Tag: WGS

Efficiently merge two BAM files while retaining reads from only one file in overlapping regions 1 I have a WGS BAM file that is fairly large (>150GB) and a smaller BAM file (<5GB) with reads in a small 10Mbp region. I want to (efficiently) merge the two BAM files while…

CNV calling for wgs of S. pombe 0 Hi, Can anyone help to do CNV calling of WGS data of S.Pombe? I have 1 normal sample and 3 samples treated with a suppressor. I used Control-FREEC but did not get the right result. Can anyone help, how to do germline…

SUMMARY We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Bioinformatics Scientist who will be an integral member of the Sequencing team contributing to the support and development of ground-breaking next-generation sequencing (NGS) products. As a member of Roche’s Sequencing and Life Science (SLS), Scientific Support and Applications team, you will…

Added whole genome sequencing capacity enables the SOLVE-RD research program to significantly increase sample throughput MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in Nijmegen, the Netherlands will increase their…

Rare genetic disorders are caused by variants in major functional genes. Most are SNV or INDEL variants, but SVs, such as CNVs or chromosomal variants, can also be the cause. Recently, a large-scale study has also been published showing that CNVs were identified in 11-12% more infants and children with…

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Details Posted: 23-Dec-21 Location: Evanston, Illinois Salary: Open Categories: Information Technology Staff/Administrative Department: MED-Center for Genetic MedSalary/Grade: EXS/8 Job Summary: Partners with clients to design, develop, implement and maintain business solutions regarding data management and analysis.  This includes database administration, data consolidation, data analysis and management reporting.  Utilizes software to…

A worldwide consortium of scientists, led by the Earlham Institute and the University of Liverpool, has developed an efficient, inexpensive approach to large-scale bacterial genome sequencing that could equip researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with cheap and accessible methods for sequencing large collections of bacterial pathogens—at a cost…

Hi, I was using puge haplotig, and in that work flow the first step was to use bedtools genomecov so I moved here. I have three paired end dataset, illumina wgs reads, HiC reads, and Chicago sequencing reads. I aligned the paired end reads of illumina wgs to the genome,…

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What is the procedure for the assembly of bacteriophage genomes? 0 Hello, is the assembly of bacteriophages’ genome different from that of humans? I understand that it is common to use NGS to sequence the genomes of newly isolated bacteriophages, but what is the correct procedure? When isolating a new…

Kraken2 0 I wanted to make a kraken database but i got this error while running the command.I am using Kraken2 $ kraken2-build –standard –threads 24 –db kraken2database/ Downloading nucleotide gb accession to taxon map… done.Downloading nucleotide wgs accession to taxon map… done.Downloaded accession to taxon map(s)Downloading taxonomy tree data……

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne human pathogen that affects public health worldwide. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can classify L. monocytogenes isolates and identify virulence islands and resistance genes potentially influencing infectivity. Herein, WGS was used to assess 151 L. monocytogenes isolates from 120 cases of clinical infection in Beijing, China, between…

How to call LOH with FreeC 0 Good morning, I am try to infer loss of heterozygosity (LOH) from WGS data using Freec. For this purpose, I am using these parameters in the “[BAF]” section of the configuration file: [BAF] makePileup = My_somaticVCF.vcf.gz fastaFile = hg19.fa SNPfile = hg19_snp142.SingleDiNucl.1based.txt.gz When…

Bioinformatics postdoctoral position There is an immediate opening for a bioinformatics postdoctoral position in Tahlan Laboratory at the Department of Biology (www.mun.ca/faculty/ktahlan/index.php) to study the epidemiology and evolution of mycobacterial pathogenesis using whole genome sequencing (WGS, Illumina) data. Responsibilities: Bioinformatics analysis of WGS DNA-seq data. Writing results for publication. Qualifications:…

Plain Language Summary Fluoropyrimidine (FP; 5-FU, capecitabine) is a common chemotherapy used to treat many different cancers, including cancer of the colon and rectum, upper digestive tract, breast and head and neck. Cancer patients who receive FP chemotherapy are at risk of developing severe side effects from their treatment. A…

TLDR: Thanks to funding from EOSC-Life, the Freiburg Galaxy team will work in 2022 with Biolytix, a Swiss Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) specialized in molecular biology and microbiological analyses, toward Accessible and scalable detection and identification of foodborne pathogens. Background Food contaminations with pathogens are a major burden on…

DUBLIN, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Next Generation Sequencing Market, Global Forecast, Impact of COVID-19, Industry Trends, Growth, Opportunity By Types of Test, Company Analysis” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com‘s offering. According to the report, the Global Next Generation Sequencing Market will reach US$ 34.8 Billion by 2027….

