Take a brief tour of genomics!
In this lecture we will have a brief introduction to the technologies providing big data in genomics, followed by a series of vignettes to illustrate the impact of genomics on virtually all aspects of our daily lives. The second class will involve a hands-on tour of genomics applications using the Galaxy platform for bioinformatics analysis.
What is genomics? A genome is the entire set of DNA within a cell, so naturally genomics is the study of all things related to DNA - genes, chromosomes, modifications, organelles, episomes, and much, much more. Genomics subfields come in many flavors from functional, structural, evolutionary, population, clinical, cancer, to meta-, epi-, and beyond! Slides are available here.
What is Galaxy? Galaxy is an open-source bioinformatics platform for transparent, reproducible, collaborative data-driven science. Use the main server instance, or better yet - get the source code for your own local instance.
Have a play with genomic data yourself! The step-by-step guide, data, and histories used for the in-class lab exercise are available here.
Want more? Check out the plethora of tutorials on everything ‘omics’ from NGS, RNA-seq, to chip-seq, and more.