NGS For Diagnosis of Epilepsy Syndromes: Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan Professor, SBST
NGS For Diagnosis of Epilepsy Syndromes: Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan Professor, SBST
NGS For Diagnosis of Epilepsy Syndromes: Dr. Pragasam Viswanathan Professor, SBST
Syndromes
adolescence or
even in adulthood
DIAGNOSIS
• Electroencephalogram
(EEG)
• Neurological imaging studies
*Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI)
*Functional MRI (fMRI)
*Computed Tomography (CT)
*Positron emission tomography
(PET)
*Single-photon emission
computerized tomography
(SPECT)
DNA SEQUENCING
DNA Sequencing is Figuring out the order of
DNA nucleotides, or bases (A T G C ), in a genome
that make up an organism’s DNA.
Sangar
Sequencing
F. Sangar
ERA OF SEQUENCING
1st Generation sequencing ABI PRISM 377
• Sequence many identical molecules
• Sequencing in large gels or capillary tubing
limits scale
Illumina MiSeq
Life Technologies/Applied Roche / 454
Biosystems; SOLID 5500 Pyrosequencer
Intro to NGS, 11.30.2016
NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING
High throughput DNA Sequencing Technique.
Employs Micro and Nanotechnologies
Reduce sample size.
Low Reagent cost
Less Time
Massive Parallel Sequencing
Sequence thousands of sequences at once.
Produce enormous amount of data .
NGS WORKFLOW
Sample Extraction , DNA fragmentation and invitro adapter ligation