News and Announcements¶
BV-BRC Workshop at the University of Virginia, April 25-27, 2023¶
Dear BV-BRC users, we have reached the limit for the maximum number of in-person participants for this workshop. The registration is now CLOSED. Please subscribe to the BV-BRC mailing list or follow us on social media to learn about upcoming workshops and webinars.
The BV-BRC (Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center) team will be offering a Bioinformatics Workshop on April 25-27, 2023, at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, VA. The workshop will be held at the UVA North Fork Discovery Park, approximately 10 miles north of UVA grounds. The workshop will show researchers how to analyze and explore antimicrobial resistance data using the BV-BRC website, which is a merger of the two long running bacterial and viral BRC resources, PATRIC and IRD/ViPR, respectively.
The workshop will consist of interactive hands-on training sessions. During the first two days, participants will learn how to search for public datasets of interest and perform genomic, comparative genomic, metagenomic, and transcriptomic analysis using various analysis services and tools at BV-BRC. The third day of the workshop will focus on using command-line interface for programmatic search and retrieval of the data and job submissions, as well as users working with their own data and analysis problems with the help from the BV-BRC team members.
REGISTRATION
To register for the workshop, send an email to arw3s@virginia.edu. Registration is limited to 50 people, and will be accepted based on the order the emails are received. You should receive a confirmation email within 2 business days. If you don’t receive one, you can also reach us at help@bv-brc.org. BV-BRC workshops tend to fill up very quickly, so please register soon if you would like to attend.
The workshop is free to attend, but participants must arrange and pay for their own travel, meals, and lodging. Light refreshments will be available. There is also a small coffee and snack bar in the building and a cafe and grill in the adjacent building.
Upcoming BV-BRC Online Webinars: RSV and Influenza: Nov 29 and Dec 13, 2022¶
The BV-BRC (Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center) team will be offering 2 Bioinformatics Webinars on November 29 and December 13, 2022. These webinars will cover the bioinformatic data types available for Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza Virus that can be found in the Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Research Center (BV-BRC) database. We will also demo the use of several tools and services that can be used for RSV bioinformatic analysis.
BV-BRC Workshop at Argonne National Laboratory, December 14-16, 2022¶
NOTICE:
Dear BV-BRC users, we have reached the limit for the maximum number of in-person participants for this workshop. The registration is closed. Please subscribe to the BV-BRC mailing list or follow us on social media to learn about upcoming workshops and webinars.
The BV-BRC (Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center) team will be offering a Bioinformatics Workshop on December 14-16, 2022, at Argonne National Laboratory in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. The workshop will show researchers how to analyze and explore antimicrobial resistance data using the BV-BRC website, which is a merger of the two long running bacterial and viral BRC resources, PATRIC and IRD/ViPR, respectively.
The workshop will consist of interactive hands-on training sessions. During the first two days, participants will learn how to search for public datasets of interest and perform genomic, comparative genomic, metagenomic, and transcriptomic analysis using various analysis services and tools at BV-BRC. The third day of the workshop will focus on using command-line interface for programmatic search and retrieval of the data and job submissions, as well as users working with their own data and analysis problems with the help from the BV-BRC team members.
COVID-19: Please note the COVID-19 restrictions and safety guidance currently in place at the Argonne National Laboratory.
All visitors must be fully vaccinated or provide accepted proof of negative COVID-19 test results that are less than 72 hours old.
Face coverings are required, except to the extent necessary to eat or drink when maintaining appropriate physical distance, or when an individual is isolated in an enclosed space.
We will keep the desks at least 6 feet apart from each other at the workshop venue to maintain safe physical distance.
There are outdoor seating areas with gazebos, which can be used during breaks and lunch time. Face coverings may be removed while outside and socially distancing.
