Please note: The preliminary date of the workshop is mid-September, the exact date has not been finalized yet!

The main aims of this workshop is

• to establish the current status of the Glomus genome project (i.e., sequencing/assembly, machine annotation, EST/transcriptome, whole-genome arrays),
• to bring together annotators for discussing the data sets generated by the ab initio machine annotation and whole genome analyses, and
• train data users to manual uration and comparative genomics tools.

The goal of this workshop is to train members of the Glomus Genome Consortium andEVOLTREE networks on how to use the basic functions of the JGI and INRA Genomeportals for genome analysis and manual curation of predicted genes and functions.Attendees will learn how to navigate through the genome, analyze gene families andpathways, search for genes of interest, evaluate gene structures using available evidenceand if necessary change them, and assign gene names and functions. They will also usebioinformatics pipelines for SNP detection. This is a hands-on tutorial using laptopcomputers; please bring your own laptop.

Further information: Glomus Genome Workshop
Travel information: Venue, Travel and Housing

Provisional Programme:

Day 1:

• How to bring a genome project to completion: take-home lessons from Laccaria and Populus projects (F Martin & G Tuskan)
• Current status of the project at JGI: genomic sequences & assemblies (H Shapiro)
• EST sequencing (Sanger & 454): raw data, assembled contigs, BLAST similarity (Y. Shachar-Hill, F. Martin et al.)
• Sequence polymorphisms (I. Sanders overview, H. Shapiro & P. Lammers)
• Available databases (P. Lammers, H. Kuster)

Day 2:

• Breakout sessions for annotation groups to organize and share tips and techniques
• General discussion, future research, consortium policy ...