Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Process raw sequence into a set of informative variants, through mapping to a reference genome or using de novo or reference-free assembly approaches;
• Conduct transcriptomic and proteomic analysis, in an integrated systems biology approach
• Perform downstream population genetic and association analysis

Teaching Programme

The programme will include the following concepts:

• Genomic variation and technologies, data visualisation and quality control
• Mapping to a reference pathogen genome and variant detection
• Transcriptomics and RNA-seq
• Assembly of pathogen genomes
• Phylogenetic analysis and detection of genic selection
• Exploring Host-pathogen interactions

Assessment

There is no formal assessment but a Certificate of Attendance will be provided.