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What did the participants actually get from 7 days of Bioinformatics training?

Not just notes.

Not just certificates.

They worked with real bioinformatics tools and workflows.

🧬 Retrieved and analysed biological sequences
🔬 Studied protein properties and 3D structures
🧩 Explored protein–protein interactions
🧪 Worked with PyMOL, RasMol and BLAST
🧬 Designed and shortlisted PCR primers
🌳 Performed multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis
🗺️ Explored genome browsers and comparative genomics
🔎 Analysed mutations and structural predictions
📊 Annotated protein function using InterPro Scan
⚛️ Examined allosteric effects and free-energy analysis

And perhaps the biggest takeaway?

They didn't just learn what these tools are.

They actually used them.

That is the difference between knowing the names of bioinformatics tools and beginning to understand how they fit into real research workflows.

If you missed this batch, you missed seven days of guided practical work across sequence analysis, structural biology, molecular visualization, genomics, phylogenetics and protein analysis.

The next batch is your chance to be on the other side of the screen.

Don't wait until the next workshop is over to wish you had registered.

Registrations are now open.

🌐 Join the next one from here https://bdglifesciences.com/event/bioinformatics-workshop-basics-to-advanced

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Don't just add “WGS” to your CV. Learn how the analysis actually works.

BDG Lifesciences has been delivering bioinformatics and genomics training since 2010, with participants from 40+ countries.

The upcoming WGS workshop is built around practical work:

🧬 Real human & animal datasets
💻 Your own computer
🔬 Hands-on WGS analysis
👩‍🔬 Live expert trainer
❓ Live Q&A and troubleshooting
🎥 Session recordings
🏅 Completion certificate

The current workshop page reports a **4.7/5 rating** and **90%+ positive feedback**.

5–8 September 2026
Live Online
US$89

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5 days. One complete WES workflow.

Our recent Whole Exome Sequencing & Variant Analysis workshop took participants from raw sequencing data to a clinically informed, research-ready variant shortlist.

They worked hands-on with:

• FASTQ quality control & trimming
• Galaxy workflows
• BWA MEM2 alignment
• BAM & post-alignment QC
• Variant calling with FreeBayes
• VCF normalization with BCFtools
• VEP, SNP EFF & ANNOVAR
• ClinVar-based filtering
• Functional & pathway analysis
• Variant prioritisation

And importantly, they worked through real pipeline issues—not just ideal examples.

If you didn't register this time, this is what you missed.

The next batch is your chance to work through the full workflow with practical guidance.

Registrations are now open 🌐 https://bdglifesciences.com/event/whole-exome-sequencing-variant-analysis-workshop

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That's a wrap 🎓🧬

7 days. 15+ tools. One participant who went from retrieving her first FASTA sequence to modeling allosteric free energy in a protein.

Here's everything covered in one week:
🔹 Databases (NCBI, UniProt, PDB)
🔹 Structure prediction & visualization (RasMol, PyMOL, Swiss-PDB Viewer)
🔹 Protein interaction networks (STRING)
🔹 BLAST alignment & primer design
🔹 Phylogenetics (Clustal Omega, MEGA)
🔹 Genome browsing (NCBI, UCSC)
🔹 Mutation prediction (PHYRE2)
🔹 Protein annotation & allosteric analysis (InterPro, Allo Sigma)

This is the kind of training that turns "I study life sciences" into "I can actually DO computational biology" 💪

This round is officially closed. But we've already planned the next one, and trust us, you don't want to be on the outside looking in again.

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Day 6 was a marathon 🏃‍♀️🧬

Our participant built phylogenetic trees in MEGA, computed evolutionary time distances, and pinpointed the most homologous sequences in a distance matrix.

Then straight into genome browsing on NCBI and UCSC, exploring COVID-19 data across 119 vertebrate strains 🦠 (yes, this is literally why booster vaccines exist).

Capped it off by submitting a live query to PHYRE2, a tool that predicts protein structure AND flags exactly which mutations matter most.

That's SIX tools, one session. One day left in this round.

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From FASTQ to biological interpretation — here's the actual WGS curriculum.

Over 4 live days, you'll work through the complete analysis pipeline:

🧬 WGS & NGS fundamentals
📁 FASTQ, BAM & VCF
🔍 Quality control
🧩 Alignment & de novo assembly
📊 Variant calling
🧬 SNP & INDEL analysis
🏷️ Variant annotation
🔬 Variant-effect prediction
👁️ IGV genome visualization
📈 Biological interpretation

Plus practical work using **Galaxy**, real human and animal datasets, and hands-on analysis on your own computer.

5–8 September 2026
Live Online
US$89

No prior WGS or bioinformatics experience required.

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Workshop complete 🎓🧬

Over 5 days, participants went from raw sequencing files all the way to called, annotated, and clinically prioritized variants — the full exome analysis pipeline, hands-on, start to finish.

Day 5 wrapped with variant calling, normalization, annotation across three different tools, and a smarter filtering strategy for handling large genomic datasets.

Didn't register for this one? You just watched what you missed 👀

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Day 5 traced evolution itself 🌳

Our participant compared a protein across four different species using Clustal Omega, then built an actual phylogenetic tree to see how closely related they really are 🧬

Reading a phylogram means understanding branch length as evolutionary distance, not just similarity. That's real bioinformatics, not just theory.

Add in finalized primer design for a real human gene using strict scientific criteria, and that's Day 5 of 7 in the books.

2 days left in this round. If you're not registered, the next batch is OPEN, don't miss that one either 👇

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Day 4 connected the dots 🧩

Our participant ran a real BLASTP sequence alignment, learned how to judge a match using E-value and score, and shortlisted the top hits like a pro 🧬

Then came primer design 101: why a primer needs the right length, the right GC content, and low self-complementarity or it just won't work in the lab.

This is the exact kind of thinking that saves hours (and money) before anyone touches a pipette.

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Day 4 of our WES & Variant Analysis workshop covered the full pipeline, no shortcuts 🧬💻

Participants downloaded and merged reference genome files from scratch, aligned real sequencing reads with BWA MEM2, and checked alignment quality with SAMtools and QualiMap — even working through a dataset with a high duplication rate to understand why cleanup matters before variant calling.

They also debugged an actual platform upload issue in real time 🛠️

Just 1 day left, ending with variant calling and clinical interpretation.

Missed Day 4? The next round is coming — this is the one you don't want to skip. 🌐 Join the next one from here https://bdglifesciences.com/event/whole-exome-sequencing-variant-analysis-workshop

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