Posted on August 22, 2022

The 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.

October 19, 2021

Posted on September 23, 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.

Posted on February 10, 2021

SARS-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).

Posted on April 7, 2020

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.

October 18, 2019

Posted on September 20, 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.

November 9, 2018

Posted on November 1, 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.

Posted on April 27, 2018

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.

March 26, 2018

Posted on March 21, 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.

February 26, 2018

Posted on 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.

December 4, 2017

Posted on December 12, 2017

The European Joint Programme CONCERT gave the floor to the iGE3 Genomics Platform in its monthly newsletter AIR² (Access to Infrastructures for Radiation protection Research) in the issue 23 of December 2017.

November 30, 2017

Posted on 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
Please bookmark it !

September 14, 2017

Posted on September 11, 2017

Thermo Fisher Scientific organises a half-day meeting that will provide information about: how to optimise gene expression profiling workflow, the last qPCR development, complementarity of RNA-seq vs microarrays. Registration is required.

March 31, 2017

Posted on March 24, 2017

To celebrate the move of the Platform to the CMU building A, 6th floor, and show you our new space in laboratories A06.2705, 6, 7 & 2906, we would like to invite you for a drink on Friday, March 31, from 2 to 5 pm.

Posted on March 14, 2017

Due to the patterned flow cell technology, this new Illumina sequencer offers a deeper coverage (30% reads more per lane) and allows a higher sequencing speed for a lower cost.

March 2017

Posted on March 10, 2017

Come and visit us in our new space (laboratories A06.2705, 6, 7 & A06.2906, 8).

February 6, 2017

Posted on January 13, 2017

The 6th of February 2017, the Platform hosts a training for the use of MetaCore, an integrated software suite for functional / pathway analysis after RNA-seq / microarray experiments. Registration is required.

December 6, 2016

Posted on November 22, 2016

The 6th of December 2016, the Platform hosts a training for the use of the new nSolver tool developed by NanoString for advanced NanoString data analysis, statistics, data visualisation and pathway analysis. Registration is required.

November 25, 2016

Posted on November 22, 2016

The 25th of November 2016, the Faculty of Medicine organises a Core Facilities day. The morning session is dedicated to platform presentations. The afternoon offers the possibility to visit the different platforms. For UNIGE collaborators only.

Posted on January 11, 2016

Thanks to the C1 instrument from Fluidigm, we generated our first high throughput single-cell mRNA-seq data set: the transcriptome of 1600 single-cells has been analyzed in a run!

Posted on October 7, 2015

The Genomics Platform is now equipped with the QuantStudio 3D Digital PCR System from Thermo Fisher Scientific: ideal for absolute quantification, copy number variation, rare allele detection or low target copy detection.

June 19, 2015

Posted on May 27, 2015

Learn more about the latest technologies provided by the Genomics Platform: DNA-sequencing, RNA profiling, single-cell analysis, chromatin remodelling and genotyping.

Posted on December 16, 2014

The Genomics Platform is now certified to process Constitutional Cytogenetics CytoScan arrays providing a very high resolution for CNV, LOH, cnLOH.

Posted on March 17, 2014

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.

Posted on October 18, 2013

The C1 Auto Prep system from Fluidigm allowed us to prepare RNA-seq libraries of high quality starting from Single Cell.

Posted on May 17, 2013

The recent upgrade of the HiSeq 2000 in 2500 guaranties higher data quality, flexibility and speed: now available the sequencing of 1 Human Whole Genome in 40 h (2x100 bp reads) and De Novo sequencing genome(s) in less than 2.5 days (2x150 bp reads).

Posted on February 7, 2013

Microfluidic based technology allowing Single Cell genomics, digital PCR and target enrichment will be presented.

Posted on January 7, 2013

The NanoString technology offers Single Cell Gene Expression analysis of up to 800 genes in a single tube. Cell-to-cell differences can now be addressed within a population of cells.