This course focuses on genomic sequencing.
Topics covered:
- The changing landscape of genomics: From Sanger sequencing to Next Generation Sequencing
- Overview of Next Generation Sequencing platforms and their methodology
- Targeted resequencing
- Alignment, variant calling and...
Scientific topics: Rare diseases
Keywords: Rare Diseases & Research
Resource type: e-learning
Background
The rapid identification of pathogens infecting livestock is essential to appropriately respond to the threat. The number and the variety of pathogen sequenced genomes have been growing more dramatically these recent years, because of the new sequencing technologies. This wealth of...
Keywords: Blast, E learning, Multiple sequence alignment
Resource type: e-learning
Background
The vast diversity of the pathogens affecting livestock demands a very specific diagnostic procedure in identification and characterization of each pathogen. In this context, the enormous amount of sequence and genotype data is being generated on animal pathogens, which is further...
Keywords: Animal pathogens, E learning, Phylogenetics
Resource type: e-learning