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May 25, 14:00 – 17:00 h: RepeatExplorer: principles and applications [ZOOM]
- Opening the workshop & instructions (J. Macas)
- RepeatExplorer pipeline and associated tools (P. Novak) [slides]
- RepeatExplorer applications (J. Macas) [slides]
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- REXdb database and DANTE (P. Neumann) [slides]
- Using RE output for repeat annotation and quantification (J. Macas) [slides]
- Practical training I – assignment of tasks (P. Novak)
May 25 – May 31: Practical training part I [conducted individually, based on the provided data and videotutorials]
- Galaxy environment and RepeatExplorer server [VIDEO tutorial]
- Protocol 1: Repeat analysis in a single species [VIDEO tutorial]
- Protocol 2: Comparative repeat analysis in multiple species [VIDEO tutorial]
May 26, 14:00 – 17:00 h: Short presentations of the workshop participants (20 + 5 min each) [ZOOM]
Session chair: Andrew Leitch (Queen Mary University London, UK)
- Ana Paula Moraes (Federal Univeristy of ABC, Brazil) – Repetitive DNA in Neotropical orchid: three cases of study
- Nicola Schmidt (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) – Comparative analysis of repetitive sequences among Betoideae species
- Paola Gaiero (University of the Republic, Uruguay) – Exploring the genomes of potato wild relatives from southern South America
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- Tiago Ribeiro (Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil) – Impact of the repeatome in the genomic divergence of Apostasia species (Apostasioideae, Orchidaceae)
- Romain Guyot (IRD Monpellier, France) – Genome evolution of the Coffea genus
- Emily Gu (Queen Mary University of London, UK) – Repeat transcriptome analysis of Fritillaria imperialis
May 31, 14:00-16:00 h: Troubleshooting and discussion related to practical training I [ZOOM]
- based on the questions posted to Slack or presented during the session
June 1, 14:00 – 14:15 h: Practical training II – assignment of tasks [ZOOM]
June 1, 14:15 – 17:30 h: Short presentations of the workshop participants (20 + 5 min each) [ZOOM]
Session chair: Tony Heitkam (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
- Magdalena Vaio (University of the Republic, Uruguay) – Divergence of repetitive DNA sequences in allopolyploid species of Paspalum (Graminea)
- Kristina Gagalova (Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver, Canada) – Genome size increase by repeats expansion in conifers and weevil
- Christopher Pauli (Front Range Biosciences, USA) – Repetitive elements In Cannabis
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- Ravindra Raut (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India) – Transposon analysis of rice (Oriza sativa)
- Alicja Macko-Podgórni (University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland) – Identification of carrot low-copy LTR retrotransposons active in callus cultures using mobilome sequencing
- Ludwig Mann (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) – Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA), mobilome-Seq and the ECCsplorer pipeline
June 2, 14:00 – 17:00 h: Short presentations of the workshop participants (20 + 5 min each) [ZOOM]
Session chair: Sònia Garcia (Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Spain)
- Radka Vozárová (Institute of Biophysics, Brno, Czech Republic) – Ancient origin of two 5S rDNA families dominating in the genus Rosa and their behavior in the Canina-type meiosis
- Zirlane Costa (University of São Paulo, Brazil) – Repetitive portion of Passiflora genomes
- Radka Symonova (Technical University of Munich, Germany) – GC-content of transposons and of their host genomes
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- Diogo Cabral-de-Mello (São Paulo State University, Brazil) – Not ever heterochromatic and highly enriched of repeats: The B chromosome of the grasshopper Abracris flavolineata breaks the rules
- Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz (Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Spain) – Repeat contribution to genome size ups and downs in the sunflower family
June 2 – June 7: Practical training part II [conducted individually, based on the provided data and videotutorials]
- Structure of the RepeatExplorer output files [VIDEO tutorial]
- Protocols 1 + 2: evaluation and interpretation of the results, downstream analysis, data visualization tools [VIDEO tutorial]
- Protocol 3: TAREAN analysis of satDNA and FISH probe design [VIDEO tutorial]
June 7, 14:00-16:00 h: Troubleshooting and discussion related to practical training II [ZOOM]
- based on the questions posted to Slack or presented during the session
June 8, 14:00 – 14:15 h: Practical training III – assignment of tasks [ZOOM]
June 8, 14:15 – 17:30 h: Short presentations of the workshop participants (20 + 5 min each) [ZOOM]
Session chair: Steven Dodsworth (University of Portsmouth, UK)
- Sebastian Pita (University of the Republic, Uruguay) – Satellitome analysis unravels the karyotypic evolution in Triatoma kissing bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
- Rodrigo Calegari (São Paula States University, Brazil) – Organization of satDNA of Astyanax lacustris in the Astyanax mexicanus genome
- Damira Veseljak (Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia) – Characterization of the satellitome of the flour beetle Tribolium freemani
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- Grace Bailey (University of Edinburgh, UK) – Repetitive DNA in the developing heart
- Juan Paolo Sicat (University of Greenwich, UK) – Challenges encountered in the characterization of transposable elements found within the B. tabaci species complex
- Antonio Baeza (Clemson University, USA) – Using RepeatExplorer to examine repetitive elements in Crustaceans: Questions for developers
June 9 – June 10: Practical training part III [conducted individually, based on the provided data and videotutorials]
- Protocol 4: Identification of centromeric repeats using ChIP-seq analysis [VIDEO tutorial]
- DANTE and JBrowse [VIDEO tutorial]
June 11, 14:00-16:00 h: Troubleshooting and discussion related to practical training III [ZOOM]
- based on the questions posted to Slack or presented during the session