The science of white blood cells, and much more

Chapters:

05:30 Immunology how?

22:05 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

34:30 Scientific collaboration

40:00 Data losses

50:00 Flip it!

53:00 outlook 2030

Links:

mini-immunology intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9QAyP3bYmc

22Q e. V. - zentraler Anlaufpunkt für Menschen mit Deletionssyndrom 22q11 oder Duplikationssyndrom 22q11 im deutschsprachigen Raum https://www.wirsind22q.de/aus-dem-verein/vorstand

Podcast for young immunologists from young immunologists https://theyoungimmunologist.buzzsprout.com/

Contact Nora here https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-balzer-phd-253a767b

Some information about training courses and events https://www.immunology.org/traininghttps://dgfi.org/dgfi-en/academy-of-immunology/

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (⁠https://wggc.de/⁠) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: ⁠https://ngs-kn.de/⁠) – network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

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Sharing a flowcell, reinvented

Chapters:

- 00:00 usegalaxy.org

- 07:55 Singular Genomics start

- 21:55 Max Reads

- 29:40 DNA Structure / ATAC-seq

Setup galaxy on local hardware:

https://galaxyproject.org/admin/get-galaxy/

G4 is competing with Illumina:

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/omics/fast-and-flexible-singulars-g4-takes-aim-at-illuminas-sequencing-superiority/

Singulars chemistry is one of many:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00512-4

How max reads works:

https://techwriting.singulargenomics.com/max-read/Max-Read-Kit-User-Guide-600026.pdf

Small intro to DNA Structures:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleic_acid_quaternary_structure

Intro to ATAC-seq:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41596-022-00692-9

PS:

As of 2025, Singular does not advertise DNA/RNA Sequencing on their G4 anymore, but shifted to spatial data, including their G4X: https://www.singulargenomics.com/

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (⁠https://wggc.de/⁠) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: ⁠https://ngs-kn.de/⁠) – network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

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Spinnin' bases on wafers to do mostly natural SBS

Chapters:

- 00:00 Ultima ePCR with beads

- 07:10 Spinning the wafer, nucleotides, no blocking

- 14:30 Ultima ppmSeq + Element UltraQ

- 25:30 How Element UltraQ was born

- 30:30 snakemake, cromwell, nextflow

- 36:50 ncRNA

Ultimas homepage: https://www.ultimagenomics.com/

Nature paper with the chemistry: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01452-6

Elements UltraQ chemistry:

https://www.elementbiosciences.com/cloudbreak-ultraq-enhanced-sequencing-accuracy-when-precision-matters-most

Snakemake: https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Nextflow: https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/index.html

Cromwell: https://cromwell.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Small overview of not all ncRNA types: https://microbenotes.com/types-of-rna/

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) – network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

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Because sometimes a jellyfish prevents quenching

Chapters:

01:00 - XLeap update from Illumina

08:00 - Avidites start, splitting the problems

13:20 - In-depth comparison to Illumina

22:00 - Element summary

23:30 - Bioinformatics tools: Jellyfish, KAT

25:00 - QuickGen: GWAS

Illumina about their XLeap: https://www.illumina.com/science/genomics-research/articles/data-quality-q-scores.html

Sandiegomics about element: https://sandiegomics.com/element-beats-illumina-to-the-200-genome/

Nature paper about the chemistry: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01750-7

Jellyfish for k-mer counting: https://github.com/gmarcais/Jellyfish

GWAS Catalog: very nice data collection: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram

Correcting population-based GWAS bias: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011242

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) - network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

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Because only one type of nucleotide is not complicated enough

Chapters:

01:35 Introducing old problems

15:30 More Phred, more better

34:40 QuickGen: genetic testing

47:40 Bioinformatics tools: samtools

PacBio ONSO Specs: https://www.pacb.com/wp-content/uploads/Onso-specification-sheet.pdf

SBB explained by PacBio: https://www.pacb.com/blog/sbb-sequencing/

Why higher quality is better: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11331594/

Short read sequencing market heating up: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-022-01632-4

SBB for visual learners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mSaNBOVmQ

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/)operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) - network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

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Creators: Iuliia Novoselova, Daniel Rickert

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Mixing up long and cheap

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:30 Florians history

00:13:50 Q&A Ressources for Bioinformatics

00:27:00 Long-read-tools.org

00:35:42 ONT || PacBio

00:57:00 Storage

01:09:00 Outro

Up-to-date, raw prices:https://albertvilella.substack.com/p/march-2024-ngsspecs-update

Dovetail comparing the two long-read technologies:https://dovetailbiopartners.com/2023/08/10/pacbio-vs-nanopore-unraveling-the-sequencing-odyssey-in-life-sciences/

Comparing PacBios old CLRs to ONT:https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/12/11/jkac192/6651842?login=true

RNA Performance comparison, wonderful read:https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.25.550582v1.full.pdf+html

Integras 0.02$:https://www.integra-biosciences.com/united-states/en/blog/article/short-read-vs-long-read-sequencing

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) - network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

Our podcast is an outreach activity within the national genomics facility "West German Genome Center" funded by the DFG (https://www.dfg.de/) (No. 407493903)

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Rolling in circles to make DNA yarns

Chapters:

