NGS - Genome Variant Analysis
01 September 2021
For-profit: 600 CHF
Next course(s):
24 - 25 Mar 2022 | Streamed | |
26 - 27 Sep 2022 | Bern | |
20 - 21 Feb 2023 | Bern | |
05 - 06 Sep 2023 | Streamed | |
26 - 27 Feb 2024 | Bern | |
05 - 06 Sep 2024 | Streamed | |
04 - 05 Sep 2025 | Bern |
Overview
The detection of genetic variation is of major interest in various disciplines spanning from ecology and evolution research to inherited disease discovery and precision oncology. Next generation sequencing (NGS) methods are very powerful for the detection of genomic variants. Thanks to its throughput and cost-efficiency it enables the detection of a large number of variants in a large number of samples. In this two-day course we will cover the steps from read alignment to variant calling and annotation. We will mainly focus on the detection of germline mutations by following the GATK best practices.
Audience
This course is intended for life scientists who are already familiar with general concepts of NGS technologies and want to expand their knowledge and skills on variant analysis.
Learning objectives
At the end of the course participants should be able to:
- Understand important aspects of NGS and read alignment for variant analysis
- Perform a read alignment ready for variant analysis
- Perform variant calling according to GATK best practices
- Perform a variant annotation
Prerequisites
Knowledge / competencies:
Participants should have knowledge in NGS techniques, quality control and alignment to a reference genome. Participants should have a basic understanding of working with command line tools on Unix-based systems. You can test your skills with Unix with the quiz here. If you do not feel comfortable with UNIX commands, please take our Unix fundamentals e-learning module.
Technical:
Participants should have their own computers.
Application
The registration fees are 120 CHF for academics and 600 CHF for companies.
Deadline for registration and free-of-charge cancellation is set to 01/09/2021. Cancellation after this date will not be reimbursed. Please note that participation to SIB courses is subject to this and other general conditions, available here.
You will be informed by email of your registration confirmation.
Location
This course will be streamed from Bern (CET time).
Schedule
The schedule and course materials are in the dedicated GitHub page.
Additional information
Coordination: Diana Marek, SIB training group
We will recommend 0.5 ECTS credits for this course (given a passed exam at the end of the session).
You are welcome to register to the SIB courses mailing list to be informed of all future courses and workshops, as well as all important deadlines using the form here.
Please note that participation in SIB courses is subject to our general conditions.
SIB abides by the ELIXIR Code of Conduct. Participants of SIB courses are also required to abide by the same code.
For more information, please contact training@sib.swiss.