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July 1, 2014
Scientists Generate the First Personal Transcriptome Using SMRT Sequencing
A new paper from scientists at Stanford University and Yale University describes the use of Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing to generate transcriptomes for three individuals. The work is believed…
June 27, 2014
At SFAF 2014, Great Science and High-Quality Genomes
It’s been a busy start to the summer, but we’re still basking in the top-notch presentations and posters from the Sequencing, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future meeting last month….
June 23, 2014
Unprecedented Read Length at the Icahn Institute:
Precise Sizing + SMRT Sequencing
At the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at Mount Sinai in New York City, technology development expert Robert Sebra, Ph.D., sees tremendous need for long-read, high-accuracy sequencing for…
June 2, 2014
ARCHIVED: Intro to the Iso-Seq Method: Full-length transcript sequencing
Since the launch of the Iso-Seq protocol in SMRT Analysis in 2014, the analysis pipeline has seen several improvements, as well a host of new tools. Please see our updated…
May 29, 2014
Research Studies Use Sequencing to Track Path of Infection Outbreaks
A talk at last week’s ASM conference continued the recent trend of scientists using Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing in research projects designed to better understand the transmission path of…
May 28, 2014
The Sequence Analysis Meeting: SFAF 2014
The Sequencing, Finishing, and Analysis in the Future (SFAF) meeting kicks off today in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The conference is hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory and focuses on…
May 22, 2014
At ASM, Pioneering Scientists Presented Bacterial Methylome Highlights
This week’s annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology was every bit as interesting, data-rich, and jam-packed as promised. We’re grateful to everyone who stopped by our booth and…
May 15, 2014
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Preview –
SMRTest Microbe Grant Program
We’re getting ready for next week’s annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Thousands of microbiologists from around the world will be gathering in Boston for the event, which…
May 13, 2014
A New Approach for HLA Typing: SMRT Sequencing
Two recent news announcements demonstrate the utility of our Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology in the challenging realm of HLA typing. HLA typing — or analysis of genes in…
May 6, 2014
Retroviral Study Reveals Potential for Influencing HIV Replication
Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London published a paper using Single Molecule,…
May 5, 2014
Webinar Recap: New Insights in Genome and Transcriptome Research
This week, our CSO Jonas Korlach hosted a webinar entitled “Gain New Insights in Genome and Transcriptome Research with Greater than 10,000 bp Reads.” He spoke to attendees about the…
April 24, 2014
SMRT Sequencing of Chicken Heart Transcripts Yields New Genes and Isoforms
The Gallus gallus (common chicken) genome was initially published in 2004, but the latest RefSeq and Ensembl annotations remain incomplete. The chicken is an important model organism, especially for research…
April 16, 2014
Innovation Centre in Quebec Uses SMRT Sequencing for
Cost-Effective, Complete Microbial Genomes
At the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, many projects conducted in the sequencing core facility fall under the umbrella of life sciences rather than biomedical research. To the…
April 10, 2014
Webinar Recap: Automating PacBio 10 kb template preparation
During our recent sample prep webinar, PacBio® scientists described new automated options for the 10 kb SMRTbell™ template preparation workflow. In case you didn’t have the chance to attend, here’s…
April 8, 2014
GC-Rich Genome of Pandoraea Bacterium Assembled with SMRT Sequencing
Scientists from the Institute of Biological Sciences at the University of Malaya recently published a description of Pandoraea sp. strain RB-44 in Genome Announcements, a journal from the American Society…