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Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Time: 9:24 PM - 9:24 PM EDT
Location: Web Conference (See WebEx information below)
Speakers:
Dr. Bill Wysocki, Director of User Services, University of Chicago (UChicago)
Dr. Xin Zhou, Assistant Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The Sequence Reads and BAM Slicing tools, available in GDC 2.0, are powerful web-based resources for analyzing sequence reads. The Sequence Reads Tool enables users to visualize read alignments from BAM files, and classify reads supporting either the reference or alternative alleles based on variant information (e.g., chromosome, position, reference, and alternative alleles). The BAM Slicing Tool allows users to download specific sections of a BAM file, targeting particular genomic or unmapped regions, thus avoiding the need to download large, multi-gigabyte files. This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of both tools.


Intended Audience

This webinar is designed for researchers interested in visualizing DNA or RNA sequencing reads or downloading Binary Alignment Map (BAM) slices for a specific gene, position, SNP, or variant. It is ideal for anyone looking to analyze sequence reads for cancer mutations, regardless of their prior experience in genomics.

Abstract

The Sequence Reads and BAM Slicing tools, available in GDC 2.0, are powerful web-based resources for analyzing sequence reads. The Sequence Reads Tool enables users to visualize read alignments from BAM files, and classify reads supporting either the reference or alternative alleles based on variant information (e.g., chromosome, position, reference, and alternative alleles). The BAM Slicing Tool allows users to download specific sections of a BAM file, targeting particular genomic or unmapped regions, thus avoiding the need to download large, multi-gigabyte files. This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of both tools.

For additional details, please see the Sequence Reads Analysis with GDC 2.0 Webinar Presentation.

Included Topics
  • How to utilize the Sequence Reads Tool to visualize sequence reads for a specific gene, position, SNP, or variant 
  • How to download BAM slices for a given gene, position, SNP, or variant using the BAM Slicing Tool 
  • Live Q&A session to address user questions and gather feedback
Webex Information

Sequence Reads Analysis with GDC 2.0: Exploring the Sequence Reads and BAM Slicing Tools

  • Monday, November 18, 2024
  • 2:00 pm    |    Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-04:00)    |    1 hr
  • Meeting number (access code): 2308 983 1043
  • Meeting password: yjTQygA@475 (95879421 when dialing from a phone or video system)

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