LOCATION
AGENDA
Day 1 - Wednesday, December 14
9:00 am Argonne information, BV-BRC registration, Overview (www.bv-brc.org)
10:00 am FASTQ Utilities
* Description of FASTQ files and service
* Selecting pipeline (Trim, FastQC, Paired read, Align)
* Uploading reads and submitting job
* Viewing and interpreting results
10:45 am Taxonomic Classification
* Description of Kraken2
* Uploading reads or contigs and submitting job
* Saving classified or unclassified sequences
* Viewing and interpreting the results
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Similar Genome Finder Service
* Description of MASH/MinHash
* Uploading genome sequences, reads or contigs
* Submitting job
* Viewing and interpreting results
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Comprehensive Genome Analysis Service
* Description of assembly and annotation algorithms
* Uploading reads or contigs and submitting job
* Viewing and interpreting results
1:45 pm Metagenomic Binning
* Description of algorithm
* Uploading reads or contigs and submitting the job
* Viewing and interpreting the results
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm Phylogenetic Tree Building Service
* Creating a genome group
* Determining if selected genomes are “treeableâ€
* Description of algorithm and submitting tree-building job
* Viewing and interpreting results
* Newick file download
3:00 pm Comparative Services (Protein Families, Pathways and Subsystems)
* Description of protein families and job submission
* Finding the pan, core, and accessory genomes
* Visualizing and manipulating the heatmap viewer
* Finding specific differences, downloading, and saving results into private workspace
* Comparing pathways on pathway map and heatmap
* Finding specific differences, downloading, and saving results into private workspace
* Description of Subsystems
* Exploring subsystems using the tabular and heatmap views
* Finding specific differences, downloading, and saving results
4:45 pm Question and Answer Session and Hands on Work
5:00 pm Day 1 Adjourn
Day 2 -Thursday, December 15
9:00 am Review of Day 1
9:15 am Proteome Comparison
* Feature Overview
* Description of calculations for gene neighborhoods
* Adjusting the view
* Seeing data of interest (genome and feature groups)
10:00 am Compare Region Viewer
* Genome selection and job selection
* Comparing pathways on pathway map and heatmap
* Finding specific differences, downloading, and saving results into private workspace
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Primer Design
* Description of algorithm
* Adjusting parameters and job submission
* Viewing and interpreting the results
11:30 am Genome Alignment
* Description of MAUVE
* Selection of genomes and job submission
* Viewing the results
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm BLAST
* Description of BLAST
* Choosing BLAST database, parameters, and job submission
* Viewing and interpreting the results
1:30 pm SNP and MNP Variation Service
* Description of SNP callers and aligners
* Uploading reads
* Discussion and selection of target genomes
* Viewing and interpreting the results
2:00 pm Gene Tree
* Description of algorithm
* Selection of data and job submission
* Viewing and interpreting the results
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Multiple Sequence Alignment and SNP view
* Description of algorithm
* Selection of genes and job submission
* Viewing and interpreting the results
3:00 pm RNA-Seq Pipeline
* Discussion of algorithm and choosing a strategy
* Uploading RNA-seq data
* Selecting genomes and job submission
* Viewing and interpreting the results
4:00 pm Install Command line interface
* Installing the Command Line Interface
4:15 pm Question and Answer Session and Hands on Work
5:00 pm Day 2 Adjourn
Day 3 - Friday, December 16
9:00 am Command Line Interface
* Logging in
* Searching for data
* Creating groups from data selections
* Downloading data
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Job submission via command line
* Uploading private data (singular or batch)
* Submitting assembly jobs (singular or batch)
* Submitting annotation jobs (singular or batch)
* Discussion of command line submission to other services
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Working on specific use cases and participant data
4:00 pm Final questions
5:00 pm Workshop concludes
Monkeypox and Orthopoxvirus Mini-Symposium¶
Discussion of bioinformatic resources and tools available and in development for the purpose of studying monkeypox virus. Will also include a brief primer on monkeypox virus, as well as research presentations focusing on the recent outbreak.
News Articles Archives:
- Archives 2023
- Archives 2022
- Upcoming BV-BRC Online Webinars: RSV and Influenza: Nov 29 and Dec 13, 2022
- BV-BRC Workshop at Argonne National Laboratory, December 14-16, 2022
- Monkeypox and Orthopoxvirus Mini-Symposium
- PATRIC to BV-BRC Final Transition Schedule
- BV-BRC (PATRIC & IRD/ViPR) Workshop at the University of Virginia, August 30 - September 1, 2022
- BV-BRC (PATRIC & IRD/ViPR) Workshop at Argonne National Laboratory, July 19-21, 2022
- BV-BRC (PATRIC) Workshop at ASM Microbe
- Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Webinar Series
- Introduction to BV-BRC Webinar Series
- BV-BRC Public Beta Release
- Archives 2021
- Archives 2020