About Genome Browsers

Introductory course on visualising and manipulating genomic data

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Description.

This course introduces the Biologist to interactive tools that they can use to explore their data and perform simple analyses.

Authors.

  • Thomas Carroll
  • Henry Farmery
  • Mark Dunning
  • Shamith Samarajiwa
  • Alex Tunnicliffe

    • Software Requirements.

  • The Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) from the Broad Institute
  • A reasonable internet connection

    • Course Materials.

  • Introduction to File formats
  • Introduction to IGV
  • IGV Practical
  • Introduction to the UCSC genome browser
  • Practical materials from Open Helix