OMGenomics Courses

Bioinformatics Basics - The FASTQ Format and Its Pitfalls

Dive into the FASTQ file format fundamentals, quality encoding, paired-end files, and common parsing pitfalls in genomics data handling.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Set Yourself Apart with a Portfolio Website

Discover how to create a standout portfolio website using a free template to showcase your work and differentiate yourself professionally in just 11 minutes.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI in Biology - Distinguishing Hype from Reality

Explore AI's promise and pitfalls in biology through enzyme prediction case studies, data contamination issues, and strategies to distinguish genuine breakthroughs from hype.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Investigating Structural Variants in Cancer Genomics - A Bioinformatics Tutorial

Explore bioinformatics tools Ribbon and SplitThreader to analyze structural variants in cancer genomes using long-read sequencing data and GIAB's HG008 tumor/normal samples.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

RNA-seq Tutorial: Differential Gene Expression Analysis with DESeq2

Master differential gene expression analysis using DESeq2 through hands-on practice with real RNA-seq data, from data acquisition to creating publication-ready visualizations.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

15 Bioinformatics Project Ideas

Explore 15 hands-on bioinformatics project ideas covering data reproduction, tool benchmarking, web app development, and interactive educational content creation.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Genes and Geography - A Bioinformatics Project

Walk through a bioinformatics project that parses 1000 Genomes VCF data, applies PCA and t-SNE, and visualizes ancestry-based population clusters.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video