[Baypiggies] Proposal for Baypiggies meeting, July 25, 2013

[Bryce Verdier]

+1 (Hopefully I can make it this time....)

On 07/12/2013 10:53 AM, John Wegis wrote:
> +1
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> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Tony Cappellini <cappy2112 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cappy2112 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hello Everyone,
>
>
>
>     Jared Maquire from Counsyl has offered to do a presentation on
>     *Python for Clinical Genomics, *at the July Baypiggies meeting.
>
>     Since the details of the Python Hack nights are still being worked
>     on, I wanted to ensure we have a presentation  for July,
>     and to allow extra time to put together a fun session for the
>     Python Hack night. We can easily schedule the Python Hack nights
>     in addition to our regular meetings in the future.
>
>     Vote +1 if you are interested in attending the *Python for
>     Clinical Genomics* presentation in July
>
>
>     *Python for Clinical Genomics
>     *
>     Generally computational biology workflows harken back to ancient
>     days when Perl programmers roamed the Earth. Lately though,
>     genomics analysis has been moving to Python -- in particular the
>     excellent Pysam library has brought the state of the art DNA
>     sequence manipulation tools to the world of Python.
>
>     In this talk I'll demonstrate the basic tools that I use as part
>     of my daily work in a Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing company.
>     We use Pysam and Pygr to work with the DNA directly, Django to
>     manage our wet lab and organize our genetics knowledge, and Numpy
>     and Scipy for developing novel assays and for general numerical
>     analysis.
>
>     We'll work through a live demonstration that takes clinical
>     genetics data all the way from the DNA sequencer's output to the
>     final result that we share with the patient.
>
>     Along the way I'll introduce the basic concepts of genomics for a
>     computer science audience. If you're a computer scientist or
>     engineer and you've ever been curious about making the jump to
>     genomics, the time has never been better. Genomics right now is
>     like computers were in 1973 -- a huge wave about to break.
>
>
>     *About Jared Maguire
>     *
>     Jared spent the last five years at the Broad Institute of Harvard
>     and MIT laying much of the analytical groundwork for the new wave
>     of DNA sequencing technologies. During that time he was a senior
>     analyst on key projects such as the 1000 Genomes project, which
>     gave him the chance to be one of the first people on earth to map
>     out the patterns of genetic variation in thousands of whole human
>     genomes.
>
>     Now he's moved to Counsyl where he's working to help bring the new
>     wave of genomics technologies from the research lab into the clinic.
>
>
>     *About Counsyl*
>
>     Counsyl is a medical genomics startup whose goal is to make the
>     human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions.  Over
>     the last few years, we've grown from a Stanford dorm room to
>     become one of the largest clinical genome centers in the world.
>      Our pre-pregnancy genetic test is now prescribed by physicians
>     for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.
>
>
>     Thank You
>
>
>     Tony
>
>
>
>
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