The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will be hosting a winter conference on Avian Model Systems in March this year, and the abstract deadline is fast approaching.
Prior to the meeting, the EMBL-EBI and the WTSI will run a two-day workshop on Avian Genomics with a focus on analyses of NGS data, such as RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and on Ensembl Genome Browsing.
In the current version of Ensembl (release 74, December 2013), we provide detailed annotations of genes, transcripts and proteins for five birds, namely chicken, duck, zebra finch, flycatcher and turkey. On our Pre Ensembl, we also display the preliminary analysis of the budgerigar genome.
Our gene annotation in Ensembl is built based on biological evidence that has been experimentally validated, such as mRNA, ESTs and proteins. For two out of the five birds listed above (i.e. chicken and flycatcher), we also used RNA-Seq data for the annotation of their genomes.
During this Ensembl Browser Workshop, we will be navigating the Ensembl browser to cover gene annotation, variation and comparative genomics data, and we will also introduce some of our genomic tools, such as BioMart and the VEP.
The deadline for abstract submission to the Meeting and the Pre-Meeting Genomic Workshop is January 24th.
If you want to attend this workshop, please contact Val Pakaluk.