November 13 NCBI Minute: Resources for next-gen sequence analysis

On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 12 PM, NCBI staff will present a webinar on NCBI resources for next-gen sequence analysis.  You will learn about key  resources that support multiple aspects of next-gen sequence analyses, including quality control, alignment, data … Continue reading

November 13 NCBI Minute: Resources for next-gen sequence analysis

On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 12 PM, NCBI staff will present a webinar on NCBI resources for next-gen sequence analysis.  You will learn about key  resources that support multiple aspects of next-gen sequence analyses, including quality control, alignment, data … Continue reading

Magic-BLAST version 1.5.0 is here!

We’ve just released a new version of Magic-BLAST with several new, user-driven enhancements like: Nanopore sequence alignment Improved multithreading performance Support for the new BLAST database version, BLASTDBv5, that allows you to limit your search by taxonomy More reliable placements … Continue reading

NCBI’s First Hackathon: Advanced Bioinformatic Analysis of Next-Gen Sequencing Data

This blog post is geared toward genomics professionals. From January 5th-7th, 2015, NCBI, in conjunction with the NIH Office of Data Science, held a genomics hackathon, where genomics professionals gathered to write useful, efficient pipelines for people new to genomics. … Continue reading