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How has NGS changed testing and what is your experience using the technique?

Your interviewer is interested in how well you stay informed and up-to-date with new technology. Keeping up with new technology and how it benefits the field show interest and in most cases necessary since it's fairly common to bring on new assays. As a Microbiologist, you will be learning new techniques and scientific discoveries; it is part of the job.

"I have experience with the Illumina MiSeq for NGS of RNA viruses and used Geneious bioinformatics software for the data analysis. Implementing this technology was very useful since not all symptomatic patients had the virus we suspected. Having the ability to test for a plethora of viruses at once saves money and time in the long run and identifies viruses that might go undetected otherwise."

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How has NGS changed testing and what is your experience using the technique?

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