31/07/10: CoolRack Article in Bioscience Technology July 2010
July 31, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
See the latest BioCision CoolRack publication in Bioscience Technology’s July 2010 edition entitled “Eliminating inefficiencies in the Lab Through Proper Sample Handling” (pages 12-14). This is a very interesting article written by Brian Schryver, BioCision’s Head of Product Development.
The article can be accessed by clicking here.
29/07/10: Now, 7 Publications involving Agilent’s SureSelect Sequence Capture Technology
July 29, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
2010 list of SureSelect publications:
- Unexpected allelic heterogeneity and spectrum of mutations in Fowler syndrome revealed by next-generation exome sequencing. Lalonde E et al. Hum Mutat. 2010 31, p918-23.
- Terminal Osseous Dysplasia Is Caused by a Single Recurrent Mutation in the FLNA Gene. Sun et al. Am J Hum Genet. (2010) 9, p146-153.
- Detection of inherited mutations for breast and ovarian cancer using genomic capture and massively parallel sequencing. Walsh et al. PNAS (2010) online release
- Whole Exome Sequencing and Homozygosity Mapping Identify Mutation in the Cell Polarity Protein GPSM2 as the Cause of Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss DFNB82. Walsh et al. Am J Hum Genet. (2010) online release
- De novo mutations of SETBP1 cause Schinzel-Giedion syndrome. Hoischen A et al. Nat Genet. (2010) 42, p483-5.
- Massively parallel sequencing of exons on the X chromosome identifies RBM10 as the gene that causes a syndromic form of cleft palate. Johnston JJ et al. Am J Hum Genet. (2010) 14, p743-8
- F6 mutations in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Van Vlierberghe P, et al. Nat Genet. (2010) 42, p338-42
20/07/10: Great Video on how to use Agilent Microarrays
July 20, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
The link below goes to a detailed video (47 minutes) on loading, hybridizing and washing Agilent microarrays. Extremely useful, whether you are just starting out, or if you are an experienced user, but just need to “brush up” on your skills:
Using Agilent Microarrays: hybridisation and washing
20/07/10: Research Councils UK signs 3 year contract with IDT
July 20, 2010 by Peter · Leave a Comment
Integrated DNA Technologies (www.idtdna.com) said today that it will supply the Research Councils UK with synthetic oligonucleotides under a three-year contract.
RCUK coordinates the UK’s seven research councils, “enhancing the overall impact and effectiveness of the research they fund,” IDT said in a statement. Its “expert production technologies will aid RCUK in delivering on the UK government’s objectives for science and innovation,” it added.
Based in Coralville, Iowa, IDT is the US’ largest supplier of custom nucleic acids.
