diff --git a/docs/pages/blog/expdesign.mdx b/docs/pages/blog/expdesign.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..446fa33 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/pages/blog/expdesign.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +layout: minimal +authors: + - "[cbenoit](www.linkedin.com/in/clement-benoit)" +date: 2024-02-15 +--- + +# Experimental design in the context of next generation sequencing + +## Introduction + +Coming from a biotechnology background, I was sensitized to the problems of experimental design. I then spent a few years as a bioinformatician, leaving this task to my platform colleagues. + +As a bioinformatician, you focus on producing quality pipelines and algorithms for processing sequencer output. +But we sometimes forget that, without good experimental design, we run the risk of being unable to draw conclusions, +or even of unwittingly producing false positives.
+ +Here's a brief overview of the main considerations for experience designers. + +## Next generation sequencing specificities + +We need to bear in mind that everything starts with biological material, from which we want to extract informative biological sequences, to answer a precise question. +The difficulty lies in extracting useful information without confusing it with other factors: background noise, bias... + +The sample is first taken from its environment, by which it will have been impacted. +The interaction of the biological material with its environment, +as well as the sampling carried out, already constitute a first source of variance. + +# Methodology + +1. **Clearly define the question posed and the technology chosen to answer it.** +2. **Control the experimental variables**
+Variables to control can include sample preparation techniques, sequencing parameters and environmental conditions. Ensure that the impact of this factors +on your data is minimized and controled to isolate the impact of the specific variables of interest, enhancing ythe reliability of the results. +3. **Randomization techniques** +4. **Replication Strategies** + + + + +{/* [^1], [^2], [^3] */} + +{/* [^1]: Doe, J., & Smith, A. (Year). *Title of the Publication*. **Journal Name**, Volume(Issue), Page Range. [DOI](https://doi.org/xxxx) */} \ No newline at end of file