Job Details Lee Placito Fellowship in Bioinformatics Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington, Oxford Grade 7: £33,309 – £40,927 per annum Contract type: Fixed term for 3 years Hours: Full-time About the role We are looking for an enthusiastic bioinformatician who has an interest in…

Department of Neurology, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands Wouter van Rheenen, Rick A. A. van der Spek, Mark K. Bakker, Joke J. F. A. van Vugt, Paul J. Hop, Ramona A. J. Zwamborn, Annelot M. Dekker, Klara Gawor, Henk-Jan Westeneng, Gijs H. P. Tazelaar, Kristel R. van Eijk, Maarten Kooyman, Ewout J. N. Groen, Michael…

Are there some methods can be used to do association analysis in a very small size group? 0 Sorry that I’m not native English speaker, so maybe I did not make myself clear somewhere. If so, please forgive me and welcome to ask. we foung a new trait in our…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Friday that an outbreak of salmonella due to an “unknown food source” has been detected in 25 states across the U.S. The agency said that on Sept. 2, it identified an outbreak of 20 salmonella oranienburg infections and that, since then,…

Filter criteria for variants based on GBS data 0 Are there recommended filter criteria for variants based on GBS data? I currently use this filter formula that is used in bcbio for WGS based variants soft-filtering bcftools –soft-filter GATKCutoffSNP -e TYPE=”snp” && (MQRankSum < -12.5 || ReadPosRankSum < -8.0 ||…

How to transform a whole-genome callset into whole-exome callset? 0 Hi all, I have a callset from whole-genome data and with this callset, I want to transform it into exome callset by extracting the variants using a exome target interval. I obtained two exome target list, one from 1KG project…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has once again identified a multi-state Salmonella outbreak in the country this year. The last reported disease outbreak was caused by Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella infantis identified in Italian deli meats, such as salami, and prosciutto. The Denver Channel reported that the recent Salmonella outbreak…

How to access WGS files on TCGA for melanoma/SKCM 0 I was trying to find WGS files for TCGA-SKCM so I can run WGS files through our pipeline and search for circular DNA elements in melanoma samples. However, looking on the TCGA website for this type of cancer, it’s unclear…

The faces of three ancient Egyptians are brought back to life thanks to DNA group of scientists Recreate The faces of three ancient Egyptian men using DNA that is more than 2,000 years old. According to the magazine NEWSWEEKIt is believed that this is the first time that modern techniques…

Likely linked to restaurant exposures – Texas hardest hit. On September 2, 2021, CDC identified an outbreak of 20 Salmonella Oranienburg infections. Since then, the outbreak has grown rapidly. As of September 15, 2021, 127 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg have been reported from 25 states….

Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is a global issue associated with an increased and often unrestricted antibiotic use in clinical settings, which leads to the dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in healthcare facilities (World Health Organization, 2017).1 CRE constitutes a large group of bacteria with different mechanisms for drug resistance. Among them,…

Procambarus fallax collections and PCR genotyping Animals were collected from various wild populations (Table S1) in compliance with state and local regulations (Georgia department of natural resources scientific collection permit 115621108, state of Florida collection permits S-19-10 and S-20-04). DNA was isolated from abdominal muscle tissue using SDS-based extraction and precipitation…

HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Predicine, Inc. announced today results from a liquid biopsy study demonstrating the clinical application of utilizing the PredicineCARE liquid biopsy NGS assay to serially monitor changes in ctDNA levels in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The European Urology study evaluated the effects…

The faces of three ancient Egyptian men have been brought to life by scientists, using DNA that is more than 2,000 years old. This is thought to be the first time modern techniques have been used on human DNA of this age, with the trio of samples estimated to be…

