Anthony Schweitzer, ThermoFisher Scientific
When considering both RNA-seq and whole transcriptome microarrays utilizing the same RNA controls, performance comparisons between RNA-seq and microarrays demonstrate that deep sequencing is required to measure low abundance transcripts. Additionally, exon level measurements are more costly to obtain using RNA-seq. As a result, researchers are routinely missing important changes easily accessible on microarrays. When used in a clinical research setting the added variance from samples and the challenges associated with whole transcriptome profiling of blood or FFPE tissue can also impair the ability to discover clinically associated events. In this talk, the fundamental differences between arrays and RNA-seq for deep exploration of the transcriptome will be explored.
Open to the Gladstone community. Lunch will be provided to those who register.
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Dates
May 18, 2018Time
1:00-2:00pm PDTLocation
Room 107A/BDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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