We are always glad to see new papers or book chapters that mention and actually use our software. A recent chapter, In Phase HLA Genotyping by Next Generation Sequencing — A Comparison Between Two Massively Parallel Sequencing Bench-Top Systems, the Roche GS Junior and Ion Torrent PGM, did so and as the material can be accessed easily, please feel free to check it out!
Year: 2014
Introducing the #HLAnews hashtag
We have been using the #NGSnews hashtag for marking Twitter messages which are relevant to the field of next-generation sequencing for more than a year. And as there are more and more studies focusing on HLA and its relation to diseases, we are happy to introduce the #HLAnews hashtag as well.
Please feel free to follow that on our Twitter channel!
Omixon Target Release Notes 1.8
We are happy to let you know that a new version 1.8 of Omixon Target is now available, including updated features and further improvements.
Feel free to download the new version using the plugin on the Omixon website. When installing, select the ‘upgrade’ option to renew an existing installation. This will keep all existing credits and results.
If you have the server version of Omixon Target, our support team will contact you shortly with an update.
Major New Features for the HLA typing module
- Whole gene visualization
- Whole gene typing (beta feature)
- Novel allele detection, only for SNPs (beta feature)
Minor Improvements (HLA typing module)
- Homogeneous subsampling (optimization for non-randomly distributed input data)
- Quality based read trimming (quality improvement)
- Key exon based allele pre-filtering (bug fix and optimization)
- Genome browser improvements:
- Multiple sequence alignment of alleles for more useful visual comparison (new feature)
- More metadata for short reads (quality, sequence) in the display, plus a configuration mechanism (new feature)
- New context menus (right click on the tables or genome browser)
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements Continue reading
8th East-West Immunogenetics Conference in Vienna, February 13-14, 2014
Vienna was home to the 8th East-West Immunogenetics Conference attended by scientists and transplantation specialists mainly from Europe. Visit the EWIC website: http://www.ewic2014.net/index.php?id=1376
The conference covered a range of topics from disease associations to technical aspects of HLA typing. In this summary, I only make a few remarks on the topics and presentations of particular interest to me. For more the list of the program please link to the conference home page: http://www.ewic2014.net/index.php?id=1377
Webinar – HLA Typing for Oncology Research
Are you interested in the MHC “super-region”?
Watch the online webinar presentation on HLA typing from targeted, whole exome and whole genome next generation sequencing data.
| Date: | Thursday, 27th of February, 2014 |
| Time: | 17:00–18:00 pm GMT / 18:00–19:00 pm CET A live Q&A session will follow the presentation, offering you the opportunity to put forward any questions. Following registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information for joining this event. This Webinar will be recorded and material is available on request. |
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