QIAGEN CLC Genomics Workbench is widely used to analyze bacterial, viral and eukaryotic (fungal) genomes and metagenomes. It provides tools and workflows for a broad range of bioinformatics applications, including microbiome analysis, antimicrobial resistance characterization and isolate characterization through SNP and K-mer trees using NGS data.

Topics covered in this 90-minute webinar include:
• An overview of the different tools within QIAGEN CLC Microbial Genomics Module and the research areas supported
• A focused review of isolate typing and characterization, including:
o Importing data
o Utilization of metadata
o Downloading and managing references
• Database of isolates/ resistances/ multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analysis
o A walk-through of the ‘Type a Known Species’ workflow
- Review details for each isolate
o Creating SNP profiles to a specific reference
o Generate a SNP tree for isolate comparison
o Export tabular and high-quality graphical outputs in a wide range of file formats

Speaker: Shawn Prince, Ph.D., Field Application Scientist, QIAGEN Digital insights