New Sequencing

I love my job as a bioinformatician, don’t get me wrong, but it can be really frustrating. It’s a job that truly tests your patience, where stress is a daily occurrence. In this field, you quickly realize how much you still need to learn, and that can be discouraging—there’s never a point where you’ve “arrived.” However, this seemingly negative aspect can be the most stimulating. The constant need to improve pushes you to explore new concepts and cultivate curiosity. It’s a continuous attempt to surpass your own limits.

This introduction serves to emphasize that, given how vast bioinformatics is, it’s essential to have skills in statistics, mathematics, and computer science in general. However, one must never forget biology, even though I often tend to overlook it on this blog. Lately, I’ve been focusing on concepts useful for biological data analysis, risking neglecting the origin of these data. Today, I’d like to make up for that by discussing sequencing. I know, I’ve already dedicated articles to this topic in the past, but my knowledge has matured, so it’s time to update you on what I’ve learned. Sit back and join me for an overview of sequencing in bioinformatics.