De novo assembly
De novo assembly is a method for constructing genomes from a…
What Are Unmapped Reads?
One of the most common activities that we perform is the sequence…
Reference Genomes
The goal of many sequencing projects is to identify polymorphisms…
HLA Ambiguous Alleles
In our CareDx TruSight Assign HLA reports, ambiguous alleles…
HLA Nomenclature
The standardized HLA gene and allele nomenclature is managed…
Geneious Variant Call Reports
We often use Geneious to generate SNP/indel variant call reports.…
Can I use one of my sequenced samples as a reference genome?
We are often asked if clients can submit several samples at once…
How to access your sequencing data
When sequencing runs are finished, we automatically upload FastQ…
How to read a TruSight HLA Assign report
We use the CareDx TruSight HLA v2 Sequencing Panel for HLA typing…
Phaster for Bacteriophage Data Analysis
Phaster (http://phaster.ca) is a bioinformatics tool for analyzing…