Workshop 2. High Throughput Sequencing Application Session Online Materials

Introduction

Illumina Sequencing Technology

An animation created by Illumina describing their sequencing by synthesis technology.

High Throughput Sequencing Data Primer

Embarrasingly brief description of the form of high-throughput sequencing data covering:

  • FASTQ format
  • PHRED quality scores
  • single-end vs paired-end datasets
  • dataset read length

Sequencing Data QC and Analysis Primer

An even more embarrassingly brief description of the high level quality control and analysis process for FASTQ formatted high-throughput datasets, including:

  • typical read quality control metrics and operations
  • extremely brief read mapping discussion