The Human Genome project set out to sequence all of the 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome. Exactly how was this daunting task done with such incredible speed and accuracy? In 1986, a ...

As a graduate student at Stanford University in the early 1990s, Jonathan Eisen convinced a friend with access to one of the first automated DNA sequencers to run 10,000 base pairs for him ... Instead ...

Smith Lloyd M. Smith joined Lee Hood?s CalTech laboratory in 1982 with the idea that he would finally get to do ?real biology.? Having come from a chemistry background, people suggested that he learn ...

The shotgun phase of the Human Genome Project itself consisted of three steps: Obtaining a DNA clone to sequence Sequencing the DNA clone Assembling sequence data from multiple clones to determine ...

But it wasn't until the 2000s that fast and accurate DNA sequencing machines became widely available and affordable, making eDNA analysis practical. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) now allows ...

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

What is next-generation sequencing? Next-generation sequencing (often noted as NGS), describes the high-throughput technologies that can now determine the sequence of a given nucleic acid strand, such ...

At the Nevada Genomics Center we offer DNA sequencing using dye-terminator Sanger sequencing with analysis on an Applied Biosystems SeqStudio Genetic Analyzer. A Sanger sequencing reaction is run with ...

With the new Biotage® PhyPrep platform, the automated process purifying plasmid DNA reduces the risk of human error, and with each sample being handled in the same way, the plasmid yield and purities ...

Long-read sequencing: The microfluidics platform uses fewer reagents and provides a gentle environment that is better suited for lengthy DNA segments Target enrichment hybridization: The system ...

DNA is the molecule that holds the instructions ... These changes are as a result of changes to the genome (genomic variations). Genomic sequencing Genomic sequencing is the process by which ...