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The central goal of the Earth BioGenome Project is to understand the evolution and organization of life on our planet by sequencing and functionally annotating the genomes of 1.5 million known species of eukaryotes

github.com - Apollo is an assembly polishing algorithm that attempts to correct the errors in an assembly. It can take multiple set of reads in a single run and polish the assemblies of genomes of any size. Described by Firtina et al. (preliminary version...

Cost-effective whole human genome sequencing has revolutionized the landscape of genetic research and personalized medicine by making comprehensive genetic analysis accessible to a wider population. Through advancements in sequencing technologies,...

Many times bioinformatician needs to parse binary files like bam and sff. Advantage of binary files is that they occupy less space in memory with maximum information content. Link for those who looking for structure of Bam and sff...

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) organises lots of bioinformatics courses covering wide range of topics: http://www.isb-sib.ch/education/training-courses.html Canadian bioinformatics also organises various bioinformatics and sequencing...

talks.biogo.googlecode.com - Another good lecture for Illumina sequencing data analysis from  Dan Kortschak, Bioinformatics Group, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science ,The University of Adelaide

Only 4.4 percent DNA difference between Tiger and house cats

"The Human Brain Project’s is consists of 130 research institutions throughout Europe and coordinated through the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL)"

grouthbio.com - Plz check out link for bioinformatics and genomics companies. 

The focus of the bioinformatics group is to use computational approaches to gain an insight into genome evolution in primates. http://www.eva.mpg.de/genetics/bioinformatics/overview.html?Fsize=0%2C%20%40%2F%27 Kelso Group Department of...