University of Oxford
Department of Zoology
Keith Jolley studied biochemistry at the University of Bath, graduating in 1993. He stayed on to complete his PhD studying halophilic proteins from Archaea. In 1996, Keith undertook a postdoctoral position with Prof. John Heckels at the University of Southampton working on meningococcal surface proteins involved in eliciting immune responses. Continuing this interest in meningococcal biology, he moved to Prof. Martin Maiden’s group at the University of Oxford in 1998, where he has worked on the genetic characterization of bacterial carrier populations. During his time in Oxford, Keith has gained bioinformatics experience and now works mainly on software development and database design, including development of the PubMLST website. The Bacterial Isolate Genome Sequence Database (BIGSdb) software that Keith has developed has been designed to flexibly handle large amounts of genome sequence data obtained from multiple isolates in order to extract clinically relevant information and to address questions of bacterial evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity.

Moderator of 1 Session

Workshop 02: Tools for Genomic Data Analysis and Visualisation

Session Type
On-site Pre-Symposium Workshop
Date
Sun, 19.06.2022
Session Time
09:00 - 16:00
Room
Grand Ballroom West
Session Description
A highly interactive hands-on workshop that aims for you to understand the basic principles of WGS strain characterization and subsequent typing analysis and data visualization. During the workshop, participants will be able to upload genomic sequences to local and web-based platforms and use analysis tools to characterize, visualize, and explore genomic data with metadata variables.
Target audience: Public health professionals, clinicians and researchers

Please note: All ISPPD-12 Workshops are highly interactive and designed to allow at least 25% active learning for the maximum registrants anticipated.