Explore Bioinformatics: A Curated List of Resources

The bioinformatics landscape can be daunting, especially for beginners. With so many resources and tools available, it can be difficult to know where to start or where to find trusted answers. That’s why the Trovomics team has curated this list of resources to help boost your bioinformatics knowledge. Whether you’re a complete beginner or you have prior experience, the resources in this roundup are full of valuable information.

We’ve included resources on a variety of topics including:

• Online resources

• Articles

• Software and databases

Online Resources

1. Nature’s Milestones in Sequencing Timeline
   Sequencing technology has come a long way. Dive into the notable milestones throughout sequencing history with Nature’s interactive timeline. Scientific advancements require immense collaboration and dedication across teams and it’s nice to see how far we’ve come! 
   

2. FGED Society’s MINSEQE standards as supported by NCBI GEO
   MINSEQE guidelines provide standards for the metadata associated with a sequencing experiment, particularly during data sharing. These standards encourage standardization, reusability, reproducibility, and integration of data to maximize the value of sequencing experiments.

Articles

1. NCBI’s Current Achievements and Applications of Transcriptomics in Personalized Cancer Medicine

   Supplitt et al. reviews the different applications of transcriptomics data in advancing our understanding of cancer to enable personalized diagnostics and therapeutics. This review also dives into some of the methodology behind sequencing technologies.
   

2. Nature’s Responsible, practical genomic data sharing that accelerates research

   This review by Bryd et al discusses the best current practices surrounding genomic data sharing. Good data sharing practices promote the reuse, reproduction, and integration of genomic data to advance scientific discovery.
   
   

3. Illumina’s Intro to RNA Sequencing

   Illumina’s Introduction to RNA Sequencing provides a brief overview of RNA-Sequencing, sequencing methods, and its benefits. As Trovomics currently only supports Illumina sequencing platforms, check out their available library prep kits and NGS services to see which is best for your experiment.

Software and Databases

1. Trovomics
   Trovomics is a secure, user-friendly bioinformatics analysis platform that makes visualizing your data faster and easier, without any coding experience required. It’s a great tool for researchers looking to analyze their own RNA-Seq data.
   

2. Gene Ontology
   The Gene Ontology (GO) Resource is the world’s largest knowledge base containing information genes, gene products, and gene annotations to enable the functional interpretation of experimental data. Trovomics performs functional analysis using GO terms.

Bioinformatics is a rapidly growing field. Staying up-to-date on the latest developments can feel like a monumental task, but Trovomics wants to make it easier for every researcher. We’re dedicated to improving bioinformatics education and to providing user-friendly tools to support scientists in their research.

We hope you found this roundup of resources and tools helpful. Want to learn more? Check out our Help Center that’s stocked with tutorials and other bioinformatics resources to not only guide you through the Trovomics platform, but to strengthen your industry knowledge.