📢 Edinburgh Genomics will be closing at the end of this year🧬🖥️
🙏 It's been a great privilege to support and contribute to so many brilliant research projects
🧬 Sequencing services at the University will now be provided through the Genetics Core:
🔗 clinical-research-facility.ed.ac.uk/core-service...
A few places are still available for this training course 🐍🖥️🧬
Don’t miss out, secure your place today and get ready to boost your research! 🚀
🗒️ Registration will be open until Thursday, 28th August 👇
📣 Big shout-out to Edinburgh Genomics team & Alex Twyford for leading this work on teaching plant genomics! 🌱🧬🖥️🎓
Many thanks to all participants & to ONT for supplying reagents!
#Bioinformatics #Genomics #Training @edgenome.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
📣 Fantastic opportunity to join Joris Veltman’s outstanding group at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, the University of Edinburgh, advancing research in reproductive genomics and genomic medicine 🚀🖥️🧬
📅 Deadline: 1 Sept
@jorisveltman.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📢 Ready to level up your coding? Join our next training course:
🐍 Advanced Python for Biologists
📅 1–5 Sept 2025 | 💻 Live online
🔗 Register: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/advanc...
🧬 A hands-on course for life scientists ready to boost their coding skills in data analysis & tool development.
#Python 🖥️🧬
New guidance published @ukrio.bsky.social to support responsible AI use in research
This guidance, part of UKRIO’s priority workstream on AI and research integrity, provides a principle-based, researcher-focused resource adaptable across disciplines and technologies.
ukrio.org/ukrio-resour...
#HiFisequencing with #PacBio is rewriting the rules for dried blood spot analysis.
With Ampli-Fi and SPRQ chemistry, even ultra-low input samples can deliver full, phased genomes that change the game for newborn screening.
Read more: bit.ly/4kbrzm6
🧬 🖥️ That’s a wrap on our RNAseq Data Analysis course!
🙏 A big thank you to everyone who joined us online last week to explore the world of transcriptomics — from QC and read alignment to gene expression and interpretation.
@edinuni-irr.bsky.social @roslininstitute.bsky.social @uoe-igc.bsky.social
Join our Single-cell RNA-seq Data Analysis course, running 23–25 June 2025 online!
✅ Process single-cell RNA-seq data
✅ Perform clustering and dimensionality reduction
✅ Identify cell types and gene expression patterns
📅 Book now: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/single...
A new compression strategy to reduce the size of nanopore sequencing data. #DataCompression #Nanopore #SequenceData #Bioinformatics #Genomics @nanoporetech.com @genomeresearch.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Roche has given more details of their SBX NGS technology: it'll be called Axelios, and we know it's aimed at competing against Illumina SBS technology, the technology the San Diego company acquired from Cambridge UK Solexa.
I'll give you a second to catch up with it... Axelios vs Solexa....
Starship giant transposable elements cluster by host taxonomy using k-mer-based phylogenetics. #TransposableElements #TEs #Kmer #Phylogenetics #Genomics #Bioinformatics #G3 🧬 🖥️
academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
The impact of PCR duplication on RNAseq data generated using NovaSeq 6000, NovaSeq X, AVITI, and G4 sequencers. #RNAseq #PCRduplication #Benchmarking #Genomics #GenomeBiology
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Comparative assessment of the Sikun 2000 sequencing platform for whole genome sequencing. #ShortRead #Sequencer #ScientificData
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Flexible, production-scale, human whole genome sequencing on a benchtop sequencer. #WGS #GenomeSequencing #NGS #Sequencing #Genomics #ElementBiosciences #Aviti @elembio.bsky.social 🧬🧪
bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
That’s a wrap on our NEB RNA-seq Library Prep Lab Course! 🧪🔬
Big thanks to everyone who took part and made the course a success! 👏
Special thanks to Max Fritsch & Michael Skelly, from New England Biolabs 🦋, for their continued support!
Next course on RNA-seq data 👇
genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/rna-se...
