19/02/10: EMBL / Agilent Practical Course: Genome Partitioning and NGS
February 19, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
For researchers interested in sequence capture techniques related to NGS, you should be pleased to learn about a new joint Agilent/EMBL practical course on
“Genome Partitioning and Next-Gen Sequencing”:
Date: 14 – 18 June 2010
Place: EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
The course is open for registration on the EMBL website:
http://www.embl.de/training/courses_conferences/course/2010/AGI10-01/index.html
and listed on opengenomics.com
http://opengenomics.com/Events/EMBL2010
The course will be held in the newly built Advanced Training Centre at EMBL in Heidelberg. There will be enough space for up to 20 participants that will go through the complete workflow of DNA library preparation (Illumina Genome Analyzer or AB SOLiD) and target enrichment using Agilent’s SureSelect All Exon kit. In addition, there will also be a series of lectures on NGS/genome partitioning/data analysis presented by scientists from EMBL and customers working in that field.
During registration (above link to EMBL website), applicants can choose between Solexa and SOLiD sequencing platforms.
18/02/10: Director of Agilent Labs – Seminar 25th Feb
February 18, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
I am pleased to announce that Neil Cook, Vice President and Director of Agilent Labs will be speaking in Copenhagen next week. The subject will be on current and future technology developments from Agilent. The presentation should be of interest to many of you conducting research in the Life Sciences. Attendance is free – all are welcome.
The seminar will be held at the Panum Institute, Dam Auditorium, 9AM, 25th February. Tea and coffee will be served beforehand.
To read an abstract of the seminar theme, please download the PDF file: Neil Cook, Agilent, Current and Future Challenges in Bioanalytical Measurement Feb2010.
15/02/10: “Try IDT” and save 25%
February 15, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT, www.idtdna.com) are offering a great promotion for customers who want to try out their high quality and fast turnaround. If you are interested in IDT’s oligonucleotide products, this is a great opportunity to give them a try.
Simply use the promotion code “TryIDT” when placing an order up to EUR 500 and save 25%.
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09/02/10: Save 50% with Agilent’s “The Incredible Offers”
February 9, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
In a promotion that runs until May 2010, Agilent are offering 50% discounts on dozens of molecular biology products. If you purchase 1 product from the selected application areas (e.g. qPCR), you get the option to purchase up to 4 related products with a 50% discount.
You can get more information by clicking on the banner above, or follow this link: Take me to the Promotion Website
Application areas covered include:
- Stratagene qPCR Reagents,
- PCR Enzymes
- Mutagenesis-QuikChange Kits
- Cloning-Competent Cells
- Bioanalyzer Chip Kits
02/02/10: Bitesize Bio – useful site
February 2, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
I came across this site the other day: http://bitesizebio.com/. There is a mixture of articles, protocol tips and career advice, written by contributors with varied backgrounds in molecular biology. Pretty interesting and worth revisiting from time to time.
02/02/10: Free MIQE Webinar
February 2, 2010 by Peter · 1 Comment
If you are working with qPCR, as so many of you are, you might already be aware of the so-called MIQE (Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments). The link below leads to a presentation on these guidelines, as well as being a good primer on qPCR. The talk is given by Mikael Kubista from TATAA Biocenter, who have many years of relevant experience in this area.
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