Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Importance of End-to-End Quality Control Processes for RNA Biomarker Discovery

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies enable deeper insights into different areas of research. In this new webinar series, researchers from Psomagen, Decode Health, and Agilent Technologies discuss how quality control steps in PacBio Hi Fi long-read sequencing and RNA sequencing support the discovery of new biomarker candidates for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Importance of End-to-End Quality Control Processes for RNA Biomarker Discovery

Next-generation RNA sequencing unlocks the discovery of novel candidate biomarkers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, but reproducibility is a key challenge in biomarker discovery programs. Integrating multifaceted quality control (QC) steps can improve design decisions and enhance the confidence and reliability of results. This webinar will demonstrate how a comprehensive QC framework using the Agilent TapeStation system supports a disease-agnostic biomarker discovery program to identify biologically relevant candidate biomarkers of complex disease. It will also highlight how this framework can be adapted for total RNA sequencing of whole blood, plasma, and serum samples.

Key learning objectives

• Learn how RNA sequencing enables the discovery of novel candidate biomarkers
• Discover how a comprehensive QC framework allows the confident identification of biologically relevant candidate biomarkers
• Understand how Agilent TapeStation systems enable reliable QC in RNA sequencing workflows

Certificate of attendance
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