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 ).