2nd Aberystwyth Bioinformatics Workshop, Jun 5th 2015

• Martin Vickers: IBERS Data Repository and Processing with OpenBIS and Galaxy
• Stefani Dritsa: Towards the increase of the thermostability of a psychrophilic lipase
• Claire Risley: West Nile Virus sequence similarity and bird migration between African countries
• Ilze Skujina: Do avian mitochondrial genomes hold a key to unlocking an understanding of longevity in Man?
• Eli Saetnan : Exploring community development and community structure through network analysis
• Maurice Bosch and others: Discussion session about training modules/courses in Bioinformatics. What extra training options would you like? Do you know what's currently available?
• Reyer Zwiggelaar / Chris Creevey and others: A Virtual Research Centre for Bioinformatics? Discussion of collaboration opportunities across the university.
• Martin Swain: Alignment­free methods for mining DNA sequences
• Leif Skot: Draft genome assembly of red clover
• Tom Wilson and Jasen Finch: High Resolution Metabolomics: Capabilities and case studies
• Ruth Smith: The use of metabolomics in assessing oak health status
• Tim Langdon: Oat genomics ­ help wanted
• Tom Hitch : An iterative approach to assembling metagenomes
• Sam Nicholls: Extracting Exciting Exploitable Enzymes from Massive Metagenomic Data: The Story So Far (Abridged)
• Lizzy Donkin: Modelling insect herbivore movement and damage in plant populations
• Altan Kara: MetaPred2CS:Genome­wide Prediction of Prokaryotic Two­Component System Networks using a Sequence­Based Meta­Predictor
• Eslam Al­Hersh : Genotype­phenotype analysis across­species in plants using GWAS
• Maciej Bisaga : Breeding oats for future climates
• Tim Beard : Genomic regulation of tillering and stem nodal propagation in Miscanthus
• Amanda Clare: Modelling CRISPR.