Course: Bioinformatics for Biologists: Analysing and Interpreting Genomics Datasets

A variant refers to any change observed when comparing two sequences. Several types of variant exits each reflecting a different kind of alteration in the sequence. The process of identifying …

Alignment of sample sequences against the reference genome is conducted to determine the most likely source of the observed sequencing reads The reference genome is a thorough, well-annotated depiction of …

Although warnings or failures in NGS data analysis should be interpreted with caution, they may not necessarily have a detrimental impact on the overall analysis In fact, certain warnings might …

The most common raw data output from Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms is the FASTQ file, which is a text-based format However, depending on the specific technology used, additional files may …

Dataset for this course The dataset for this course is a benchmark dataset for the WGS analysis of SARS-CoV-2. The Variants of Interest/Variants of Concern (VOI/VOC) lineages study validated a …

The DNA-Seq Analysis Pipeline involves a series of steps for processing and analyzing DNA sequencing data It starts with the generation of raw sequencing data through platforms like Illumina or …

NGS refers to a wide range of cutting-edge sequencing techniques used by various platforms The ability to quickly analyse DNA and RNA sequences made possible by these high-throughput sequencing techniques …

DNA Sequencing is the process of reading the nucleotides present in DNA: determining the precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule DNA Sequencing generally refers today to any Next …

Bioinformatics tools often have complicated dependencies depending on the Operating System Conda, an open-source package manager, helps to curb these limitations. The link below gives a detailed description of Conda …

Variants data to explore As a refresher, let’s first review the data we have in hand. We’ve previously seen how to do that for both static or interactive output. # …

Acknowledgments Many thanks to all those who were involved in making of the course Bioinformatics for Biologists: Analysing and Interpreting Genomics Datasets Course Lead Educator and Lead Developer Dr Fatma …

Advanced plotting options: axis transformation Have you noticed how the previous data we plotted seemed crushed? This is simply because in its default output, ggplot2 optimizes the axis coordinates to …

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There are many different levels of data exploitation, and visualization constitutes an essential component of this puzzle This is because it: helps interpretation of even complex high-throughput data provides an …

Before moving to data visualization, there are a few other useful functions and tips you need to know, that will ease the operational analysis of data immensely The number of …