AGILENT Technologies has released version 12.0 of GeneSpring, its bioinformatics software, with new capabilities for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data and the facility to work across for transcriptomic, metabolomics, and proteomic platforms – or as Agilent describes it, ‘multi-omics’.…
Category: genomics
HIV research pioneer is keynote speaker at xMap 2012
LUMINEX has announced the first details of its 2012 Planet xMap symposium, the tenth in the series. Dr Jean William Pape, director and founder of the Gheskio Centres in Haiti, will deliver a keynote presentation at the event, held 10-11…
Microarray combines aCGH probes with SNP content
THE LATEST addition to Oxford Gene Technology’s microarray range promises accurate and economical detection of copy number changes and loss of heterozygosity, all on a single array. The CytoSure ISCA +SNP combines array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) probes with fully…
Faster tools for food safety and fish identification
A NEW project to verify the accuracy of food labelling, and to quickly identify strains of salmonella, will see Agilent Technologies develop new tests based on mass spectrometry and lab-on-chip techniques, under an agreement with the US Food and Drug…
Sequencing the genome of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A REPORT this week from Madrid recounts the novel use of the latest genomic sequencing system to unravel some of the secrets of new strains of the bacterium of Klebsiella pneunomiae. Researchers at the University Hospital La Paz Research Institute…
Microarrrays target key cancer predictors
THE FIRST in a new line of cancer research microarrays from Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) promises confident detection of copy number variation (CNV) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on a single chip. The CytoSure Haematological Cancer +SNP array is used…
High-throughput amplicon resequencing by custom assay
FAST, simple, and inexpensive preparation of up to 480 amplicons per sample is the claim made by Fluidigm for its Access Array Target-Specific Primers, when used with its Access Array system. “Access Array enables researchers to amplify their specific target…
Automated imaging of DNA, RNA, and protein gels
GEL IMAGING has become a routine and highly automated process in many modern laboratories, helped along by rapid equipment innovation. The latest development from Syngene is a gel imaging system called G:Box F3, which automatically captures and analyses images of…
Multiplex 96 genomic samples per run
A NEW barcode library from Fluidigm, said to be compatible with all next-generation sequencers on the market, allows multiplexing of up to 96 different samples in a single sequencing run. The AccessArray barcode library for the Ion Torrent personal genome…
Towards a future of personalised medicine
SPECIAL REPORT: LabHomepage attended the 9th Planet xMap conference and symposium, held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. With nearly 500 delegates and almost 40 papers presented in 12 sessions over two days, Planet xMap is a significant scientific…