Sam Sheppard from the University of Bath presents at the ARTICnetwork & CLIMB-BIG-DATA workshop on COVID-19 data analysis, motivating why we should use genomics in an epidemic.

He gives background on typing schemes, different ways of sequencing and challenges such as how you can analyse large mounts of genomic data.

Resources:
https://sheppardlab.com/
https://www.climb.ac.uk/artic-and-climb-big-data-joint-workshop/

43 Why use genomics in an epidemic? with Sam Sheppard

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43 Why use genomics in an epidemic? with Sam Sheppard

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