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Webinar: Best Practices in Transcriptomics & Metatranscriptomics

Join Dr. Vinayak Kapatral and learn about Best Practices in Transcriptomics & Metatranscriptomics

Thursday June 22nd 2023 at 10:30 AM (CT) / 11:30 AM (ET) / 8:30 AM (PT)

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About this webinar

In this webinar you will learn about:

  • RNA Isolation, rRNA Depletion, QC

  • Library prep & sequencing

  • Bar coding using unique sequences

  • Pooling & Sequencing

  • Data Processing & Trimming

  • Read Alignment vs pseudo-alignment

  • Transcriptome Analysis techniques such as

    • Clustering: Distance and Linkage choices

    • Differential Gene Analysis (DGE): DESeq2, EdgeR, Limma

    • Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA)

  • Transcriptome and Metatranscriptome Assembly

  • Visualizing Metatranscriptome Data in ERGO

  • Mapping to ERGO, BioCyc & KEGG pathways

Speaker Profile

Vinayak Kapatral, PhD is the president and CEO of Igenbio, Inc. He brings over 23 years experience answering biology questions using genomics with dozens of relevant publications with thousands of citations.


About Igenbio

We’re here to help you from pellet to plot.  Our scientists have broad experience in both in silico and wet lab sequencing, research and development with more than 100 relevant publications in these areas. Igenbio has a proven track record of delivering scientific results for academic, governmental, and industrial institutions for two decades.