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Press Release: Genohub Launches Next Generation Sequencing Marketplace

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You can view the original press release on our official launch at PRWeb.com. Thanks to the folks at RNA-Seq Blog for quickly picking up the story.

Genohub announced the launch of their online market for next generation sequencing services today.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 16, 2013

Genohub.com announced the launch of their online market for next generation sequencing services today. The online service, is positioned to completely change the way high throughput sequencing services are ordered, accelerating genomic research by improving access to sequencing services. Genohub’s intelligent sequencing matching engine instantly matches researchers with service providers based on specific project criteria. Genohub facilitates the management of sequencing projects throughout the sequencing lifecycle from selecting orderable sequencing packages, to communication, payments and delivery of data.

For Researchers

Genohub’s online service transforms the way researchers go about ordering next generation sequencing (NGS) and reinforces the critical researcher-provider communication cycle involved in every project. Genohub’s model eliminates the need for researchers to call multiple service providers to compare service details and prices. Researchers use the smart NGS matching engine to gain immediate access to up-to-date service listings from reputable providers. The transparent pricing model, with exact service prices, reduces the time needed to compare services and makes it significantly faster, more informed and more accurate than manually ordering by email or phone. Researchers using the service are also able to take advantage of one-time deals and other offers not normally available through a provider’s website or pricing sheet. Clear maximum turnaround times for each service reduces the unpredictability associated with project completion dates. Researchers using the service are able to track the status of their orders, upload data or project specific information and post messages to providers performing the work.

Genohub’s shopping interface is designed to accommodate both researchers with prior experience with the latest sequencing technology, as well as the increasing number of life science researchers who are not necessarily familiar with the latest sequencer specs or perhaps have no prior sequencing experience at all. Experienced users can search by selecting specific instruments and run types while researchers new to sequencing can shop for services by their project requirements, e.g., read number and coverage. Researchers who need help selecting the right sequencing service can also take advantage of free consultation by Genohub’s PhD trained staff.

For Service Providers

Genohub has also invested significantly on promoting NGS service providers by allowing them to advertise services and extend their reach to places where they would normally not receive orders. Providers sign up and list their services in a structured format allowing Genohub’s matching engine to automatically offer services to customers based on their experimental needs. The online service facilitates customer communication via a centralized messaging interface, which allows providers to request data, convey unforeseen handling or quality issues and relay project status to the researcher.

Genohub also automatically generates accurate quotes based on the pricing information that has to be entered by the provider only once. This significantly reduces the amount of time providers would normally have to spend on creating and communicating quotes

“While high-throughput sequencing holds enormous potential for unlocking new discoveries, the high cost and complexity of sequencing projects necessitate a professional marketplace like Genohub to improve access and facilitate collaboration between researchers and service providers across universities, companies, as well as other private and public research organizations around the globe,” said Pouya Razavi, Genohub’s CEO and co-founder.

Media Contact:
Estevan McCalley, Head of Customer Development
Genohub
512-436-0111
info@genohub.com
https://genohub.com/

Global Biologics Lists Next Generation Sequencing Services On Genohub

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Genohub would like to welcome Global Biologics to the Genohub family. The sequencing services listed by Global Biologics has added more available options for researchers on the Genohub next generation sequencing market.

Global Biologics listed the following next generation sequencing instrument and Illumina library preparation options:

  • Instrument:
    • Illumina HiSeq paired end sequencing and single read sequencing options
  • Library prep:
    • Illumina DNA
    • Illumina DNA Hydroxymethylation
    • Illumina ChIP
    • Illumina Small RNA (microRNA)
    • Illumina Directional RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Illumina Bisulfite
    • Illumina Mate Pair (7-15 kb)

Global Biologics is a research & development service laboratory focused on clients performing discovery and applied research from academic, government, & private organizations. With experienced personnel and efficient molecular services, Global Biologics can aid scientists in advancing complex research studies.

The nucleic acid services offered by Global Biologics address common laboratory bottlenecks which are critical yet time consuming to perform. Specifically, Global Biologics has expertise in the following areas:

  • NGS Library construction & Sequencing (Illumina)
  • PCR based gene expression profiling and genotyping
  • Targeted Sequencing Applications (HiSeq) & Data Analysis
  • Nucleic Acid Isolation, QC and archive
  • Automation, scale up, and tech transfer

We are excited to include Global Biologic’s high throughput sequencing services on the Genohub instant matching engine.

4 Top Next Generation Sequencing Forums

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Forums offer a great opportunity to mind share with like minded professionals across the globe. They offer a vehicle to ask and potentially receive quick answers to just about any industry related question. Forums also offer a vehicle for collaboration and improved decision making by harnessing the power of the crowd. So which are the top next gen sequencing forums? These 4 were selected for having the largest number of active members discussing next gen sequencing specifically.

