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SUMMARY:Sequence Classification using Reference Taxonomies - Valiente\, G 
 (Technical University of Catalonia)
DTSTART:20110622T103000Z
DTEND:20110622T113000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Next generation sequencing technologies have opened up an unpr
 ecedented opportunity for microbiology by enabling the culture-independent
  genetic study of complex microbial communities\, which were so far largel
 y unknown. The analysis of metagenomic data is challenging\, since a sampl
 e may contain a mixture of many different microbial species\, whose genome
  has not necessarily been sequenced beforehand. In this talk\, we address 
 the problem of analyzing metagenomic data for which databases of reference
  sequences are already known. We discuss both composition and alignment-ba
 sed methods for the classification of sequence reads\, and present recent 
 results on the assignment of ambiguous reads to microbial species at the b
 est possible taxonomic rank.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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