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Learn cutting-edge research opportunities using new DNA sequencing technologies

07/08/2015

Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) technology has revolutionized biomedical research, making genome and RNA sequencing an affordable and frequently used tool for a wide variety of research applications including variant (mutation) discovery, gene expression, transcription factor analysis, metagenomics, and epigenetics. Bioinformatics methods to support DNA sequencing have become and remain a critical bottleneck for many researchers and organizations wishing to make use of NGS technology.

Next-Generation DNA Sequencing Informatics, 2e, published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, provides a thorough, plain-language introduction to the necessary informatics methods and tools for analyzing NGS data and provides detailed descriptions of algorithms, strengths and weaknesses of specific tools, pitfalls, and alternative methods. Four new chapters cover experimental design, sample preparation, and quality assessment of NGS data; public databases for DNA sequencing data; de novo transcript assembly; proteogenomics; and emerging sequencing technologies. The remaining chapters from the first edition have been updated with the latest information. It also provides extensive reference to best-practice bioinformatics methods for NGS applications and tutorials for common workflows. This book addresses the informatics needs of students, laboratory scientists, and computing specialists who wish to take advantage of the explosion of research opportunities offered by new DNA sequencing technologies.

IMAGE: Enormous volumes of DNA and RNA sequence data are produced on tiny surfaces (e.g., Illumina flow cell, center) using next-generation sequencing technologies. Making sense of the large and complex data sets requires the sophisticated informatics tools that are made accessible and understandable in this book."

CREDIT: � 2015 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press



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