.  Depending on your genome size you may want to convert the .wig files to the BigWig format.

Shanghai, China-headquartered pharmatech company WuXi (NYSE: WX) has acquired NextCODE Health, a genomic analysis and bioinformatics company based in the USA.