Description:

Sequencing data is essential to many computational biology studies. However, how to use these data types is often not covered in standard curriculum. This workshop will cover the structure and use of common sequencing filetypes, including the difference between fasta and fastq, and zipped and unzipped files. We will also work through calculating quality control statistics on these filetypes with fastqc.

Prerequisite: This workshop requires a laptop with a terminal application installed and expects familiarity with working from the command line or attendance at the Command Line Introduction workshop.

About the series: This workshop series is designed to cover foundational topics in computational genomics for the research community that uses the Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC) at Northwestern. Most workshops can be attended ad hoc, but some of the content builds on itself from week to week, and most require attendance at the first workshop of the series, Command Line Introduction, so please read the description of each. These workshops will be held in person on the Chicago campus. To participate fully, you will need to bring a laptop with you to each workshop.