Areas of Technical Expertise Include:
- All sequencing formats, including next-generation sequencing, sequencing for identification of microbes, metagenomics applications, barcodes, etc.
- Various genotyping methods for disease detection, cell line authentication, ancestry inference, individual identification SNP and Indel panels, panels for patient stratification, detection methods for Indels, CNVs, etc.
- Fragment analysis formats for length polymorphisms (STRs, Y-STRs, VNTRs, MLST, etc.)
- Gene expression analysis for elucidation of cellular pathways, panels for diagnosis of disease, monitoring therapy, and disease progression.
- Target and signal amplification methods,
- Microarray-based formats for gene expression and genotyping.
- Immunoassay-based formats, ELISAs, western blots, lateral flow-based methods, proximity ligation assays.
- Nucleic acid extraction technologies, automation strategies, integration methods.
- In situ hybridization-based methods for protein and nucleic acid detection.
- Microbial culture-based methods for viruses & bacteria. Protein expression in bacterial systems
- Cell culture applications, transfections, viral and other expression vectors, cell-based therapy protocols, stem cell applications, etc.
The company will promote cutting-edge molecular biology-based technologies using these methods. The company has access to a very large base of technical experts in each of these areas.