(pressebox) Branford, CT, USA, 29.10.2009, Scientist from a consortium of Norwegian marine and aquaculture institutions announced this week that they have generated the first ever draft sequence and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome. The results, presented at the GenoFisk meeting in Oslo, Norway, include a high-quality genome assembly and preliminary annotation of the fish [...]
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Roche Molecular Systems Research Team Uses 454 Sequencing System for High-Resolution HLA Genotyping
(pressebox) Branford, USA, 27.10.2009, A study published this month in the journal Tissue Antigens reports that researchers at Roche Molecular Systems (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) in Pleasanton, CA have used high-throughput sequencing technology from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, to carry out high-resolution human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotyping in research samples. In the [...]
Forscherteam von Roche Molecular Systems verwendet das 454 Sequencing System zur hochauflösenden HLA-Genotypisierung
(pressebox) Branford (USA), 27.10.2009, In einem in diesem Monat in der Fachzeitschrift Tissue Antigens veröffentlichten Artikel berichten Forscher von Roche Molecular Systems (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) aus Pleasanton (USA) darüber, wie sie mithilfe der Hochdurchsatz-Sequenzierungstechnologie von 454 Life Sciences, einer Tochterfirma von Roche, hochauflösende HLA-Genotypisierungen von Forschungsmaterial durchgeführt haben. In dieser Studie verwendeten die [...]
Landmark Genotyping Study Demonstrates the Power of 454 Sequencing Systems for Immunogenetics
(pressebox) Branford, CT, USA, 13.10.2009, A study published online today in the prestigious Nature Medicine journal reports that researchers at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center have explored a new high-throughput method for decoding one of the most critical genomic regions for the immune system. In the study, they used ultra-deep sequencing with the Genome [...]
Grundlegende Genotypisierungsstudie demonstriert die Leistungsfähigkeit des 454 Sequencing Systems in der Immungenetik
(pressebox) Branford (Connecticut, USA), 13.10.2009, In einem heute online im renommierten Fachblatt Nature Medicine veröffentlichten Artikel berichtet eine Gruppe von Forschern des amerikanischen Primatenforschungszentrums Wisconsin National Primate Research Center darüber, wie sie eine neue Hochdurchsatzmethode zur Entschlüsselung einer der für das Immunsystem wichtigsten Regionen des Genoms verwendet haben. In der Studie benutzten sie die ultratiefe [...]
SAIC-Frederick and Roche Enter into a Research Collaboration on Technology Advancements for Cancer Gene Sequencing
(pressebox) Madison, WI, USA, 29.09.2009, National Cancer Institute contractor SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI), and Roche Applied Science, a division of Roche Diagnostics Corporation (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), have signed a collaboration agreement to assess Roche’s advanced technologies to sequence the genomes of cancer research samples. [...]
454 Life Sciences and Roche NimbleGen Announce Collaboration with Eli Lilly and SeqWright to Sequence Genomic Regions Associated with Psychiatric Disease
(pressebox) Branford, CT, USA, 30.07.2009, 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and Roche NimbleGen, both units of Roche Applied Science, have announced a collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company and SeqWright, a world-wide leader in custom genomic and molecular biology services. The goal of this collaboration is to use leading edge genomic technologies to identify [...]
Roche and Google.org Start Initiative for Early Discovery of New Diseases
(pressebox) Branford, USA, 28.07.2009, Roche and Google.org recently started a joint project to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a multidisciplinary surveillance, research and response system. This system will enhance the ability to predict and prevent emerging infectious diseases in East Africa. Roche has donated a Genome Sequencer FLX system as backbone of this project."We are [...]
Roche und Google.org starten Initiative zur schnellen Entdeckung neuer Krankheiten
(pressebox) Penzberg/Branford (USA), 28.07.2009, Roche und Google.org haben vor kurzem ein gemeinsames Projekt zur Entwicklung eines multidisziplinären Überwachungs-, Forschungs- und Reaktionssystems für Virenstämme gestartet. Dieses System soll dabei helfen, neu auftretenden Infektionskrankheiten in Ostafrika vorauszusagen oder zu verhindern. Roche hat als Basis des Projekts ein Genome Sequencer-FLX-System gespendet. "Wir sind stolz darauf, in Zusammenarbeit mit [...]
The Research Institute of the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron is the first Spanish Health Centre to Acquire High-Performance Sequencing Technology of 454 Life Sciences
(pressebox) Barcelona, 08.07.2009, The Research Institute of the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (IR-HUVH) in Barcelona is the first Spanish health centre to acquire the Genome Sequencer FLX System from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company. This new high-performance sequencing system improves the productivity and precision of genome sequencing at IR-HUVH. Multiple research projects in biomedicine [...]
454 Life Sciences Celebrates a Revolution in Genomics
(pressebox) Branford, USA, 11.06.2009, In September 2005, a paper published in the journal Nature introducing a novel, highly parallel sequencing system capable of producing 100-fold greater throughput than the state-of-the-art capillary electrophoresis instrument. The paper entitled, "Genome Sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors," marks the first in a list of peer-reviewed publications that now boasts [...]
Roche and SeqWright Collaborate to Help Elucidate the Underlying Genetic Causes of Heart Disease
(pressebox) Branford, USA, 05.06.2009, Utilizing next generation sequencing and the latest advancements in sequence capture, SeqWright, a world-wide leader in custom genomic and molecular biology services, has announced a collaboration with Roche Applied Science and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The research focuses on a major study to help identify possible genetic [...]
The 454 Genome Sequencing System Detects a Novel Virus Responsible for South African Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak
(pressebox) Branford/USA, 02.06.2009, A study published online in PLoS Pathogens reports that researchers at Columbia University, the South African National Health Laboratory Services, the US Centers for Disease Control, and 454 Life Sciences have discovered a new virus that is responsible for a highly fatal hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Zambia and South Africa late 2008(1). [...]
Das 454 Genome Sequenzier System von Roche identifiziert neues Virus als Ursache für hämorrhagisches Fieber in Südafrika
(pressebox) Mannheim, 02.06.2009, Ein online in PLoS Pathogens veröffentlichter Artikel berichtet von der Entdeckung eines neuen Virus, das für den tödlichen Ausbruch von hämorrhagischem Fieber in Sambia und Südafrika Ende 2008 verantwortlich ist (1). Die Arbeiten wurden von Forschern der Columbia University, des südafrikanischen National Health Laboratory Service, der US Centers for Disease Control und [...]
454 Sequencing Systems Enable High Quality De Novo Assembly of Oil Palm Genome
(pressebox) Branford, USA, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12.05.2009, At a press conference held today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a team of researchers announced the complete sequencing, assembly and annotation of the oil palm genome, a key milestone in an effort to enhance productivity and sustainability of this commercially important plant. The initiative also analyzed gene [...]
