Shannon Human Splicing Pipeline

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and Cytognomix Inc. are hosting a 30 minute webinar about the Shannon Human Splicing Pipeline ? software for genome-scale splicing mutation analysis.

The Shannon Human Splicing Pipeline is an information theory-based tool for splicing mutation detection and analysis on a genome-scale. It offers high-throughput variant analysis and can examine ? for example ? 211,049 variants in 1 hour 12 minutes on an I7-based CPU. The software has been implemented for the CLC-Bio Genomics Workbench platform. Variants are annotated to indicate the context of novel mutations as well as common and rare SNPs with splicing effects. Potential natural and cryptic mRNA splicing variants are identified, and null mutations are distinguished from leaky mutations. Variants determined to be potentially deleterious can be viewed in tabular format, as plots, or genome browser tracks. A post-hoc filtering process can further reduce the number of resulting variants. Some pipeline results will be examined, pipeline implementation will be described, and the post-hoc filtering process will be discussed.

The presentation will be led by Ben Shirley, the chief developer of the Shannon Human Splicing Pipeline. The webinar will be appropriate for all levels of researchers interested in using the software to reduce a genome-scale list of splicing variants to a tractable set of potentially deleterious mutations, suitable for further analysis in the laboratory.

We require all attendees to register so please click the following link: Register for webinar on April 24, 2013 at 1:00 pm.

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