Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis

Recent advances in genomics technology has dramatically reduced the cost of genome sequencing. Huge amounts of data is generated by next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, posing substantial data analysis problems for many life scientists. There is a huge gap in this field for a book that gives practical guidance on these complex methods. This book does just that. It provides practical NGS data analysis techniques for an applied audience with guidance on software and algorithms. It includes lots of examples using real data to illustrate all the techniques. These features and more make it quite possibley the first pratical book on NGS data analysis with practical application.

Dr. Xinkun "Sequen" Wang is the director of the NUSeq Core Facility and research associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University. He was previously an associate research professor of neurogenomics in the Higuchi Biosciences Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Kansas, where he was also the director of the Genomics Facility and Genome Sequencing Core. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on unraveling genomic changes that underlie neurodegeneration in brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease.