Different sequencing platforms use a variety of read lengths. Both short-read sequencing and long-read sequencing have their own benefits and […]
Thanks to the introduction of high-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS) methods, generating nucleic acid sequencing data has never been easier. […]
In recent years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has evolved from a technology used purely in research settings to being a key […]
Original post by Liam Little in February 2023. Updated by Ashleigh Davey in September 2023. Over the last decade, the […]
Original post by Liam Little in February 2023. Updated by Ashleigh Davey in September 2023. According to the British Journal […]
Nanopore-based methods took over 25 years to fully materialise, which involved the collaboration of both academia and industry. It is […]
Introduction It has been over 30 years since the first generation of DNA sequencing technology was developed in 1977. Since […]
Since the discovery of the basic double-helix structure of DNA In the 1950’s, scientists have devoted a huge amount of […]
The order of nucleotides within a sequence of DNA is important. It underpins subsequent protein function and, in cases of […]
Researchers at Tohoku University have now completed and released the first ever Japanese reference genome (JG1). Human genome Since its […]