{"id":8687,"date":"2016-06-21T22:19:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2020-05-28T19:12:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T19:12:50","slug":"5-things-to-help-start-your-ngs-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/behindthebench\/5-things-to-help-start-your-ngs-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to Help Start Your NGS Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the advent of Next-Generation Sequencing<\/a> (NGS), more and more researchers are turning to sequencing\u00a0to better\u00a0understand genetics and gene expression. It often seems like a daunting task to trust your precious rare samples for analysis on an instrument you\u00a0don’t have much experience using.<\/p>\n

Our SeqitOut video series<\/a> tackles all things sequencing (from NGS to Sanger).\u00a0To help you get started on your NGS experiments we’ve put together five tools\u00a0to help you get started with your NGS experiments.\u00a0And if a question pops into your head while you\u2019re watching the videos, just send them in at thermofisher.com\/ask<\/a> \u2013 the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific just might make an episode out of it!<\/p>\n

Let’s get started…<\/p>\n

What do all these Next-Generation Sequencing terms mean?<\/a><\/h4>\n

We all started with our ABC\u2019s and somehow we ended up falling in love with AGTC\u2019s. But when we step into NGS\u2026.OMG. Most of you already know the acronyms DNA and RNA. But, in the NGS\u00a0world, there is a whole lot more. When you are starting to think about your next sequencing experiment, people may ask if you are doing WES, WGS, or target-seq? Let\u2019s dive into the genetic dictionary that is Next-generation sequencing terminology.<\/p>\n