NGS Expert Blog

Scientists at GATC Biotech AG and LifeCodexx AG have just begun the clinical validation study of a non-invasive, prenatal diagnostic test based on next generation sequencing with IlluminaHiSeq 2000 technology. The test detects fetal trisomy 21 and is based on the sequencing cell-free fetal DNA from maternal blood.

At least 500 samples are required for the study and the launch of the prenatal diagnostic test onto the market is planned at the end of 2011. It keeps exciting what Sequenom and Verinata are doing in the meanwhile…

The June webinar of the free NimbleGen webinar series is talking about
Genome-wide studies of copy number variation and exome sequencing identify rare variants in BAG3 as a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy >

For further information and registration, please visit the NimbleGen website.

The 4th Congress of European Microbiologists > provides latest information on microbiology. The congress, organized by The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS),  will be a chance to discuss solutions to future challenges and to provide topical coverage of key disciplines.  Some of them are:

• Clinical microbiology and pathogenesis
• Food microbiology
• Molecular microbiology and genomics