Attend the "Next Generation Sequencing for Research and Genomics" User Group Meeting on next Monday, 19 September in Basel during the MipTec.

I will give a talk at 4 pm with the title "Multiplatform-based sequencing" and give some new information on our PacBio RS. Registration for the MipTec can be done online and is for free.

More info:

https://registration.akm.ch/congress/book?congress=1704&lang=2

See you in Switzerland,

Kerstin

Don't forget to meet us in Würzburg at our "Next Generation Sequencing" - Workshop on Thursday, 15 September!

Find more Details in our previous blog.

See you next week,
Kerstin

Attend the "Next Generation Sequencing" Workshop on Thursday, 15 September in Würzburg during the Annual Conference of the German Genetics Society (GfG).

Program:
17:00   Welcome; K.A. Stangier, Director Business Development, GATC Biotech (Konstanz/DE)
17:05   Pacific Biosciences Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT) DNA sequencing  system – technology, current & future applications;  R. Vogelsang, Sales Manager for Central Europe, Pacific Biosciences (Menlo Park/US)
17:30   Multiplatform project examples: combining 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation  sequencing for analysis of genomes and transcriptomes; K.A. Stangier, Director Business Development, GATC Biotech (Konstanz/DE)
17:50    The Value of Digital Sequencing; R. Babiel, VP & Project Lead 454 Sequencing, Roche Diagnostics GmbH  (Penzberg/DE)
18:15    Round table discussion and questions (all speakers)

Detailed information can be find here:

www.conventus.de/genetics2011/

Please remark that you do not need to be registered for the GfG conference to attend the workshop!

Looking forward to seeing you there,
Kerstin

Feels great to me…. With all the leading sequencing technologies from ABI to GSFLX+, HiSeq 2000 and at least PacBio RS including bioinfo inhouse, we’re “fully furnished” with the latest technologies!

We’re really happy to provide PacBio RS officially now. Production has started, lots of projects are already scheduled.

Feel free to contact us. Our Next Gen Sequencing specialists will gladly discuss individual project design including multiple platform approaches with you!

The installation of our PacBio RS is making progress! PacBio technician Alexander is doing a great job! Last night our new sequencing flagship passed the lambda check with flying colors!

The screenshots show red, yellow, blue and green dots standing for GATC (Guanine, Adenine, Thymine and Cytosine).

Our PacBio RS passed all optical tests easily as well. Pacific Biosciences technician Alexander gave us these interesting pictures to post. You might find out that this is more than just a grey and black wall paper ;-)

Our PacBio RS passed all overnight robot tests easily. Check out the photo!

Our PacBio RS got successfully powered-up late last night. Check out our video about Pacific Biosciences technician Geoff showing the drawers.

Our PacBio RS arrived today at 8 am sharp. And we started the Facebook livestream of this event the same time, allowing the world to watch the arrival of Europe’s first PacBio RS for commercial sequencing services.

Three forwarding experts from Saxony wearing red T-shirts saying “Schenker Special” did a really fantastic job.  This Schenker A-Team arrived late last night and was specialized in the professional transport of really heavy and really expensive goods. While we were hyperventilating when our PacBio was about to be unloaded, they stayed completely cool. We learned that they normally move equipment in the value of a couple of million Euros. To them, the transport job in Konstanz was a mere snack between breakfast and lunch.  At least, the Pacific Biosciences team was sweating, too – and this was not due to the extremely warm summer morning. Terry Pizzie told us that it was the first time that the machine was lifted via a forklift and not, as usual, via a hydraulic ramp. Well, we did it the European way.

At 10.30 am the PacBio had already arrived at its final destination in the lab. At 12 am it had its first admirers: Journalists from Europe and Asia visiting GATC Biotech during their press tour in Germany.

Stay tuned for the next installment.