News
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The latest
Illumina sequencer
installed at the PlatformThe Platform is recently equipped with the NovaSeq 6000 sequencer from Illumina. This powerful and cost-effective sequencer can generate up to 6 Tb in less than 2 days. It also allows to scale up and down the output, ideal for large studies as well as innovating projects requiring specific configurations.
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Gene expression research & Digital Spatial Profiling
October 19, 2021
NanoString and the Genomics Platform will hold a workshop on October 19, 2021, at the CMU. The new GeoMX Digital Spatial Profiler that allows highly multiplexed spatial RNA and protein profiling will be presented. Updates on the nCounter system (available on the Platform) will be given. Pre Charna Dibner (Depts of Medicine and Cell Physiology and Metabolism) will also share her last NanoString data. More details in the flyer. Registration is required.
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SARS-CoV-2 whole genome
sequencingSARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing is now available at the Platform. Library preparation is performed with the amplicon-based Paragon Genomics panel. Amplicon sequencing is done on the Illumina MiSeq (2 x 150 bp). Data analysis is proposed (up the lineage assignment).
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SARS-CoV-2 genome
The Laboratory of Virology of the Geneva University Hospitals (Prof. Laurent Kaiser) publishes the SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequences found in 17 patients among the very first infected people in Switzerland. Details on these figures. See also worldwide data on Nextstrain website.
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User Symposium
October 18, 2019
This event will feature speakers who will present their findings and experiences in using our services. The meeting will also be an opportunity to meet specialists from Thermo Fisher Scientific and Illumina for a presentation and discussion on the latest technological advances and solutions. Details on the flyer. Registration is required.
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Core Facilities open day
November 9, 2018
Meet the experts and discover new tools for biomedical research during this open day of the Faculty of Medicine Core Facilities. The morning session is dedicated to platform presentations. The afternoon offers the possibility to visit 5 Faculty of Medicine platforms, upon registration. For UNIGE collaborators only.
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QS12K for OpenArrays
The Genomics Platform is now equipped with the QuantStudio 12K OpenArray system from Thermo Fisher Scientific. OpenArrays are ideal for genotyping and expression studies that use large number of samples, assays, or both. Considering throughput, cost saving and flexibility, this system is currently the best-fit system for pharmacogenomics testing.
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Half-day meeting
March 26, 2018
Thermo Fisher Scientific organises a half-day meeting entitled High-throughput real-time PCR solutions and digital PCR. This meeting is an opportunity to have an overview on the OpenArray™ technology just installed on the Platform. Details on the flyer. Registration is required.
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Half-day meeting
February 26, 2018
NanoString organizes a half-day meeting today at 13 h 30 at the CMU, room A04.2711. NanoString scientists will talk about deciphering the complexity of neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. Everybody is welcome. Details on the flyer.
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New website
November 30, 2017
Previously included in the iGE3 website, the pages of the Genomics Platform are now gathered in this separate website. All the contents are the same, but the former addresses are redirected to this new URL:
https://ige3.genomics.unige.ch
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MiSeq sequencer
The Genomics Platform together with the Protists Evolution laboratory of the Department of Genetics and Evolution (Science III, UNIGE) acquired the MiSeq sequencer from Illumina. Due to long read length (600 bp), scalable output and short time run, this desktop instrument is ideal for de novo small genome sequencing, targeted gene sequencing or gene expression and metagenomics.