Category Archives: Next-gen sequencing
August 23 NCBI Minute: Using the Run Selector to Find Relevant Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Datasets
Do you have trouble searching the NCBI webpage for relevant datasets? Wish you could filter the search results more precisely? You can with SRA Run Selector. In this NCBI Minute, you’ll learn how to filter the SRA database using the … Continue reading 
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Pittsburgh Genomics Hackathon assisted by NCBI September 25 – 27, 2017
From September 25-27,2017, NCBI will help with a bioinformatics hackathon at the University of Pittsburgh. The hackathon will focus on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data, proteomics and metadata. This event is for researchers, including students and postdocs, … Continue reading 
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NCBI to assist with NYGC Genomics Hackathon June 19-21
From June 19-21, 2017, the NCBI will assist in a bioinformatics hackathon at the New York Genome Center (NYGC). This hackathon will focus on advanced bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing (NGS) data, proteomics and metadata. To apply for this hackathon, … Continue reading 
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The Tasmanian Devil 2: The tumor and Tasmanian devil mitochondrial genomes
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the last remaining large marsupial carnivore, now faces extinction because of a strange and deadly infection, a transmissible cancer known as Transmissible Devil Facial Tumor Disease (TDFTD). In a previous NCBI Insights post, we discussed … Continue reading 