Facilities
Ashworth laboratories and IEB are home to the Gene Pool sequencing service and an associated bioinformatics support service, as well as an amazing natural history collection.
GenePool Genomics Facility
The GenePool Genomics Facility offers bespoke bioinformatics support to all collaborators using the facility for Sanger, Roche 454 and SIllumina Solexa sequencing projects. A team of bioinformatics specialists, we have skills in:
- Genome assembly de novo
- Mapping to genome references including targeted resequencing
- Transcriptome assembly
- Digital transcriptomics
- ChIPSeq
- SmallRNA sequencing
- Other areas of next-generation genomics
We are happy to offer 'bioinformatics only' collaborations.
NextGen Bioinformatics Journal Club
We hold a weekly NextGen Bioinformatics Journal Club where we discuss recent papers and software, with a particular focus on understanding algorithms and tools for large scale analyses. If you want to be put on the mailing list for this meeting, please contact us.
Next Generation Bioinformatics User Group
We also coordinate the Next Generation Bioinformatics User Group, a Scotland-wide, bimonthly gathering where bioinformaticians across the area meet, present their work, listen to invited speakers and discuss issues and solutions. The meetings rotate round the Scottish universities. NextGenBUG also sponsors workshops on related topics such as genome assembly: these happen about every six months to coincide with NextGenBUG meetings.
Ashworth Bioinformatics Support Service
The Ashworth Bioinformatics Support Service provides advice, training, software and bespoke support for researchers in the Institutes of Evolutionary Biology and Immunology & Infection Research and the Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution. We provide advice on the best bioinformatics tools, bioinformatics skills training such as courses on the R programming language, and software licences for common packages such as Sequencher and Geneious. We are also able to provide bespoke support for particular projects, assisting with experimental design and bioinformatics analysis. Full details can be found on our website.
This article was published on Jan 31, 2011