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Teaching
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  at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
Courses:
Informatics MSc
Honours:
Bioinformatics MSc
 
 
Genomes and Genomics 3 2008

PRACTICAL | TECH SESSIONS | LECTURES


H. polygyrus

PRACTICAL 2008:
EST sequencing from Heligmosomoides polygyrus

PRACTICAL SCHEDULE
INTRODUCTION: ESTs
H. polygyrus a model nematode
Computer Practical 1
Computer Practical 1 Talk
Computer Practical 2
Computer Practcal 2 Talk
Writeup Instructions


TECH SESSIONS 2008

Technical Session 1: Sequencing Genomes | Lecture Notes PDF | SOLEXA and 454 sequencing - an introduction PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 4: Gene Finding | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 7: Molecular Phylogenetics | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html

Technical Session 8: Genome Databases | Lecture Notes PDF | Practical Notes html | HOX_genes.pdf


LECTURES 2008

 

Sequencing Strategies and Primary Analysis

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The genomes of the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The C. elegans Genome. A more in depth view...

The C. elegans ORFeome

The genome of Drosophila melanogaster

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The reannotation of the Drosophila melanogaster genome based on completion of the sequence in 2003.

The genomes of parasitic protozoa: Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma brucei

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The genome of Homo sapiens

PDF of lecture notes (2007 version)

The human genome papers
Publicly Funded Project
Celera Project
The Mouse Genome


Other Genomes, Other Sites

Some links to other genome projects that may be of interest

Human Genome Links

The TIGR Microbial Genome Database

Plant Genomics

Parasite Genomes

Genomes On Line Database GOLD 2.0 at the EBI

GOLD 1.0 at the Univ. Illinois

The Sanger Institute: the premier UK genome sequencing centre with projects on bacteria, protozoa, C. elegans, fugu (puffer fish) and human genomes (amongst others)
The Washington University High Throughput Genome Sequencing Center
: A US counterpart of the Sanger Institute with a major involvement in ESTs, human, mouse and C. elegans (amongst others)
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR): a not-for-profit genome sequencing institute involved in bacterial, Arabidopsis, malaria and T. brucei sequencing (amongst others) 

 

 
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