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Edinburgh Genomics
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The Genomics & Bioinformatics Core Facility at the University of Edinburgh

https://genomics.ed.ac.uk/
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📢 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 🖥️🧬
August 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🧬 🖥️ 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.

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June 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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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...
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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📣 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!
June 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🔬 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
May 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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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
May 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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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!
May 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🚨 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
May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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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! 🧬👇
April 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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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
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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!
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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...
April 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Join us for a FREE Lunch & Learn on April 2nd! 🍽️🔬

We’re excited to welcome @scalebio to Edinburgh, where they’ll be sharing the latest breakthroughs in single-cell technologies!

🔗 Register now: pages.scale.bio/-edinburghap...

#Genomics #SingleCell #LunchAndLearn #Edinburgh
March 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Last week we ran our fantastic Variant Analysis course, where participants identified and analysed both somatic and germline variants 🧬🖥️

Looking to improve your #bioinformatics and #genomics skills? Check out our training courses: genomics.ed.ac.uk/service/trai...
March 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A few spaces left on our Snakemake course next week!

This online workshop is perfect for researchers aiming to automate data analysis tasks in biological research, especially those involving next-generation sequencing data. 🧬🖥️

Register here: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/snakem...

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March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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📢A super exciting new course covering both lab skills 👩‍🔬 AND bioinformatics 💻- you won't find a course like this anywhere else!

Learn full-length 16S sequencing with PacBio! 🧬🖥️

📅 April 8-9 (Lab), April 15-16 (Online Bioinformatics)
🔗 Register now: genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/full-l...
March 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🔬 Our Single-Cell RNA-seq course last week was a huge success – and completely SOLD OUT! 🎉 Over three days, participants mastered #scRNAseq analysis, from preprocessing to clustering & visualization. Thanks to everyone who joined! 👏 #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Training
March 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🧬 Four days of hands-on #RNAseq training complete! From quality control to differential expression analysis, participants gained essential #bioinformatics skills for transcriptomics. Great discussions, practicals & networking!

#Genomics #Training #EdinburghGenomics
February 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A massive shout out to our extraordinary team, whose unmatched dedication, exceptional skills, and tireless efforts continue to drive our success. Their innovative thinking and relentless pursuit of excellence make all of this possible 🧫 💻🧬

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February 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Last week, we wrapped up our first Genome Assembly course at Edinburgh Genomics!

🧬 From raw reads to high-quality assemblies, participants gained hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools & workflows

Thanks to all who joined us! 🎉
#Bioinformatics #GenomeAssembly #Training
February 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🧬 Last week, we ran a #DNA Library Prep for Short Read #Sequencing workshop! 🧪

The course was fully booked with 12 keen participants, and we were delighted to have reps from @NEBiolabs join us to support and share insights with attendees.🦋

Thanks to everyone who took part!👏

#Genomics #Training
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Last week, we hosted a fantastic seminar with #Illumina on single-cell analysis! Great discussions, insightful questions, and plenty of inspiration for future research.

Thanks to everyone who joined, and especially to Laura and Pauline from #illumina !

#Genomics #SingleCell
February 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🐧 Last week we wrapped up our Linux for Genomics workshop!

Participants mastered essential shell skills, from file management to powerful tools like samtools & bedtools. 🖥️🧬

Missed this one? Join us for the next session! 👉 genomics.ed.ac.uk/event/introd... 📸
February 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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✨ What’s it like using open-access equipment?
📸 Here’s @rivkamlim.bsky.social using our @nanopore #PromethION!

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January 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🚨 Edinburgh Genomics Open-Access Program 🚨

🎉 Calling all University of Edinburgh staff & students! Access state-of-the-art molecular lab equipment to elevate your research.

Read this thread to find out what's available and how to access it! 🖥️🧬🧪🔬💻

#OpenAccess #genomics

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