Want to get to grips with RNA-seq data? Join our online RNA-seq Data Analysis workshop from 16–19 June 2025!
✅ Perform differential expression analysis
✅ Use tools like STAR, DESeq2 & more
🖥️ Hands-on, expert-led, and beginner-friendly.
📅register now: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/rna-se...
📣 We still have a couple of spots left in our online training courses next week!
🧬 Linux for Genomics (9–10 June)
👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/introd...
📊 R for Biologists (11–13 June)
👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/r-for-...
Don’t miss out - last places available!
📣 There are still a few places available on our upcoming #RNASeq library prep Course, running next week, 28–29 May, at Edinburgh Genomics. 🧬🧪
⏳ Don’t miss out – registration closes soon!
👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/rna-li...
#Sequencing #Genomics #RNAseq #LabTraining
🔬 That’s a wrap on our Metabarcoding & Metagenomics workshop!
4 days of hands-on tutorials, microbiome insights, and plenty of Qiime2, NanoClust, and HUMAnN action 🧫💻
Huge thanks to our amazing participants & instructors!
#bioinformatics #metagenomics #EdGenTraining
It was great to welcome colleagues from the
Sarawak Infectious Disease Centre this week!
🔬They visited Edinburgh Genomics, with productive discussion around genomics infrastructure, data generation, and long-read sequencing
🌏 Always a pleasure to connect with international teams driving innovation
Join our 2-day RNA Library Preparation Lab Course at Edinburgh Genomics:
📅 28–29 May 2025
📍 Ashworth Labs, University of Edinburgh
🧪 Use @NEBiolabs NEBNext UltraExpress kits
🧬 Option to bring your own sample!
👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/rna-li...
📸 See our last course in action!
🚨 Our Intro to #Python course starts next week and there’s still space!
🧬 Perfect for #biologists & #genomic scientists
💻 🖥️Learn to automate tasks, analyse data & build #bioinformatics pipelines
📍 In-person
📅 Plus #R & #Linux courses in June!
🔗 Sign up: genomics.ed.ac.uk/training
That’s a wrap on our first-ever Full Length 16S rRNA @pacbio.bsky.social Sequencing & Bioinformatics course! 🧪💻
From lab bench to species-level insight, participants processed their own data through QC, DADA2, taxonomic annotation & more, to create figures like this! 🧬👇
We’ve just wrapped up the lab part of our new Full Length 16S rRNA @pacbio.bsky.social course 🧪🧬
Next week, we’ll take the data into bioinformatics—giving participants full end-to-end insight into the workflow. 🖥️
Join a future lab course 👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/rna-li...
#Genomics #PacBio #16S
Last week, we were delighted to host a seminar with Tushar from Scale Biosciences who shared exciting insights into their latest technologies and protocols for #SingleCell sequencing
Great to see so much interest and discussion around innovation in this fast-moving field!
That’s a wrap on last week’s #Snakemake ! Thank you to our participants for their enthusiasm—hope you’re ready to supercharge your workflows! 🐍🖥️🧬
Next week 16S lab and bioinformatics: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/full-l...
Then long read bioinformatics April 28 - May 1
genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/introd...
Why does this matter?
Choosing the right extraction method is essential for getting high-quality sequencing data. Our team has tested these approaches to ensure the best possible results!
Have an extraction method you swear by? Let’s discuss!👇#Genomics #DNAExtraction
🧵5/5
⚠️ CRUCIAL WARNING ⚠️
❌ DO NOT use phenol-chloroform extractions if you're planning to sequence with PacBio - it can interfere with sequencing chemistry and lead to poor results.
@pacbio.bsky.social
🧵4/5
Long-read sequencing (ONT/PacBio) needs high molecular weight (HMW) DNA for optimal read length.
Our top choices:
🔹 NEB Monarch HMW DNA
🔹 promega Wizard HMW DNA
@nebiolabs.bsky.social @promegacorporation.bsky.social @promegauk.bsky.social
🧵3/5