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New Snapshot methods for low-coverage sequencing bring hidden data to life Scientific Poster Image Scientific Poster Image Scientific Poster Image RESTON, Va., Sept. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At the 32nd International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI), being held this week in Orlando, Florida, Parabon NanoLabs will unveil for the…

compare SV results across samples – Manta, Delly 3 Hi folks, I have Delly and Manta results for a cohort of WGS tumour libraries. Some of the libraries are derived from the same sources using different methods in the lab and I want to be able to compare/contrast the sets…

Background Fisheries and aquaculture are becoming increasingly intensive to meet recent human consumption, resulting in proliferation of marine pathogens and food security concerns.1,2 Vibrio species, as one of the most dangerous foodborne pathogens, cause vibriosis in human around the world.3 It has been reported that vibriosis resulted in 80,000 illnesses…

NEW YORK – The results of a major, core facilities-driven benchmarking study for next-generation sequencing platforms are in, and just about every major player in the field can claim a victory of some sort. The data support longstanding advantages touted by market leader Illumina, while also providing a sneak peak…

Research questions regarding WGS data from plant pathogens 1 If you have a specific problem to solve, random experts strangers on the internet will likely be able to help. I think that’s where this forum is most useful. When it comes to big career questions such as the one you…

How does one harmonize WGS data with Microarray data? 0 Hello all, I’ve been working with microarray data which, of course, explicitly reports the genotype at each SNP on the microarray chip Now I am trying to incorporate WGS datasets into my project, and I would like to extract the…

An examination of how aspects of the sequencing and analysis process can influence efforts to detect cancer mutations in clinical samples is reported in Nature Biotechnology this week, highlighting the need for reproducibility and accuracy in precision oncology. While the falling costs of next-generation sequencing have led to a rise…

The Bioinformatics and Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Software Development unit is part of Data Analytical Sciences within PHE’s National Infection Service Division. The unit is globally pre-eminent in the design, construction, validation and deployment of bioinformatics pipelines for the automated analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) whole Genome Sequence (WGS)…

Summary: Our engineering team specializes in developing a fast and accurate FPGA-accelerated platform called DRAGEN, for the secondary analysis of NGS data. Team activities are two-fold: 1) algorithm design of analysis methods to discover variants, and, 2) highly-efficient HW/SW implementation for fast run time. The platform covers a wide…

Any suggestion on metagenomics pipelines for processing shotgun metagenomics whole genome sequencing samples? 0 Hi, I have some shotgun metagenomics gonorrhea samples and I want to use metagenomics pipeline to process the samples and then detect antimicrobial resistance. I looked into few pipelines so far for metagenomics data such as…

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist *The company is offering flexible working options* I am working with a biotech company in Cambridge who is looking for a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to join their growing Bioinformatics team. The company focus on identifying and developing cancer treatments by exploiting targets within DNA damage response (DDR)….

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Is there way to get genbank assembly id from nuccore id using ncbi eutils ? 2 Hello, I am trying to get the assembly id (for eg. GCA_000312685.1 ) for the nuccore id (CP003157.1) using eutils? For the WGS nuccore id such as CAJY00000000 you can get the the assembly…

A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has found that a majority of these tumors arise from the accumulation of mutations caused by natural processes in the body. The international team of scientists, led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), carried out…

Has anyone here used the MAC tool for merging assemblies? 0 I’m relatively new to whole genome work and have been exploring various tools for assembling/mapping genomes. I’ve read that not all assembly tools/programs are created equal and often times it is valuable to assess assemblies from multiple tools for…

Use of GenotypeGVCFs in population genetic studies 0 I have 16 whole genome sequenced samples from two populations (8 for each population). My goal is detection of signature of selection and introgression. I performed read cleaning, mapping to reference, mark duplication. SNP calling was performed using HaplotypeCaller in GATK for…

Hi Everyone, I am currently looking at Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) paired-end WGS samples from the TARGET data ocg.cancer.gov/programs/target/target-methods#3241. A bioinformatician in our group remapped the samples from hg19 to hg38. Unfortunately, we do not have any copies of the hg19 version anymore. However, when I try to run anything…

How to pass custom software specific variables to nf-core/sarek nextflow pipeline? 0 I’m attempting to call whole genome variants using nf-core/sarek nextflow pipeline. In QC step there is an option that invokes trim_galore quality trimming, but i don’t know how to pass my custom adapters to be cut as well….

