RNA-Seq Blog Transcriptome Research & Industry News
Advantages of RNA-Seq over array based platforms are quantitative gene expression and discovery of expressed single nucleotide variants (eSNVs) and fusion transcripts from a single platform, but the sensitivity for ...
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RNA-SEQ NEWS
Fusion Transcript Discovery in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Human Breast Cancer Tissues
The identification of gene fusions promises to play an important role in personalized cancer treatment decisions. Many rare gene fusion events have been identified in fresh frozen solid tumors from ...
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Upcoming Webinar – NGS-quality RNA and DNA from FFPE Tissues
April 17, 2014 – 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern Formalin Fixation and Paraffin Embedding (FFPE) of tissue samples is a routine practice by pathologists; the technique enables high quality preservation of ...
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DNA Day 2014 – Where’s the Love for RNA Day?
from Zone in with Zon How’s the World Celebrating? My Top 3 “Likes” for 2014 DNA Day Where’s the Love for RNA Day? The Why, What and Where of DNA ...
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Improved Annotation of 3′ Untranslated Regions and Complex Loci by Combination of Strand-Specific Direct RNA Sequencing, RNA-Seq and ESTs
The reference annotations made for a genome sequence provide the framework for all subsequent analyses of the genome. Correct and complete annotation in addition to the underlying genomic sequence is ...
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Featured RNA Seq Job – RNA Seq analyst
A successful candidate will have bioinformatics experience in analyzing bulk and (strongly preferably) also single cell RNA-Seq. They need to be comfortable in R, bash command line, bash...
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Post-doc position available – plant RNA biology
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Columbia University: Two open post-doc positions for RNA-seq/spatial analyses in human brain disease
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Featured RNA-Seq Job – Interrogate RNA-seq and scRNA-seq data sets
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Featured RNA-Seq Job – Research Associate Platform Discovery: Single-Cell RNA-Seq
Industry News
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Chinook Therapeutics raises $65M – will use single-cell RNA-Seq to discover and develop new drugs for kidney disease
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. today announced a $65 millionSeries A financing to discover and develop precision medicines for kidney diseases. Founding investor Versant Ventures led the round with...
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Single Cell Sequencing Firm 10x Genomics Files for $100M IPO
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Fluidigm to Automate RNA Sequencing Library Preparation Using Microfluidics Technology
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Invitae now using supplemental RNA analysis to enhance genetic variant interpretation in cancer testing
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Celsius Therapeutics to collaborate with Janssen on identifying biomarkers with single-cell RNA sequencing
