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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Dear All,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">We are pleased to announce the following SIB course on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:red;letter-spacing:.25pt;font-weight:normal"><a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20211103_NGS6"><b><span style="color:red">NGS - Quality control, Alignment, Visualisation</span></b></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
which will be taking place at the University of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Bern</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt"> on 3 - 5 November 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#313233">Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) methods have had a large impact on many biological fields due to a very rapid decrease in cost and throughput. It often results in hundreds of gigabytes of data. This can make the
downstream analysis challenging and requires bioinformatics skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#313233">In this module, we will introduce the most used sequencing technologies and explain their concepts. Using different datasets, we will practice quality control, alignment of reads to a reference genome and visualize
the output.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#313233"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#313233">The course materials can be found in the dedicated <a href="https://sib-swiss.github.io/NGS-introduction-training/latest/"><span style="color:#009EE3">GitHub</span></a> page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Further detailed information, prerequisites and application form are available <a href="https://www.sib.swiss/training/course/20211103_NGS6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#337AB7">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at <a href="https://training@sib.swiss/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#337AB7">training@sib.swiss</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Have a nice day,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.25pt">Valeria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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