The goal of this session is to help users complete their PacBio genome assembly and generate the best resource for their research. Kingan begins with a brief review of the diploid assembly process used by FALCON and FALCON-Unzip, highlighting the enhanced phasing of the Unzip module, and concluding with recommendations for genome polishing. Next, she explores how heterozygosity can influence the assembly process and how read coverage depth along the assembly can reveal important characteristics of assembly structure. Kingan then recommends approaches, including specific tools, that can be used to quality filter and curate the assembly, including annotation-, coverage-, and…
In this video Aaron Wenger describes the new structural variant detection application, known as pbsv, available in SMRT Link v5.0. This application identifies large (default: =50 bp) insertions and deletions in a sample relative to a reference from whole genome sequence data. Aaron details pbsv commands and use of the application in SMRT Link.
In this video Roberto Lleras shares new module-based features included in SMRT Link v5.0. He summarizes updates to data management, new applications for minor variant analysis and structural variant analysis and new tools for sending analysis files to PacBio tech support.
Jonas Korlach closes the 2018 User Group Meeting with an outlook and perspectives on SMRT Sequencing, highlighting what possibilities the Sequel System 6.0 release. Learn more about this release at: https://www.pacb.com/products-and-services/sequel-system/latest-system-release/
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Bruce Kingham of the DNA Sequencing & Genotyping Center at the University of Delaware describes tips on using the FEMTO Pulse for large-insert libraries.
PacBio CSO, Jonas Korlach, kicks off the North America 2018 User Group Meeting with a recap of how SMRT Sequencing has evolved and a preview of the Sequel System 6.0 release. Learn more about this release at: https://www.pacb.com/products-and-services/sequel-system/latest-system-release/
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Chris Boles of Sage Science presents updates on the Sage System for getting the largest DNA fragments using the SageHLS.
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Tim Smith of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service describes efforts to generate reference-grade genome assemblies for various bovine species and analyze them to understand factors such as how selective breeding has affected certain breeds. Genome assemblies he presents span cattle, water buffalo, and gaur. Smith shows data for each assembly, noting that as data production shifted to the Sequel System, long-read PacBio data became even better at producing highly contiguous assemblies.
Jonas Korlach kicks off Day 2 of the 2018 User Group Meeting by discussing a recent collaboration and technique for low-input starting material and high quality de novo assembly projects. While new and not yet fully supported, many researchers have interest in starting with lower amounts of DNA for whole genome sequencing. This protocol requires Express Kit v2, which will be available in early 2019.
This tutorial provides an overview of the Structural Variant Calling application in SMRT Link and a live demo of how to launch an analysis in SMRT Link and interpret the results. This application identifies large (default: = 20 bp) insertions, deletions, inversions and translocations in a sample relative to a reference from.This tutorial covers features of SMRT Link v6.0.0.
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Tina Graves-Lindsay of the McDonnell Genome Institute and the Genome Reference Consortium speaks about the importance of phasing human reference genomes. Her team is now working on its fifteenth human genome assembly — part of a major effort to improve genomic representation of ethnic diversity — with a pipeline that generates 60-fold PacBio coverage for a de novo assembly, followed by scaffolding with other technologies. They are also using FALCON-Unzip to separate haplotypes, leading to reference-grade diploid assemblies. This approach has already helped resolve errors seen in other genomes and even the gold-standard…
PacBio Customers present their latest research in short talks at our User Group Meeting. The applications presented span the range of SMRT Sequencing applications from users from around North America.
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Garth Ehrlich of Drexel University College of Medicine shares his work on developing a microbiome assay that uses SMRT Sequencing to provide high-quality coverage of the 16S bacterial rRNA for species identification. The microbiome analysis pipeline, MCSMRT, takes advantage of PacBio circular consensus sequencing (CCS) technology and second-generation pathway analysis system for generating extremely high-fidelity sequences that provide the user with ultra-high-confidence species-level microbiome data.
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Jonas Korlach and Roberto Lleras share the latest updates to the structural variation application and analysis tools.
In this PacBio User Group Meeting presentation, Zev Kronenberg of PacBio presents on using the combination of PacBio and Phase Genomics data and analysis tools to create highly contiguous genome assemblies.