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“In July of 2015, I was a member of the radish genome project team. My task was to examine genetic diversity of radish...
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Darshna "Dusty" Vyas has been a Senior Scientist at LGC specialising in plant genetics for the past 8 years Her...
Molecular diagnostics Genomics SARS-CoV-2
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Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 3 of 3
In the previous two blog posts in this...
Molecular diagnostics Genomics SARS-CoV-2
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Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 2 of 3
In the face of a rapidly evolving...
Molecular diagnostics Genomics SARS-CoV-2
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Following up with the panelists from our recent COVID-19 webinar, Part 1 of 3
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented...
Molecular diagnostics Genomics qPCR SARS-CoV-2
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As countries worldwide begin to ease lockdown restrictions during the pandemic and prepare to return to “normal”...
Agrigenomics Genomics PCR-based genotyping
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Brassica rapa crops are important sources of food, feed, and fuel in many parts of the world and provide a unique...
Molecular diagnostics Genomics qPCR SARS-CoV-2
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It may seem strange that a company known for transforming the global seed breeding industry is uniquely positioned...
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PCR is arguably one of the most enabling technologies of modern molecular...
Genomics Next generation sequencing (NGS) NGS-based genotyping
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Back in September 2018, LGC acquired Lucigen Corporation. The ISO accredited site is based in Middleton, Wisconsin and...
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In the nearly three months since the first confirmed case of COVID-19, the outbreak has become a global crisis, with...
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Updated : Mon, January 13, 2020 @ 5:08 PM
Best practice in sample collection for SeqSNP targeted genotyping by sequencing projects
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Updated : Wed, May 1, 2019 @ 3:59 PM
Livestock supports the livelihoods and food security of almost 1.3 billion people worldwide, contributing 40% of the...
Updated : Fri, March 29, 2019 @ 4:39 PM
We've heard it said for years, "TV will rot your brain". But in the case of our three colleagues below, that definitely...
Updated : Wed, January 9, 2019 @ 5:03 PM
Genomic selection: 6 factors to consider when choosing between targeted GBS and microarrays
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Genomics Nucleic acid extraction
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Imagine a time capsule the size of a shoebox that holds all the information currently on the internet that can be stored...
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Ever wake up in the morning just feeling like a rock star, or maybe like Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin or Maurice...
Updated : Mon, April 30, 2018 @ 1:53 PM
To truly understand complex diseases such as cancer, scientists need access to tools that don’t just average data...
Updated : Thu, March 29, 2018 @ 4:00 PM
Ask any little girl what they want to be when they grow up and you may hear things like, princess, ballerina, pop star,...
Updated : Tue, January 16, 2018 @ 4:50 PM
Stellaris® RNA FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) is an RNA visualization method that allows simultaneous...
Agrigenomics Genomics PCR-based genotyping
Updated : Wed, November 22, 2017 @ 1:44 PM
Wheat is one of the three most important crops for human and livestock feed. With an ever-increasing global...
Agrigenomics Genomics PCR-based genotyping
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Our world population is growing at a tremendous rate and by 2050, Africa’s population alone is set to hit over 2.5...
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3.2 billion people across 106 countries and territories, live in areas at risk of malaria transmission. The serious...
RNA FISH Genomics General science
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Recently LGC Genomics hosted a lunch and learn Stellaris® seminar at the Helen Diller Cancer Institute at UCSF with our...
Updated : Mon, September 19, 2022 @ 2:07 PM
LGC's Genomics Division has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese health management expert...
RNA FISH Disease detection General science
Updated : Mon, March 6, 2017 @ 4:37 PM
New research has, for the first time, found evidence suggesting the molecular epidemiology of how the Zika virus spreads...
Genomics PCR-based genotyping General science
Updated : Wed, February 15, 2017 @ 4:23 PM
Demand for maize is increasing due to an increased number of people transitioning to meat-based diets driving demand...
Updated : Mon, September 19, 2022 @ 2:05 PM
The advent of and ongoing improvements to next-generation sequencing technologies is driving the continuing and...
Updated : Mon, January 23, 2017 @ 4:27 PM
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When Craig Venter made the comment after the human genome sequence...
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Updated : Wed, January 18, 2017 @ 2:13 PM
Many areas critical to improved agricultural production require robust and scalable genotyping platforms to enable...
Updated : Mon, September 19, 2022 @ 2:15 PM
It seems everyone wants to do more with less, and automate the process as well. But this can cause a number of...
RNA FISH Genomics General science
Updated : Mon, September 19, 2022 @ 2:12 PM
It wouldn't be fair to close out 2016 without showcasing the stellar year that Stellaris® RNA FISH has had. Take a...
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The secret of life. That’s what Francis Crick and James Watson claimed they had discovered back in Cambridge,...
Updated : Mon, November 21, 2016 @ 3:32 PM
In the early 1900s, scientists found that the function of genes was to make proteins, disproving the earlier idea...
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The strands of DNA in your cells are organized into pieces called chromosomes. Chromosomes are further organized into...
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Researchers from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia have blamed a default...
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As the Zika virus outbreak spreads, a wave of international concern has grown, and scientists have scrambled to...
Oligo synthesis and modifications General science
Updated : Wed, March 29, 2023 @ 10:55 AM
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We’ve recently captured our talented manufacturing teams hard at work building...
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Stellaris® RNA FISH is a novel technology that allows for the detection of single or clustered RNAs in fixed cells...
Oligo synthesis and modifications qPCR General science
Updated : Wed, March 29, 2023 @ 10:54 AM
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