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Analysis of phage genomes replete with hypothetical genes is a challenge. Given the importance of genomic characterization of phages to understand their biology and for their safe use, International Bacteriophage Research Consortium (IBRC) and Phage Directory are co-hosting a series of Phage Bioinformatics Webinars. This will be a beginner-focused series aimed at helping phage researchers get up to speed on phage genome characterization, including current practices, tools and tips, and will be taught by invited guest speakers.

The first webinar will be by Dr. Deborah Jacobs-Sera from the Hatfull Lab (University of Pittsburgh, USA), developer and overseer of phage discovery and genomics platforms for advancing science education, such as PHIRE and SEA-PHAGES. She'll give a talk on “Genomic Annotation and Comparative Bioinformatic Analysis of Actinobacteriophages”, and will include an overview of tools such as DNA Master, GeneMark, Glimmer, tRNA Scan SE, Aragorn, HHPred.

We're pleased to invite you to this series, beginning on 16 February, 2021 at 6.30 pm IST/8 am EST. Register for the first event here.

As a companion to this series, we launched a #phage-bioinformatics channel for questions and community discussion. The Phage Directory Slack community is now retired. Read the retirement notice.