1st Software Carpentry workshop at Texas A&M University

Posted on March 13, 2018April 22, 2018 by Charlie Johnson

25 Texas A&M faculty & students use their Spring Break to attend the first Software Carpentry workshop at Texas A&M University. The workshop was taught by A&M instructors. Instructors: Noushin Ghaffari, Anna Dabrowski, Ramalingam Saravanan Helpers: David Bapst, Jian Tao, Michael Dickens The attendees learned best practices for scientific programing. Participants from across the University, Read more about 1st Software Carpentry workshop at Texas A&M University[…]

Hosting K-12 Educators visit

Posted on January 26, 2018April 15, 2018 by Charlie Johnson

Great to have K-12 STEM educators in our center this morning! introducing sequencing technologies (Dr. Josh Hill) and bioinformatics analysis (me). Interdisciplinary research interests should start early on. #stem4innovation @TXGEN @tamu_hprc pic.twitter.com/HIunO51kCy — Noushin Ghaffari (@Noushin_Gh) January 26, 2018

Latest crop improvement technology coming to Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 by Charlie Johnson

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research is investing in the future of rapid crop design with improved traits through the deployment of two new labs and a half-million dollar seed grant program to jump-start the process. “We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity that focuses on building a pipeline for genome editing Read more about Latest crop improvement technology coming to Texas A&M AgriLife Research[…]

Recruiting key leadership position within AgriLife TxGen

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Charlie Johnson

Recruiting for a key leadership position as part of our new Illumina NovaSeq service team. We are looking to fill a critical need within our facility for a senior person with experience in NGS research, loves working with people, and has had experience in industry or a leadership position in an academic research service. Apply Read more about Recruiting key leadership position within AgriLife TxGen[…]

PoreCampUSA17 Twitter Feed

Posted on June 10, 2017April 22, 2018 by Charlie Johnson

PoreCamp USA 2017 New blog post! Very helpful @nanopore Q&A session from June 2017 #porecampusa @txresearch https://t.co/Qez1i0mG4e — Lisa K. Johnson (@monsterbashseq) February 1, 2018 Q&A at Porecamp TAMU, June 2017: From the Ebola Outbreak to Sequencing on Mars #PoreCampUSA 2017 and @nanopore make the local TV news @pathogenomenick @Scalene @BioMickWatson @mattloose @DrT1973 https://t.co/jq1wK3v5vD — Charlie Read more about PoreCampUSA17 Twitter Feed[…]

New Website!

Posted on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 by Charlie Johnson

Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Services Facility launches new website with new single page format optimized for smart phones, tablets, and laptop computes. Currently offering Illumina, PacBio and Oxford Nanopore sequencing.