FFPE makes DNA extraction difficult; DNA yields are generally low, quality can be affected by fixation artefacts and the number of amplifiable copies of DNA are reduced by strand-breaks and other DNA damage. Add on top of this almost no standardisation in the protocols used […]
It strikes me that if you can now sequence a genome for $1000, then you could buy 1000x coverage for not much more than a 30x genome cost a couple of years ago! Using a PCR-free approach I can imagine that this would be the […]
A comment popped up on a post I’d written in April last year “MiSeq (and 2500) owners better read this and beware”that made me think I’d ask readers the question in the title: “how many of you are using the MiSeq bleach wash protocol? online […]
With the BGI aiming to get their own diagnostic sequencing tests on the market, and the purchase and development of Complete Genomics technology – Omega, a question that could be asked is whether BGI will ever stop using Illumina technology?BGI are still the largest install […]
I’ve been a user of Altmetric for a while now and very much like what they are doing with article metrics. I’m sure many Core Genomics readers will also have seen the Altmetric badge on their own papers. Now Altmetric are hosting their first conference.The […]
GWAS is still in the news and still finding hits, the number of GWAS hits has increased rapidly since the first publication for AMD in 2005. Watch the movie to see the last decade of work!A recent paper in PNAS seems to have got people […]
Personally I’m thinking that the aluminium plate might make a pretty nifty bottle opener!
We’ve all been there: PubMed returns over 2500 RNA-seq papers, and there’s still 800 left when you only search the title! How do you find the best papers to read? PubMed can help a little more with your quest to find out more about RNA-seq […]
AGBT had lots of presentations on both clinical and single-cell work last February and on Wednesday, February 12th Aviv Regev, of the Broad Institute described her groups experience with the Fluidigm C1 system, and their early work in understanding cell-to-cell communication in the immune system. […]
How may days till Christmas…Dear Santa, I know this might be a little early but I thought I’d start my Christmas list. My presents came a little late last year, and there was nothing under the tree on Christmas morning (you should’ve heard me crying). […]
