Toronto’s annual Biohackathon bridges the gap between computer scientists and life scientists. This year’s challenges included developing a new method to construct a phylogenetic tree, a novel method for gene prediction, obtaining information (structure, chemical composition) of a protein by utilizing mass spectrum given by designing a computational tool, and constructing a computational strategy to better predict the pseudoknot-containing RNA secondary structure. The winning team, Ripped Jeans created a regulatory network that was able to model genetic circuits. With their API, they were able to capture the dynamics of turning components on and off within a cell. (U of T BioHacks)
Archives for March 2016
Vancouver company offers free gene analysis for cancer patients [OPMN Newsletter #17]
TCAG offers whole genome sequencing
The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) at The Hospital for Sick Children is now offering whole genome sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq X platform. TCAG is the first lab in Canada to offer this service at the most competitive pricing. The whole genome sequencing service is available for human, as well as any other species. The standard service includes sample quality control, library preparation, sequencing to a minimum depth of 30x mean coverage, and the provision of FASTQ (all species), BAM and VCF (for human and mouse) files, including SNVs and indel variants.
For more information, please contact Dr. Sergio Pereira (sergiolp@sickkids.ca).