Exploring next generation sequencing in Pakistanby | 22-04-2015 07:46 |
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   The introduction of next-generation sequencing in 2007 created a bit of a buzz in the world of genomics? as it brought with it a fundamentally different approach to DNA sequencing?. The principles are in some ways similar to capillary sequencing where the bases? of a small section of DNA? are identified and recorded. However, rather than being limited to just a few DNA fragments, next-generation sequencing extends this process so that millions of samples can be sequenced, all at the same time. For this reason it is sometimes called massively parallel sequencing. As a result, large amounts of DNA can be sequenced at rapid speed. With some next-generation sequencing machines researchers can sequence more than five human genomes per machine in just under a week. Molecular biology and genomics technologies are developing rapidly. This workshop will provide an introduction to state of the art Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms, data analyses, bioinformatics tools to analyze NGS transcriptomic, genomic and small RNA sequence data. The workshop consist of lectures, computer-based practical sessions and discussions with case studies from life science research.
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