This question is w/ regards to pre-processing whole genome resequencing data for mapping data to a reference yeast strain. I'm having trouble joining paired end data. I have two files per sample (read1 and read2). I've successfully uploaded my fastq.gz files into galaxy using FTP. I have two fastq files for each direction per strain labelled for example: (for the left hand dir) 130104_7001240_0133_AH0854ADXX.lane_2.CCGTCC.1.fastq (for the right hand dir) 130104_7001240_0133_AH0854ADXX.lane_2.CCGTCC.2.fastq Now once I groom each using FASTQ Groomer I'm trying to join them to get a single file and I'm joining 0% of the reads. So I think the header or directory is not in the correct format. E.g., the raw groomed reads for the left hand and right hand look like: (for the left hand dir) 130104_7001240_0133_AH0854ADXX.lane_2.CCGTCC.1.fastq @HWI-ST1240:133:H0854ADXX:2:1101:2716:1998 1:N:0:CCGTCC NGTATGGAAGACGTAGAGTGGATGAAAATTTTGTGAAAAAAAAAAGCTTATAGGAACAAAAACATCCTTACATCTTCGGGTATTTCTTCTAGGGTTGAAGT + !!!%%%%%)))))**(*(!$()(((***(***')(**********)'))%!!%&%$$$$$####$$$$$$"$!!""!!##!!!!$$%$""!!"#$#!!!!! @HWI-ST1240:133:H0854ADXX:2:1101:5045:1994 1:N:0:CCGTCC NCCAGACACAGTTAACGCAACCTGACATGCAACAGTTATCGGGTTCTTGTGGTTTTGCAGGCACTTGGACACCTGCTATTTTCTTCGTTCCGCCGCTAAGC (for the right hand dir) 130104_7001240_0133_AH0854ADXX.lane_2.CCGTCC.2.fastq @HWI-ST1240:133:H0854ADXX:2:1101:2716:1998 2:N:0:CCGTCC GCATAGTTACTTTTTGATCACTAACAACGATATATTATCGTTGAACAATTTACTACGCAAAACAGTTCACGTGATGTACGTCAGATAATTCACTGAAGGTA + $$$''''')))))++++++(+++++++++++++++++*+*++*++++++++++*++++*+++++*))))))''''&'&'%&%%%%$%%%'&%%%%%$%%$! @HWI-ST1240:133:H0854ADXX:2:1101:5045:1994 2:N:0:CCGTCC ATGTATTATAAGCCCGAATCAGATACTCAAATTTGAAAAAAGATATCTTTCTCCTCCGACATGGCCGAACTCATTTACATAAATAGCATAAATTAAACAGA According to the wiki I think the fastq format should look something like this with /1 and /2 corresponding the each paired file. @61CC3AAXX100125:7:118:2538:5577/1 GACACCTTTAATGTCTGAAAAGAGACATTCACCATCTATTCTCTTGGAGGGCTACCACCTAAGAGCCTTCATCCCC + ?>CADFEEEBEDIEHHIDGGGEEEEHFFGIGIIFFIIEFHIIIIHIIFFIIIDEIIGIIIEHFFFIIEHIFA@?== @61CC3AAXX100125:7:1:17320:13701/1 CTCAGAAGACCCTGAGAACATGTGCCCAAGGTGGTCACAGTGCATCTTAGTTTTGTACATTTTAGGGAGATATGAG + ?BCAAADBBGGHGIDDDGHFEIFIIIIFGEIFIIFIGIGEFIIGGIIHEFFHHHIHEIFGHHIEFIIEECE?>@89 Any suggestions on how to get the files in the correct format/header to be able to join them? Last question, what is the tool to trim reads based on quality again? Thanks very much gentle people Tim