Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)/The Biology of NGS

The Biology of NGS

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Essential concepts

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1. What is Life? 2. Living Parts: Tissues, Cells, Compartments and Organelles 3. Life as a Biochemical Process 4. The Molecular Building Blocks of Life 5. From Genes to Proteins 6. Sources of Biological Knowledge 7. Experimental Methods in Biology (link to more detailed information on NGS in #3 of the parent directory - Principles of the field)

Survival Glossary

# DNA, RNA, gene, protein, genetic code, central dogma of [molecular] biology, transcription, translation, expression, splicing, sequencing, genetics vs genomics, transcriptomics, expressomics, ...

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Useful Resources

1. Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists An introduction written by the founder of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Lawrence Hunter. The text is from 1993 but it contains all essential concepts. 46 pages.