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  Advanced Sequencing Platforms Tackle Neuroscience’s Toughest Genomics Problems

  • Published: 07-09-2026, 11:10 AM
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  Advanced Sequencing Platforms Tackle Neuroscience’s Toughest Genomics Problems

  
  
  
  Genomics studies in neuroscience face a special challenge due to the brain’s complexity and scarcity of samples. Mapping changes in cell type and state using conventional next-generation sequencing methods remains challenging. Advances in technologies like single-cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, and long-read sequencing have opened the door to deeper studies of the brain and diseases like Alzheimer’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and schizophrenia.
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  Cancer Drug Resistance: The Lingering Barrier to Rising Survival

  • Published: 07-08-2026, 05:17 AM
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  Cancer Drug Resistance: The Lingering Barrier to Rising Survival

  
  
  
  Cancer survival rates have significantly increased in the last few decades in the United States, reaching a combined 70% 5-year survival rate by 2021. Behind this number, there are years of research to find new therapies, drug targets, and early detection methods. But there is one core challenge that keeps slowing down these advances, and it’s about drug resistance.
  
  There is no single reason why many patients don’t respond to treatment as expected. Cancer is...

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  Nine Things a Sample Prep Scientist Thinks About Before Sequencing

  • Published: 06-18-2026, 07:11 AM
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  Nine Things a Sample Prep Scientist Thinks About Before Sequencing

  
  
  I’m not a sequencing expert. I’m a purification scientist who uses NGS to evaluate workflows my group develops. With this perspective, we think about the sample first and the NGS workflow second. The sequencer is an exceptionally honest reporter, but it can only report on what you give it, so whether you get clean, interpretable data from an NGS workflow is largely determined before you begin.
  
  Here are nine questions we think about, in roughly the order they matter, before...

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  From Collection to Sequencing: Why Sample Preparation and Preservation Define Sequencing Data

  • Published: 06-02-2026, 10:05 AM
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  From Collection to Sequencing: Why Sample Preparation and Preservation Define Sequencing Data

  
  
  Data variability is still an issue in sequencing technologies despite the advances in reproducibility and accuracy of these platforms. But the problem does not originate in the sequencing itself, but in the previous steps, before the sample reaches the sequencer.
  
  The first step is collection, followed by preservation and sample preparation for analysis. Most scientists overlook those steps, but not being careful might just be skewing the experiment’s results.
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  Single-Cell Sequencing at an Inflection Point: Early Impacts of New Platforms and Emerging Trends

  • Published: 05-22-2026, 06:42 AM
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  Single-Cell Sequencing at an Inflection Point: Early Impacts of New Platforms and Emerging Trends

  
  
  With the launch of new single-cell sequencing platforms in 2026, the field stands at an exciting inflection point. This article surveys the most impactful advances in the field and discusses how they’re reshaping research in cancer, immunology, and beyond.
  
  Introduction
  
  Single-cell sequencing technologies have undergone remarkable advances over the past decade, transitioning from low-throughput experimental approaches to highly scalable platforms capable of...

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  Environmental Genomics in the Age of NGS: From Microbes to Conservation Strategies

  • Published: 05-06-2026, 09:04 AM
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  Environmental Genomics in the Age of NGS: From Microbes to Conservation Strategies

  
  Studying ecosystems means dealing with complex, multi-species communities that are hard to observe at scale. This complexity, however, hides many important questions to be answered, from how biogeochemical cycles work and how climate change can affect species distribution to how conservation strategies can work best.
  
  Genomics, particularly since the expansion of NGS, has transformed ecosystem ecology. By sequencing environmental DNA, we can now assess biodiversity without direct...

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  Decoding Gene Regulation Through Epigenomic Tools

  • Published: 04-24-2026, 03:06 AM
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  Decoding Gene Regulation Through Epigenomic Tools

  
  
  
  Epigenomic profiling is transforming how researchers study gene regulation by revealing the DNA, chromatin, and RNA-based mechanisms that control cellular identity and response to environmental cues. While genomics shows what is possible and transcriptomics shows what is happening, epigenomics explains how regulatory states are established and maintained across tissues and disease contexts.
  
  This article from Biocompare reviews major epigenomic methods, including...

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  New Tools for Old Evidence: How Advanced Sequencing Is Revolutionizing Forensic Genomics

  • Published: 04-14-2026, 11:26 AM
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  New Tools for Old Evidence: How Advanced Sequencing Is Revolutionizing Forensic Genomics

  
  
  Nearly four decades ago, DNA analysis was introduced into forensic practice, transforming the criminal investigation process. The first methods were labor-intensive, requiring large amounts of high-quality biological material. The emergence of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies tiny quantities of DNA into detectable amounts, made routine forensic testing practical. Today, short tandem repeat (STR) profiling via capillary electrophoresis (CE) is the mainstay of forensic...

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  Multiomics in the Era of Translational and Precision Medicine

  • Published: 03-23-2026, 05:07 AM
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  Multiomics in the Era of Translational and Precision Medicine

  
  
  Genomics has provided actionable clinical information, helping diagnose rare diseases, identify tumor mutations linked to treatment resistance, and find new drug targets.
  
  But clinicians often face a problem: two tumors with the same mutation can respond differently to chemotherapy, and two patients with the same symptoms can carry entirely different DNA alterations.
  
  The reason lies in the complexity of disease regulation. Changes in splicing, transcription,...

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  Population Genomics: Applications in Healthcare, Conservation, Agriculture, and More

  • Published: 03-09-2026, 06:34 AM
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  Population Genomics: Applications in Healthcare, Conservation, Agriculture, and More

  
  Foundation, co-evolution with NGS, and impact
  
  Population genomics is the use of DNA data from entire populations to understand the genetic makeup of a group of individuals, human or otherwise. We previously covered the basics of population genomics and how next-generation sequencing (NGS) expanded the field here.¹ Since then, population genomics has co-evolved with NGS to achieve measurable impacts in several areas.
  
  This article will cover:
  
  ● How...

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