Lucas Taniguti (@Taniguti)

VCF Files: Store all your Variants, and More

Have you ever wondered how scientists and bioinformaticians store, access, and organize the genetic variants they discover in each sample? This is the purpose of the Variant Call Format (VCF). To tie in with what we've already discussed in previous p...

1Jul 22, 2023 · 6 min readtaniguti.hashnode.dev

Exploring Spider Genomes: Assessing Assembly Completeness

When I was a child, my parents gifted me a fascinating magazine series dedicated to the discovery of Earth's "mini monsters" – tiny creatures that inhabit our planet. Little did I know that today dozens of spider genomes would be available, and scien...

Jun 28, 2023 · 6 min readtaniguti.hashnode.dev

BAM Files: When Sequence Reads Match with References

No matter if you obtained your sequence from Illumina, Nanopore or Sanger, it's always possible to align their nucleotide bases against a reference sequence. It is common to call this reference sequence a "Reference Genome" if it represents the whole...

Jun 8, 2023 · 8 min readtaniguti.hashnode.dev

Communication Dichotomies: balancing your tone

At the start of this year, I read a book named "Effective Remote Work". This resource discusses the rise of remote work due to the pandemic, the key challenges of this transition, and provides practical tips for maintaining or even increasing product...

Jun 5, 2023 · 8 min readtaniguti.hashnode.dev

FASTQ Files: Everywhere You Look in Bioinformatics

I dare say that every bioinformatician working with genomics has encountered FASTQ files. Usually, after ordering DNA sequencing, we receive these files filled with tons of reads. But what exactly are these files? Where do they come from? And most im...

May 27, 2023 · 8 min readtaniguti.hashnode.dev

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VCF Files: Store all your Variants, and More

Exploring Spider Genomes: Assessing Assembly Completeness

BAM Files: When Sequence Reads Match with References

Communication Dichotomies: balancing your tone

FASTQ Files: Everywhere You Look in Bioinformatics

Lucas Taniguti

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Lucas Taniguti's blogs

VCF Files: Store all your Variants, and More

Exploring Spider Genomes: Assessing Assembly Completeness

BAM Files: When Sequence Reads Match with References

Communication Dichotomies: balancing your tone

FASTQ Files: Everywhere You Look in Bioinformatics

Lucas Taniguti

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Lucas Taniguti's blogs

VCF Files: Store all your Variants, and More

Exploring Spider Genomes: Assessing Assembly Completeness

BAM Files: When Sequence Reads Match with References

Communication Dichotomies: balancing your tone

FASTQ Files: Everywhere You Look in Bioinformatics

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Lucas Taniguti

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Lucas Taniguti's blogs

VCF Files: Store all your Variants, and More

Exploring Spider Genomes: Assessing Assembly Completeness

BAM Files: When Sequence Reads Match with References

Communication Dichotomies: balancing your tone

FASTQ Files: Everywhere You Look in Bioinformatics