THE QUICK & DIRTY OF MICROARRAY ANALYSIS… AND BEYOND:

18th Apr 2011

…You’re on the edge of your seat

Is my RNA ok?

Was there contamination?

Is anything mixed up?

Was the lab too hot?

The moon not aligned?

Biting nails and crossing fingers,

snapping at any who pass…

And finally,

The facility sends

a glimmering email

“your arrays passed QC...

GeneRoom Guide to Gene Discovery

18th Apr 2011

The recent expansion of genomics methodologies has opened up the field to a much wider potential user group. In the coming months GeneRoom will post a series of articles explaining how researchers and clinicians can get the maximum benefit from this technological revolution. This month the topic is, “How to discover disease genes”.<...

Attune Acoustic Focusing Cytometer Review

18th Apr 2011

When I was informed that Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies – normally known for qPCR and sequencing – had entered the cytometry instrumentation market, I was curious to see what their system had to offer.

One channel-hop later, and I came face to face with what may be a revolutionary syst...