Inaugural Genomics Automation Congress and the coming deluge of sequencing data.
Presentations at Select Biosciences's first 'Genomics Automation Congress' (Boston, MA, USA) in 2010 focused on next-generation sequencing and the platforms and methodology around them. The meeting provided an overview of sequencing technologies, both new and emerging. Speakers shared their recent work on applying sequencing to profile cells for various levels of biomolecular complexity, including DNA sequences, DNA copy, DNA methylation, mRNA and microRNA. With sequencing time and costs continuing to drop dramatically, a virtual explosion of very large sequencing datasets is at hand, which will probably present challenges and opportunities for high-level data analysis and interpretation, as well as for information technology infrastructure.
Dan L Duncan Cancer Center Division of Biostatistics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza MS 305, Houston, TX 77030, USA. creighto@bcm.edu
Chad J
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Creighton
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