How to filter GATK vcf file using other programs 0 hi everyone I called variants for a WGS project using GATK (HaplotypeCaller). Now, when I want to filter that VCF file by VariantFiltration command in GATK, so the following error message appears. java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: “10.90” I asked my…

Tool for calculating base-level error rate in WGS. 0 I am seeking a tool to calculate substitution, insertion, deletion error rates at a per-base sequenced level. It has to take a genomic region bed file and vcf files since I don’t want to count germline variants and would like to…

Significance The collection of large amounts of whole-genome sequencing data allowed for identification of mutational signatures, which are characteristic combinations of substitutions in the context of neighboring bases. The clinical significance of these mutational signatures is still largely unknown. In neuroblastoma, we showed that high levels of cytosine > adenine…

We are looking to hire an experienced bioinformatician who specializes in the analysis of human NGS data. The Research Scientist Bioinformatics will lead the development and expansion of our in-house NGS capabilities together with data managers and software developers, while also carrying out project-specific analyses. Exscientia GmbH is a company…

Case Control count per variant 0 Hi, I was wonder if there was any software out there that will count the number of samples in a group that are homozygous ref, heterozygous, or homozygous for a variant an output result in a text file? In the past, I have been…

featureCounts for WGS instead of RNA-seq 1 Hello all, I have done whole genome sequencing and aligned reads on a reference genome. I have some bam files. I want to get the number of reads mapped to sepecific regions defined in a gff3 files. I have used featureCounts for RNA-seq…

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Is it possible to detect of SNVs and InDels in low coverage WGS (5-10X) data? 2 Hello, the Biostar community, What I know about low coverage WGS (or shallow WGS) data is that it is an economic technique for genomic copy number detection in the realms of tumor diagnosis or…

Abstract A critical challenge for microbiology and medicine is how to cure infections by bacteria that survive antibiotic treatment by persistence or tolerance. Seeking mechanisms behind such high survival, we developed a forward-genetic method for efficient isolation of high-survival mutants in any culturable bacterial species. We found that perturbation of…

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best automated method (unix commandline) to get genome-assembly-accession number for given protein-accession-number (ncbi) 1 What would be the best way (if there is any) to get the accession number of a genome assembly that contains a given protein accession number? E.g. if i just have the results of a blastp…

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Tool:GRIDSS: the Genomic Rearrangement IDentification Software Suite 0 GRIDSS is typically used for detecting structural variation breakpoints from short read sequencing data but is a modular software suite containing a number of tools useful for the detection of genomic rearrangements including: A structural variant caller. The GRIDSS caller uses break-end…

Dante vs Nebula indexcov 0 I’m trying to understand the variance of the same individual on the same chromosomes tested on Dante 30x and Nebula 100x. Is this expected? Other chromosomes are not as drastic. Which WGS is more “the truth” ? dante nebula indexcov • 27 views Login before…

WGS bacterial metagenomic pipeline – group comparison 0 Hello all, I was wondering what’s the recent state-of-the-art pipeline to do metagenome comparison, with multiple samples and groups? E.g. I have several “patients” and several “controls” in the form of WGS reads, and I want to run a comparison (on some…

Platypus 0 Hi, I’m super new to WGS and bioinformatics, but I’m a classic software data scientist, so I know enough to be annoying. I’m using Platypus too call variants on 100X WGS via Nebula Genomics. I found an odd series of calls and am not sure if this is…

Where do I get a WES dataset of size <1GB 1 Can someone please tell me from where can I get the WES or WGS dataset of size <1GB WGS WES genomics • 164 views Just browse sra-explorer.info for datasets. I doubt you can meaningfully query for file size as…

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Allele-Specific analysis for human WGBS data 0 Hi everyone, I need to perform allele-specific methylation analysis for human whole genome bisulfite sequencing data. As Allele-specific analysis is dependent on SNPs/Polymorphic sites, I stuck with two queries: Is there a way to get these polymorphic sites from WGBS data ? (I…

VCF Filter On Small Genomes 0 Hi guys, I am working on a yeast species (Candida glabrata) NGS data to find any mutations related to drug resistance. I am new in bioinformatics so I am using Galaxy.eu to get use to algorithms. There is literature about some genes that mutations…