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Introduction to Genomic Databases Workshop Series
Tuesday, June 30: Variation
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Introduction to Genomic Databases Workshop Series
June 26-July 14 2020 ONLINE Tuesdays 2-4pm
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Tuesday, June 16: Gene
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Tuesday, June 30: Variation
Tuesday, July 7: GEO
Tuesday, July 14: GDC
Presentation
Variation Presentation
Assignment
Variation Activity
Class files
Sample VCF File
Resource Shortcuts
National Center for Biotechnology Information's (NCBI) Variation Portal
Interface that links to NCBI's variation resources, including the Variation Viewer, SNP, ClinVar, etc.
NCBI Educational Resources
Includes archived webinars and courses, tutorials, and documentation on NCBI resources.
Learn more about NCBI's Variation Resources
NCBI's Variation Resources: Frequently Asked Questions
NCBI Documentation
Links to online manuals, handbooks, fact sheets and FAQs. NCBI's factsheets give a quick rundown of different NCBI database interfaces.
SNP
,
ClinVar
,
dbVar
, and
Variation Viewer
are among a few of the resources with factsheets available.
NCBI Human Variation and Medical Genetics Resources Webinar
~1 hour webinar from April 29, 2016.
dbVar Webinar, Part 1
~22 minute video. First part of NCBI's dbVar webinar from June 2, 2015.
Part 2
includes a demo.
Variation Viewer Webinar
~50 minute webinar from August 13, 2014.
NCBI Minute: Map Your Variants with Variation Reporter
~16 minute video from August 12, 2015.
Other Useful Resources
Human Genome Variation Society nomenclature
IUPAC Codes
IUPAC codes for the FASTA sequence section of the SNP database.
ClinVar Clinical Significance Values
How ClinVar defines its clinical significance values.
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