Computer-based sequence analysis represents an integral part of modern molecular biology!

 

Current Content of the EMBL Nucleotide Database:

  • in total 185,231,366 entries (185 million!)
  • comprising 281,478,752,483 nucleotides (281 billion!)

(Release 103 from March 2010)

Source: Opens external link in new windowhttp://www.ebi.ac.uk/Databases

 

 

Progress in Genome Analysis:

 

Current status of April 2010:

  • 1,256 published complete genomes (>80% of them are bacterial!)
  • 5,720 ongoing sequencing projects!

Source: Opens external link in new windowhttp://www.genomesonline.org

 

 

Metagenomics outcompetes Moore's law!

Metagenomics sprang from advances in sequencing technology, and continued improvements are providing data in quantities unimaginable a few years ago. But without concerted efforts, the amount of data will quickly outpace the ability of scientists to analyze it.

For the full text have a look at Opens external link in new windowEditorial in Nature Methods from September 2009