The word according to Fred
And Fred said, let there be sequence: and there were sequencers.
And Fred said, let there be sequence: and there were sequencers.
What does UK Biobank’s Pharma Proteomics election of Olink + Ultima Genomics NGS mean for proteomics researchers, and for the wider genomics community? Does it create a new Olink monopoly on NGS-proteommics? And what’s the impact on NGS technology providers? At the end of last […]
NGS would not exist without the important discussions at The Panton Arms where Illumina Next-Generation sequencing was invented…sort of. Professors Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian are being honoured with the 2024 Novo Nordisk Prize for their pioneering work on Solexa sequencing. This led to the $1000 […]
Apparently you can do Proteomics from Qiagen AllPrep: in In depth profiling of the cancer proteome from the flowthrough of standard RNA-preparation kits for precision oncology, from Mathias Mann’s Proteomics group in Denmark, the authors presents their modifications to Qiagen’s AllPrep (DNA, RNA and protein) […]
I missed the announcement last Summer on Christian Henry’s move to PacBio as their new President & CEO, taking over from Mike Hunkapiller who recently retired – these are some big boots to fill! Christian was was previously Illumina EVP and CFO, having held the CFO […]
When I wrote the post about the $1000 genome’s upcoming 5th birthday last Summer I was hoping the Moore’s Law genome graph would restart it’s downward trajectory. That has not happened according to todays look at their graphic. I’m beginning to wonder how long we’ll […]
Mammoth Biosciences, one of the two companies developing CRISPR as a diagnostic tool, submitted a medRxiv preprint showcasing their work on a Covid-19 assay. The SARS-CoV-2 DETECTR assay generate results in 30 minutes from from extracted patient sample RNA. The assay performs simultaneous reverse transcription […]
The UK’s Industrial Strategy program just announced a £250 million program for early detection of disease. A public:private partnership with £79 million for the UK Govt plus £160 million from businesses and charities will be used to fund the Accelerating Detection of Disease programme. This […]
The FBI just approved the Verogen NGS-based SNP identification system to create DNA profiles for inclusion in the USA national database. This follows on from many years of STR fingerprinting (developed in 1985 by Alec Jeffreys in the UK). The same technology can be used […]
I’m a little late getting this list of books that I think will make great Christmas presents published here, but you can always pick them up in the January sales! All five are available from WHSmith – the most ethical of the UK’s highstreet bookshops […]