00:00 Bioinformatics Upper Crust Tools

04:04 STAR

05:00 MGI

15:00 Daniels first contact

20:00 Brief Market Overview

22:30 Short read market

26:00 DFG High Costs Sequencing Projects Application

29:20 QuickGen: Introns and Exons

35:00 Conclusion

MGI vs Illumina: https://alitheagenomics.com/blog/how-do-rna-seq-results-compare-between-illumina-and-mgi-sequencing-platforms

Rolling the circle: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568012/pdf/nihms894568.pdf

MGI vs Illumina legal case:https://www.reuters.com/technology/illumina-ordered-pay-chinese-company-333-million-gene-sequencing-patent-case-2022-05-06/

The basics of MGIs technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gThcHHh4R0w

DFG Application:https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2024/ifw-24-30

GTL/WGGC: https://www.gtl.hhu.de/wggc

TSM link http://tsm.gtl.hhu.de/- submit your request and our colleagues will contact you

Since 2018, West German Genome Center https://wggc.de/) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) - network of NGS core facilities in Germany.

Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive yourfeedback&questions via Email ( podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

Our podcast is an outreach activity within the national genomics facility "West German Genome Center" funded by the DFG (https://www.dfg.de/) (No. 407493903)

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Who needs all bases anyway?

Chapters:

00:00 Phasing

08:50 Not Sequencing, really

14:00 Bionano Saphyr Chip

26:00 Nabsys - going electric

29:30 Tools available

39:00 QuickGen with Iuliia: Transposons!

Links:

Small explainer by CAP: https://www.cap.org/member-resources/articles/optical-genome-mapping-a-tool-with-significant-potential-from-discovery-to-diagnostics

What genome mapping can be used for: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/3/398

Finding SVs with genome mapping: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-024-01059-x

Bionano github repos: https://github.com/search?q=bionano&type=repositories&s=updated&o=desc

Listen to our podcast and send your feedback to podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com

Since 2019, West German Genome Center https://wggc.de/ operates as the nextgeneration sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network NGS-CN https://ngs-cn.de/ – network of NGS core facilities in Germany.

The Explain Podcast is recorded at the Multimediazentrum at Heinrich-Heine University ofDüsseldorf https://www.mmz.hhu.de/ Our podcast is an outreach activity within the national genomics facility ”West German Genome Center” funded by the Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen https://www.mkw.nrw/land-foerdert-spitzenzentrum-fuer-genomsequenzierung-nordrhein-westfalen/

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Chapters:

00:00 Gambling

15:00 Bubbles

30:00 Holes

57:30 One more thing

1:07:00 Finale

1:08:00 Finale of season 1!

Eric Chow explaining single cell sequencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VFNLLQP8c

Overview of things to consider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWUPKrnRvoQ

How to analyze single cell data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HBzgsz8qyk

A very good single cell analysis toolkit: https://satijalab.org/seurat/

Explainer for the rough workflow:https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/articles/understanding-single-cell-sequencing-how-it-works-and-its-applications-357578

Quick explainer on single cell sequencing:https://www.the-scientist.com/single-cell-sequencing-in-a-nutshell-71048

A method-overview paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s12276-020-00499-2

Comparing BD Parse and 10xGenomics: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33414681/

Pseudotime analysis: https://bioconductor.org/books/3.14/OSCA.advanced/trajectory-analysis.html

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/) operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supports research in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise and sequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/) - network of NGS core facilities in Germany.

Listen to our podcast and send your feedback to ( podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

The Explain Podcast is recorded at the Medienlabor at Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf (https://medienlab.phil.hhu.de/). Our podcast is an outreach activity within the national genomics facility "West German Genome Center" funded by the DFG (https://www.dfg.de/) (No. 407493903).

PS: I do not know how in the Parse approach the cells are treated to let the ligase and DNA enter each cell, but do not let RNA flow out of the cell at the same time. -DR

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Getting the most out of Machines

Chapters:

00:00 PhiX

14:30 low complexity

19:30 UMIs

32:10 FastQC

43:00 MultiQC

56:40 PycoQC

PhiX concentrations for loading a validation run:https://knowledge.illumina.com/instrumentation/general/instrumentation-general-reference_material-list/000001536

Dnatech on why UMIs are used:https://dnatech.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/faqs/what-are-umis-and-why-are-they-used-in-high-throughput-sequencing/

BMH learning on UMIs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPMsnhIBK0

FastQC for QC of .fastq(.gz) files:https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/

A FastQC report from a „good“ sample:https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/good_sequence_short_fastqc.html

multiqc for summarizing QC reports: https://multiqc.info/

UMI-tools for working with UMI data: https://umi-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

pycoQC for Nanopore QC: https://github.com/a-slide/pycoQC

Since 2018, West German Genome Center (https://wggc.de/)operates as the next generation sequencing facility and supportsresearch in genomics & transcriptomics by providing expertise andsequencing services. WGGC is a part of the Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network (NGS-CN: https://ngs-kn.de/)- network of NGS core facilities in Germany. Listen to our podcast and we're happy to receive your feedback&questions via Email (podcast[dot]explain[at]gmail[dot]com ).

The Explain Podcast is recorded at the Medienlabor atHeinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf (https://medienlab.phil.hhu.de/). Our podcast is an outreach activity within the national genomics facility "West German Genome Center" funded by the DFG (https://www.dfg.de/) (No. 407493903).

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