Genomic Start Coordinates

Quick notes about different notations of the start coordinates of genomic features.

Coding Phases / Frames

The phase (or sometimes called frame) gives information on how to translate individual parts of a gene, the coding exons. Phases 1 & 2 have a different definition in GFF…

NoSQL Databases

Originally developed for large-scale web applications, nosql databases like to see themselves as next generation dbs and are using "not only sql".

Comparing instance prices on the Amazon cloud

As the largest cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers various options to use compute-power on an "as-needed" basis. You can choose what size and type of machine, what number of machines…

Determining Coverage for NGS Data

One of the most common question after your Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) run is: "What is the coverage I achieved?" Unfortunately there a different definitions available for the term "coverage".