Genetic analysis of pathogens is uncovering the genetic basis of how bacteria cause diseases, and coming up with better treatments and vaccines. Not having any education in molecular biology understanding genome sequencing is near impossible for me to grasp.

However Washington University Genome Center has Video tour that will take you through the steps by watching a few clips. Admittedly after finishing the tour much (ok maybe most) of it still went over my head, but what I gleaned at least helped me to somewhat understand the basics of the procedure.

In the back of my mind I guess I may have pictured a medium sized lab with a few pieces of equipment and a few powerful computers. No way, room after room of equipment for complex procedures as well as rooms full of terabyte servers. The enormity the process to get to the final results just blew me away. Just WOW!

H/T MicrobiologyBytes