Next Generation Sequencing

In a Jurassic Park’esque move, scientists reconstruct extinct Mammoth genome

Goerlitz — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:36:17 +0000

An international team of scientists has reconstructed about two-thirds of the genome of the woolly mammoth using DNA extracted from balls of hair, the first time this has been accomplished for an extinct species. Read more at Washington Post and in Nature’s Darwin special issue.

Australian scientists map kangaroo genome

Goerlitz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:18:13 +0000

Yesterday, Australian researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics (KanGO) announced that they have built a framework to assemble the genome of a model kangaroo, the tammar wallaby. KanGO Director Prof. Jenny Graves stated: A good map is crucial for finding our way around a new genome. It enables us to explore how the [...]

NGS video in Chinese: Assembling mixed data sets with the CLC Genomics Workbench

rforsberg — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:28:17 +0000

We have been fortunate to gain a new and very skilled employee in Singapore, Mr Henry Wang, which means that we now have a native Chinese speaker in CLC bio. In this video Henry uses his mother tongue to explains how to assemble data from two different NGS platforms, Illumina Genome Analyzer and 454, in [...]

CLC bio Signs Strategic Collaborative Agreement with J. Craig Venter Institute

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:17:07 +0000

CLC bio announced today an agreement with the J. Craig Venter Institute, a not-for profit genomic-focused research institute. The accord consists of a multi-year site license for the entire CLC bio bioinformatics suite of products. The goal is to implement CLC bio’s enterprise solution as a scientific platform across all JCVI sites. This enterprise solution [...]

New kid in NGS town - Complete Genomics

rforsberg — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:17:24 +0000

Today, a new company emerged as a player in high throughput DNA sequencing. Complete Genomics of California has emerged from what they themselves call “stealth mode” with the promise of releasing a platform that will sequence a human genome for 5000$ already next year. Their sequencing platform is based on DNA nano balls and sequencing by hybridization. George [...]