TxGen Moving Back to Campus

We are in the process of packing and moving into our new facilities at the Texas A&M Reserach Park, Centeq Building. Please excuse any delays in responding to your emails. We expect to be back to normal operations by the first week in May. Building Address: New Address for TxGen Room 250 Centeq Building A Read more about TxGen Moving Back to Campus[…]

Second 2-Day Official Software Carpentry Workshop at Texas A&M University

Howdy! We are pleased to invite you to the second 2-day Official Software Carpentry Workshop at Texas A&M University. Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, TAMU High Performance Research Computing, TAMU Libraries, TAMU Departments of Atmospheric Sciences, ECE and EEB Departments are collaborating to organize and hold this workshop. This hands-on workshop is an Read more about Second 2-Day Official Software Carpentry Workshop at Texas A&M University[…]

Spring 2019 Bioinformatics Training

Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service (TxGene) and the Texas A&M University High Performance Research Computing (HPRC) are offering four bioinformatics short courses. Limited seating is available and registration is required. These short courses are free of charge and available to anyone at Texas A&M. Topic: Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing, Dr. Michael Dickens Read more about Spring 2019 Bioinformatics Training[…]

A&M AgriLife Research Genomics and Bioinformatics Services getting new home

COLLEGE STATION – Genomics and Bioinformatics Services, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, is relocating and expanding to accommodate growing needs in human, plant and animal genomic research. The new facility, located at 1500 Research Parkway in the Centeq Building in College Station, will provide over 6,000 square feet of state-of-the-art sequencing facilities and office Read more about A&M AgriLife Research Genomics and Bioinformatics Services getting new home[…]

Texas A&M AgriLife Launches cross-discipline crop gene editing, transformation, and genomics technology

Genome editing aims to change something in a plant’s form or function, or, in other words, its phenotype, says Dr. Bill McCutchen, executive associate director of AgriLife Research. Yet the relationship between phenotypic traits and genetic sequences is far from well-understood, he says, adding that although genome editing shows tremendous promise, several challenges must be Read more about Texas A&M AgriLife Launches cross-discipline crop gene editing, transformation, and genomics technology[…]

AgSeq comes to Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Texas A&M, PerkinElmer create leading public agriculture, life sciences genome platform April 25, 2018 Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Charlie Johnson, 979-862-3287, Charlie@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and their internationally recognized Genomics and Bioinformatics Service are poised to change the face of agriculture-focused genomics. Dr. Charlie Johnson, director of the Read more about AgSeq comes to Texas A&M AgriLife Research[…]

Final of spring short courses for NGS/data analysis 2018

@TXGEN offers valuable data science shortcourses @TAMU, this last one before summer focuses on teaching some genomic data analyses skills https://t.co/LRAppo77gT — Seth C Murray (@DrSethMurray) April 21, 2018 Final computer/programing training workshop of the spring semester. More to come this summer @aglifesciences @tamu @DrSethMurray https://t.co/MIAHldqmoV — TXGEN (@TXGEN) April 21, 2018 Finale of HPRC Read more about Final of spring short courses for NGS/data analysis 2018[…]

NGS analysis workshops come to Aggieland

Next set of NGS analysis courses comes to Texas A&M University, covering introduction, RNA-Seq, assembly, metagenomics and genotyping in collaboration between TxGen and TAMU HPRC. Outstanding instructors and a great group of students 👏👏👏 .  Whoop for all the Aggies with the new rings on Ring day. R class next week. Organized by Noushin Ghaffari, Read more about NGS analysis workshops come to Aggieland[…]