Educators:
Kamil Hepak, Luca Parmigiani, Tizian Schulz, Jens Stoye (BiGi) Roland Wittler
Date:
September, 22 2026
Location:
40th German Conference on Bioinformatics, Saarbrücken, Germany
(#GCB2026,https://gcb2026.de/gcb2026_workshops.html#WS02. Registration for this workshop is handled directly through the main GCB registration process.
Contents:
The focus of this workshop is to give participants an overview and understanding of commonly used pangenomics tools. Besides an introduction into the motivation and theory behind questions from the field of pangenomics, we will look at specific tools (such as Pangrowth, Corer, PLAST, SANS, and mice) and let the participants explore their usage in hands-on sessions.
Learning goals:
Participants will learn to use the tools Pangrowth (pangenome diversity analysis), Corer (pangenomic core detection), PLAST (sequence-to-graph local alignment), SANS (phylogenomic reconstruction), and mice (synteny block detection).
Prerequisites:
Interested participants should have a basic understanding of Linux operating systems to participate in hands-on sessions of the workshop.
Keywords:
Pangenomics, k-mer-based Analysis
Tools:
Pangrowth, Corer, PLAST, SANS, mice
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