Tutorials

Introduction

An introduction to workflows

Create, edit, and manage workflows in your workbench.

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Assemble sequences to a reference

Assemble Sanger sequences into contigs to find - and resolve - conflicts between reads.

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BLAST searches

Learn about the different BLAST searches and options available in the workbench.

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Visualize variants on protein structure

This tutorial will show you how to link variants to positions on a 3D protein structure, and how to interpret the resulting interactive 3D model. The focus will be on identifying variants associated with drug resistance to chronic myeloid leukemia treatment.

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Phylogenic trees and metadata

Learn how to reconstruct a phylogeny and visualize metadata on the tree.

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Molecular biology basics

Use the tools and functionalities of the workbench to simplify your cloning strategy and visualize every steps of the process: Look for restriction enzymes, design primers, and simulate your cloning strategy and results.

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Getting started with QIAGEN CLC

A guide to the most fundamental functionalities of your workbench: Learn how to import data in the workbench, how to run a tool and use the toolbar and side panels settings to visualize your results in different ways. Japanese version

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Gateway cloning

Facilitate your Gateway cloning work with the Vector NTI Import plugin.

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Required plugin: Vector NTI Import (non-commercial)

Folding RNA molecules

Learn how to predict the secondary structure of an RNA molecule.

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Next generation sequencing

Bisulfite sequencing

Find methylated cytosines and identify regions with high methylation levels in your sequencing reads.

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ChIP sequencing

This tutorial takes you through a complete ChIP sequencing workflow using CLC Genomics Workbench.

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Resequencing analysis using tracks

Find and annotate cancer specific variants by comparing normal and cancer tissue reads and by filtering for variants leading to amino acid changes.

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Reference genome and annotation tracks

Learn how to create a reference genome and manage track lists to visualize your data and associated annotations.

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Read mapping in detail

Understand the parameters of the Map Reads to Reference tool, and the impact of using paired end data on the mapping results.

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Comparative analysis of three bovine genomes

Learn how to identify species-specific variants, filter those leading to amino acid changes, and associate relevant species-specific pathways.

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CLC Genome Finishing Module - using the Align Contigs tool

Learn how to manually join or split contigs using the Align Contigs tool of Genome Finishing Module.

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Required plugin: CLC Genomics Finishing Module (commercial)

De novo assembly and BLAST

This tutorial highlights some of the tools for a typical de novo sequencing workflow with a data set from a high-throughput sequencing machine.

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De novo assembly of paired data

An introduction to how to import fastq paired data, run a sequence quality report, trim the data, and run a de novo assembly with scaffolding.

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De Novo Transcript Discovery using Long and Short Reads

Using the Transcript Discovery plugin, quickly annotate de novo the Fragaria vesca genome using both long and short reads.

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Plugin required: Transcript Discovery plugin (non-commercial)

Expression analysis

Small RNA analysis

This tutorial goes through the initial parts of analyzing a small RNA data set: Trim off adapter sequences, extract, count, and annotate small RNAs to identify known miRNAs and other non-coding RNAs.

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RNA-seq analysis of human breast cancer data

This tutorial gives a brief overview of how to analyze RNA-seq data with a subset of publicly available RNA-seq data.

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Required plugin: Ingenuity Pathway Analysis plugin (non-commercial). An active IPA account is required.

Microarray-based expression analysis

Perform data quality control, identify differentially expressed genes, and interpret your results in a biological context using annotations. This tutorial is based on microarray data but many tools are applicable to RNA-seq.

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Expression analysis using RNA-Seq data

Discover the powerful statistical analysis tools in CLC Genomics Workbench.

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RNA-Seq with Ingenuity Pathway Analysis

This tutorial demonstrates the collaborative power of RNA-Seq Analysis and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis plugin to analyze and interpret RNA-seq expression data.

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Required plugins: Advanced RNA-Seq (non-commercial), Ingenuity Pathway Analysis plugin (non-commercial). Use of the IPA plugin requires an active IPA account.

Biomedical research

Finding a rare disease causing variant

Learn how to take advantage of the Ingenuity Variant Analysis plugin for CLC Genomics Workbench to find a list of variants specific to a proband's genome and filter them for interpretation.

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Required plugin: Ingenuity Variant Analysis plugin (non-commercial). The plugin requires an active IPA account.

