| Organised by BITS, the Bioinformatics Training and Service facility of the VIB. |
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Goal
- Browse genes in their genomic context
- View features in and around a specific gene
- Investigate genome organization and explore larger chromosome regions
- Search and retrieve information on a gene- and genome scale
- Use BLAT (not BLAST) to quickly map your sequence to the genome
- Compare genomes
Summary
The UCSC Genome Browser provides a way to examine data from many genomes and includes extensive annotation tracks for various data types such as known UCSC (and Ensembl) genes, predicted genes, SNPs, miRNAs, comparative multi-species analysis and much more. During this training you will learn how to navigate this vital tool for your research.
Detailed schedule
Morning
- introduction genome browsing
- genome browser display and position control
- track (annotation) control
- PDF output browser graphics
Afternoon
- additional UCSC and external data
- DNA (formatted) sequence retrieval
- table browser
- BLAT
- in silico PCR
- DNA & protein duster
Trainer
This training is prepared and given by
Paco Hulpiau (DMBR).