September 2008
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This newsletter is dedicated to sharing news and perspectives by, about, and for the Illumina
®
Community.
Articles
Bringing Science to Medicine
Dr. Joachim Schultze is taking RNA beyond the realm of basic research and looks at its potential as a diagnostic force.
Expression Makes the Difference
Dr. Jürg Bähler and his team use next-generation sequencing to uncover surprising levels of genome-wide expression and variable splicing efficiencies in the fission yeast transcriptome.
Using Genetics to Uncover Cat Secrets
Dr. Leslie Lyons uses VeraCode
®
technology to conduct the largest study to date investigating genetic variations in cats.
Is Genetic Testing the Next Revolution in Agriculture?
Using genetic analysis assays developed with VeraCode technology, Dr. Rene Hogers and Dr. Richard Crooijmans are working to improve the quality of crops and livestock.
Recent News from Illumina
GeneSeek Becomes Illumina’s First Certified Service Provider to Use Infinium DNA Analysis BeadChips for Agriculture Research
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) Selects Illumina Infinium High-Density (HD) DNA Analysis Products to Study 90,000 Samples
LIFE & BRAIN is Germany's First Certified Illumina Genetic Analysis Service Provider
Mitsubishi Chemical Safety Institute is Japan's First Illumina Certified Genetic Analysis Service Provider
Latest Publications
Researchers are rapidly publishing the results the results they achieved using Illumina’s technologies. Click
here
for a list of the latest publications.
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A Unique View of DNA
Dr. Dawei Lin
at the Genome Center, University of California, Davis uses Illumina BeadChips and LEGO bricks to bring DNA to life for a recent "Bring Your Child to Work Day" event.
New Product Spotlight
- HumanHT-12 Expression
BeadChip
- Whole-Genome DASL Assay
- MicroRNA Expression Profiling
BeadChips
- Equine Genotyping DNA
Analysis BeadChip
- 2008 Product Guide Update
Upcoming Events
Conferences
- Human Gene Organization
(HUGO) Annual Meeting
- Discovery to Diagnostics (D2D)
- Association for Molecular
Pathology (AMP)
- American Society of Human
Genetics (ASHG)
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