When you get an assembly the fun doesnt stop there. You then have to fix it up and see how good it is. In this episode we discuss scaffolding, gapfilling, polishing, assembly metrics, quality control, genome structure, and visualisation tools.

Tools and papers mentioned:
https://github.com/quadram-institute-bioscience/socru
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004446

When you get an assembly the fun doesnt stop there. You then have to fix it up and see how good it is. In this episode we discuss scaffolding, gapfilling, polishing, assembly metrics, quality control, genome structure, and visualisation tools. Tools and papers mentioned: https://github.com/quadram-institute-bioscience/socru https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004446

22 Assembly after party

Microbial Bioinformatics is a rapidly changing field marrying computer science and microbiology. Join us as we share some tips and tricks we’ve learnt over the years. If you’re student just getting to grips to the field, or someone who just wants to keep tabs on the latest and greatest - this podcast is for you. 

The hosts are Dr. Lee - a bioinformatician in the United States, Dr. Nabil-Fareed Alikhan from the University of Oxford (UK), and Prof. Andrew Page from Origin Sciences (UK) and bring together years of experience in microbial bioinformatics.

The opinions expressed here are our own and do not necessarily reflect the views of University of Oxford or Origin Sciences.

Intro music : Werq - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Outro music : Scheming Weasel (faster version) - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Question and comments? microbinfie@gmail.com

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Microbial Bioinformatics is a rapidly changing field marrying computer science and microbiology. Join us as we share some tips and tricks we’ve learnt over the years. If you’re student just getting to grips to the field, or someone who just wants to keep tabs on the latest and greatest - this podcast is for you. The hosts are Dr. Lee - a bioinformatician in the United States, Dr. Nabil-Fareed Alikhan from the University of Oxford (UK), and Prof. Andrew Page from Origin Sciences (UK) and bring together years of experience in microbial bioinformatics. The opinions expressed here are our own and do not necessarily reflect the views of University of Oxford or Origin Sciences. Intro music : Werq - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro music : Scheming Weasel (faster version) - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Question and comments? microbinfie@gmail.com

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