Tutorials
Take a tour of VectorBase, or learn more about submitting and annotating data, using VectorBase tools, and other bioinformatics resources. Many tutorials include practice exercises (with answer keys) and sample files.
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An overview of VectorBase tools Take a quick tour of VectorBase tools, their capabilities and outputs. |
Tutorial | Sep 2017 |
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BioMart Use for (small and big scale) data mining queries that are not as easy or even possible to do using other VectorBase tools including Search. |
Practice Exercises Sample File |
Sep 2017 |
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BLAST The Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) finds regions of local similarity between sequences. Available data sets include contigs, scaffolds, chromosomes, ESTs, RNAseq, transcripts and peptides. |
Practice Exercises Sample File |
Oct 2017 |
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Comparative Genomics VectorBase genome browser displays precomputed protein and DNA comparison analyses of gene models among most of its species. |
Video Practice Exercises |
Sep 2017 |
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Galaxy Galaxy is an open, web-based platform for data intensive biomedical research. Learn how to use it with sample workflows and datasets for RNAseq analyses and SNP calling. |
Tutorial Sample File |
Sep 2017 |
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Genome Browser Makes genomic data accessible. In addition to the genome sequence, it displays comparisons between species, experimental evidence of expression (transcripts and peptides), alignments and trees, sequence variations/mutations, in silico predictions of protein domains, among many other features. |
Video | Jun 2017 |
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HMMER It looks for homologous genes, but unlike BLAST it aims to be more accurate and better to detect remote homologs. Input file is a protein multiple sequence alignment (MSA) from ClustalW. |
Practice Exercises Sample File |
Sep 2017 |
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Mitochondrial sequences A tutorial about using the Mitochondrial Gene Browser which hosts all GenBank mitochondrial sequences for multiple Aedes, Anopheles, Culex and Ixodida species. |
Tutorial | Dec 2013 |
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Ontology browser Ontologies are the structural framework for organizing information and are used in the Expression Browser and PopBio. You can also use it to annotate the metadata of your research. |
Tutorial Practice Exercises |
Dec 2013 |
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Population Biology (PopBio) Integrates genomic, phenotypic and population data for traits such as insecticide resistance, genetic variation with microsatellites, chromosomal inversions and SNPs, population abundance, pathogen infection status and blood meal identification. |
Video Practice Exercises |
Oct 2018 |
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Sample Explorer Search and Explore metadata and variations (SNPs and INDELs) associated with biological samples and display them in the Genome Browser and the Population Biology Browser. |
Tutorial | Sep 2017 |
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Search Guide to using VectorBase's Search functionality. |
Video Practice Exercises |
Feb 2018 |
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Transcript data and resources for microarrays and RNAseq VectorBase currently host microarrays and RNAseq mostly from Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti, but there is also RNAseq data for many more species. |
Tutorial Video Practice Exercises |
Feb 2019 |
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Variation Variation data includes SNPs, INDELs, structural variants and microsatellites. Learn how to find variants in genes, regions and geographic locations and also how to analyze your own variation data for potential effects on genes. |
Tutorial Video Sample File |
Aug 2018 |
