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Listing of all 34 news releases from Roche Applied Science:

Most sensitive platform for Chip-chip experiments

Study reveals that microarrays employing longer oligonucleotide probes (50mers) are the most sensitive at detecting very low enrichment in simulated Chip-chip experiments Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (15 May 2008)

Characterisation of protective intestinal flora

User application article The medical University of Graz becomes the first Austrian university to enter the world of ultra high-throughput DNA sequencing technology by purchasing the sequencing technology of 454 Life Sciences Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (12 May 2008)

Reconstructing Oetzi's family tree

Since the discovery of Oetzi, a neolithic man, in 1991 and his extraction from the glacier in Alto Adige in Italy, Europe's most famous mummy has been the subject of intensive scientific study Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 1 May 2008)

A step towards the routine sequencing of humans

Technical background article Researchers use 454 Sequencing to publish the complete genome of an individual human, achieving a key milestone on the path to personalised genome sequencing. Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (18 April 2008)

MWG Biotech buys its second Genome Sequencer

User application article 454 Life Sciences reports that MWG Biotech is further expanding its 454 Sequencing capacity in order to meet the demands of a steadily increasing number of sequencing customers across Europe Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (17 April 2008)

WT-Ovation amplifies RNA for LightCycler

Roche Applied Science and Nugen Technologies announce an agreement that will enable Roche to market and sell an RNA amplification product based on the technology of Nugen's proprietary WT-Ovation Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 7 April 2008)

Analytica research prize winners named

Technical background article Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology presented the prize to Gerhard Schratt and Albert Sickmann on the opening day of Analytica 2008 in Munich Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 2 April 2008)

Efficient and economic studies on RNA editing

Technical background article Current research in the area of RNA editing is limited by the lack of cheap, effective approaches for screening for new editing sites or for mutants affected in the editing process Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 5 March 2008)

Analytica prize to strengthen research in Germany

The declared aim of this prize is to recognise outstanding scientific work within the rising generation of scientists working in Germany and to identify the high-flyers in bioanalytical research Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (22 February 2008)

Virus detected using genome sequencer technology

Technical background article Researchers at Columbia University and Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory have discovered a new virus that was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (11 February 2008)

Sequence 100 bases from each end on a single read

Technical background article Paired End reads with long tags are critical for researchers who want an accurate and complete picture of the genome and for those who want to get a comprehensive view of genetic variation beyond SNPs Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 7 February 2008)

Sequencing the genome of the Pinot Noir grape

User application article Researchers from the Istituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige and Myriad Genetics have used 454 Life Sciences's Genome Sequencer 20 to sequence and assemble the genome of the grape Pinot Noir Noir Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (24 December 2007)

Sequencing the bonobo genome at Max Planck

User application article With the acquisition of the second Genome Sequencing FLX system, the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig's total 454 Sequencing capacity is now 400 million bases per day Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (22 November 2007)

Seven more Genome Sequencers for Baylor Center

User application article The Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine increases its fleet of Roche Genome Sequencer FLX systems to ten instruments Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (25 October 2007)

Large-scale targeted genomic resequencing speeded

Technical background article 'Sequence capture' technology enables fast and accurate enrichment of thousands of selected genomic regions, either contiguous or dispersed, such as segments of chromosomes or all genes or exons Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (17 October 2007)

DNA sequencing study to evaluate drug response

User application article 454 Life Sciences and Perlegen Sciences to conduct large scale genetic re-sequencing in hundreds of DNA samples collected by from humans with specific responses to a widely prescribed class of drug Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 4 October 2007)

Efficient method of sequencing ancient DNA

Technical background article Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have used 454 Life Sciences's Genome Sequencer system to sequencing the entire mitochondrial genomes from ten individual woolly mammoths Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 2 October 2007)

Structural variation plays role in genetics

Technical background article 454 Life Sciences, with Yale University researchers, has developed a method using the Genome Sequencer system to identify significant human genetic variability with an unprecedented level of detail Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science ( 1 October 2007)

Win a trip to the 2007 ASCB in Washington DC

Technical background article Roche Applied Science offers researchers working with Fugene the opportunity to be selected for this year's Transfection Research Award, to be presented at the ASCB annual meeting in Washington DC Brochure available

News from Roche Applied Science (12 September 2007)

Honeybee virus found through sequencing technology

Technical background article Researchers at Columbia University have identified a virus implicated in the deaths of 2.4million honeybee colonies - tens of billions of bees - using 454 Life Sciences's Genome Sequencer system Brochure available