Analysis of whole-genome sequence data: assessment of polymorphisms of individual and pooled samples, and genome-wide association study

17-20.2.2014

Yvonne Willi

Prof. Yvonne Willi, UNINE
Dr. Christiane Bobillier, UNINE

Dr. Robert Kofler, Verterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Autriche

Prof. Zoltan Kutalik, Université de Lausanne, CH

Dr. Alexander Platzer, Gregor-Mendel Institut of molecular plant biology, Vienne, Autriche

Objectives: To get familiar with a variety of analyses on whole-genome sequence data Day 1-2 Topics: Mapping reads to reference genome, SNP & indel discovery Speaker: Dr. Alexander Platzer, Gregor-Mendel Institut, Wien Precise content : 1) Reminder of important UNIX commands 2) Data file formats and software 3) Mapping reads to reference genome 4) SNP discovery 5) Indel discovery Day 3 Topic: Pooled whole-genome re-sequencing, SNP-frequency data and down-stream analysis Speaker: Dr. Robert Kofler, Verterinärmedizinische Universität Wien Precise content of WGS part : 1) Pool-seq with a single population (PoPoolation1) 2) Pool-seq with several populations (PoPoolation2) 3) Gene set enrichment analysis from the results of 1 and 2 (Gowinda) Day 4 Topic: GWAS – genome-wide association studies: linking whole-genome sequence data with phenotypic data Speaker: Prof. Zoltan Kutlik, University of Lausanne.

University of Neuchâtel, Faculté des sciences, UniMail, building C room 001 and Millenium computer room E026

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To apply, send (email) a short letter of motivation (max 1 page) (with the signature of your supervisor if you are a PhD student) to Dr Christiane Bobillier.

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