Batching of multi-input workflows

This tutorial will demonstrate how workflows that have more than one input can be run in batch mode. This is the case for most of the ready-to-use workflows available in the toolbox of Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin, such as all workflows that analyze a trio or a family of four, as well as workflows that compare tumor to normal samples.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Identification of variants in a tumor sample

This tutorial will guide you through the process of identifying variants and verifying them using Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Identification of somatic variants in a matched tumor-normal pair

This tutorial will guide you through the process of identifying somatic variants from a matched tumor/normal sample pair from one patient using the Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Find very low frequency variants with QIAGEN GeneRead Panels

This tutorial uses the capacities of Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin to find very low frequency variants in targeted amplicon sequences generated using a QIAGEN GeneRead DNAseq Targeted Panels V2 kit.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Copy number variant detection

Copy number variants are amplifications and deletions of exon and chromosome fragments as well as whole exons or chromosomes. The copy number variant detection algorithm is designed to detect copy number variations (CNVs) from targeted resequencing experiments. These can be either gene panels or whole exome sequencing. It identifies CNV regions where the normalized coverage of the sample to be analyzed differs from the control samples in a statistically significant way.

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Find actionable variants with QIAseq Panels

This tutorial uses the capacities of the Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin to find actionable variants - even at very low frequencies - in Targeted Amplicons sequences generated using a BRCA1 and BRCA2 QIAseq panel kit.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Modification of an Existing Workflow

Ready-to-use workflows are provided in Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin for different applications and scenarios. However, there may be situations where you would like to extend an analysis or customize it to special needs. In this tutorial we modify the Identify Somatic Variants from Tumor Normal Pair (WES) ready-to-use workflow to include the step in which we remove variants present in HapMap.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

Fusion Detection Using QIAseq RNAscan Panels

This tutorial uses the capacities of the Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin to detect fusion events in sequences generated using a QIAseq Targeted RNAscan Panel.

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Required plugin: Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin (non-commercial).

miRNA Quantification

Compare differential expression of miRNA between Adrenal Myelolipoma (benign neoplasm) and Adrenocortical Carcinoma to identify miRNA that can be used for diagnostic.

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Compare TMB Scores and MSI Statuses from QIAseq Tumor Mutational Burden Panels

This tutorial uses the capabilities of CLC Genomics Workbench with the Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin to calculate reliable and consistent TMB score and MSI status values from reads sequenced with the QIAseq Tumor Burden Mutation panel assay (DHS-8800Z).

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Find fusion events and variants with QIAseq Multimodal Panels

This tutorial uses the capacities of the Biomedical Genomics Analysis plugin to detect fusion events and find actionable variants in reads generated using a custom QIAseq Multimodal panel.

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Microbial genomics

Whole metagenome functional analysis

Assemble metagenomes derived from two different groups of samples and investigate their functional differences.

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Required plugins: CLC Microbial Genomics Module (commercial), MetaGeneMark (commercial)

Typing and epidemiological clustering of common pathogens (beta)

This tutorial will take you through the tools available in CLC Microbial Genomics Module to perform typing and epidemiological study of cultured bacteria using the metadata functionalities of the Microbial Genomics module.

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Required plugin: CLC Microbial Genomics Module (commercial)

OTU clustering step by step

This tutorial will take you through the different tools available in CLC Microbial Genomics Module and CLC Genomics Workbench to perform OTU clustering and estimate alpha and beta diversities of microbial communities with the Microbial Genomics module.

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Plugin required: CLC Microbial Genomics Module (commercial)

OTU clustering using workflows

Learn how to identify individual constituents of a microbial community, and how to identify microbiome profiles that can be associated with certain sample parameters (metadata). In this example we solve a forensics case where the microbiome of the soil on a suspects boots can be associated with the soil microbiome at a crime scene.

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Required plugin: CLC Microbial Genomics Module (commercial)

Taxonomic profiling of whole shotgun metagenomic data

Learn how easy it is to monitor the evolution of a microbiota over time using the taxonomic profiling tools from CLC Microbial Genomics Module.

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Plugin required: CLC Microbial Genomics Module (commercial)

Antibiotic Resistance Analysis

Learn how CLC Genomics Module can analyze metagenomics samples with respect to the presence and abundance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with the Drug Resistance Analysis tools and accompanying databases, in particular the integrated up- to-date QIAGEN Microbial Insight - Antimicrobial Resistance database (QMI-AR).

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