Dear all,

We are excited to announce our upcoming online course, Comparative Genomics, taking place from April 7-11. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to structural variations (SVs), single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and comparative genomics, covering key analysis workflows—from genome assembly and variant identification to assessing their evolutionary impact.

Course website: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/course34/

Through a mix of lectures and hands-on exercises, participants will gain practical experience with state-of-the-art tools for genome comparison, SVs and SNVs detection, and annotation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Identification of SNPs and SVs using de novo genome assembly and read mapping strategies
• Assessment of strengths and weaknesses of the different DNA sequencing technologies, Illumina, Pacific Bioscience, Oxford Nanopore, for the detection of variations
  • Strengths and pitfalls of de novo assembly and mapping approaches for comparative genomics
  • Hands on experience of state of the art methods to compare multiple genomes
  • Annotation of variations and comparative genomics analysis
  • Familiarity with biological sequence analysis in an evolutionary context

For the full list of our courses and workshops, please visit: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/