Top Next Generation Sequencing Forums

  1. Seqanswers: A top list of NGS forums would not be complete without SEQanswers. This forum is dedicated solely to this topic. Seqanswers was founded to be an information resource and user-driven community focused on all aspects of next-generation genomics.
  2. Nature Network: Nature Network is a professional networking website for scientists around the world. It is not dedicated specifically to next generation sequencing but they do have many members active on the subject. Nature is an online meeting place where you and your colleagues can gather, share and discuss ideas, and keep in touch. It’s also where you can consult the community for answers to scientific questions or offer your expertise to help others.
  3. The Science Advisory Board: This forum has as its mission to improve communications between medical and life science professionals and the companies who provide this community with products and services. To accomplish this mission, The Science Advisory Board conducts studies about the products and services NGS professionals currently use. Companies value this information and use it to improve existing products and services or to develop new ones that better meet the needs of their customers.
  4. LinkedIn: Little explanation required. Here are the top 3 forums (based on the number of members)

Forums can be an extremely valuable tool in a career involving next generation sequencing (or otherwise), enabling both researchers and NGS providers a fantastic way to collaborate and build relationships. Undoubtedly there are other great next gen sequencing forums out there. If you have any you would like to share we would love to here about it!

Wyzer Biosciences Lists Services On the Genohub Next Generation Sequencing Market

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Genohub would like to welcome Wyzer Biosciences to Genohub. The sequencing services listed by Wyzer will add more available options to the Genohub next generation sequencing market.

Wyzer listed next generation sequencing services for an Ion PGM 314 Chip.

Privately held, Wyzer Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is located in dynamic Cambridge, MA, the home of Harvard, MIT and many other world-class educational and biotech institutions. Through their expertise in molecular biology they provide services to partners and collaborators in industry and academia that will aid them in their ongoing research. We look forward to matching Wyzer with the most compatible high throughput sequencing projects for their lab.

2 Ted Talks on the Next Generation Sequencing Impact

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Here are a couple of great Ted Talks on the impact of next generation sequencing on a variety of areas that promise to fundamentally change our daily lives.

This is a good talk about the future of sequencing and the impact of massively parallel sequencing. The impact to patient care, food supply, health insurance, politics, and more are discussed.

Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution:

http://embed.ted.com/talks/richard_resnick_welcome_to_the_genomic_revolution.html

 

More of an introductory discussion on gene sequencing. What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at least expect healthier, tastier food. He suggests we start with the pinot noir grape, to build better wines.

Barry Schuler: Genomics 101:

http://embed.ted.com/talks/barry_schuler_genomics_101.html

 

SUNY Buffalo Lists Services On the Genohub Next Generation Sequencing Market

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Genohub would like to welcome The University at Buffalo Next-Generation Sequencing and Expression Analysis Core Facility (UB Next-Gen Core), which includes the Western New York Stem Cell Sequencing and Epigenomics Core (WNYSTEM). The sequencing services listed by SUNY will add more available options to the Genohub next generation sequencing market.

SUNY listed the following next generation sequencing instruments and library prep options:

  • Instruments:
    • Illumina HiSeq paired end sequencing and single read sequencing options
  • Library prep:
    • Illumina DNA
    • Illumina ChIP
    • Illumina Small RNA (microRNA)
    • Illumina RNA (polyA-selected)

The SUNY Core Facility is located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. They are the first next-generation sequencing service provider in Western New York. We look forward to matching SUNY Buffalo with the most compatible high throughput sequencing projects for their lab.

11 Top Next Generation Sequencing Blogs

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Here is a compilation of some of the best next generation sequencing blogs for your reading pleasure:

CoreGenomics:

CoreGenomics is a personal blog written by James Hadfield who runs a genomics core facility in Cambridge. The core runs lots of next-generation sequencing and gene expression microarrays alongside other Genomic technologies.

Pathogens Genes and Genomes:

A heady mix of bacterial pathogenomics, next-generation sequencing, type-III secretion, bioinformatics and evolution.

Next-Gen Sequencing:

A working guide to the rapidly developing world of Next-Generation DNA sequencing, with an emphasis on bioinformatics.

BitesizeBio:

An eclectic blog of what could more adeptly be described as complete articles which are produced by a variety of authors with varying areas of focus.

Omics! Omics!:

A computational biologist, Dr Keith Robison’s personal views on new technologies & publications on genomics & proteomics and their impact on drug discovery.

Genomes Unzipped:

Genomes Unzipped is a group blog providing expert, independent commentary on the personal genomics industry.

In Between Lines of Code:

A blog on Biology, sequencing, bioinformatics and more, by Lex Nederbragt who works at the University of Oslo at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES).

Kevin’s GATTACA World:

Kevin Gattaca’s blog with a focus on bioinformatics, genome science and next generation sequencing.

Next Generation Technologist:

A blog by Dale Yuzuki, who is a marketing professional who currently works for Life Technologies Corporation and offers a unique perspective on next generation sequencing.

Blog @ Illumina:

Of course no next gen sequencing blog list would be complete without including the most prolific next gen sequencing instrument company in the world.

RNA-SeqBlog:

A blog focused on transcriptome sequencing news.

We hope you enjoy some of the blogs on this list. Please comment if I missed any other terrific next gen sequencing blogs.

 

Gnomegen Lists Services On the Genohub Next Generation Sequencing Market

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We want to welcome Gnomegen to the Genohub family. The sequencing services listed by Gnomegen will add more available options to the Genohub next generation sequencing market.

Gnomegen listed the following next generation sequencing instruments and library prep options:

  • Instruments:
    • Illumina HiSeq paired end sequencing and single read sequencing options
  • Library prep:
    • Illumina DNA
    • Illumina Directional RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Illumina ChIP
    • Illumina Small RNA (microRNA)
    • Illumina Amplicon
    • Illumina RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Illumina Total RNA
    • Ion RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Ion ChIP
    • Ion Small RNA (microRNA)
    • Ion Total RNA
    • Ion Directional RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Roche454 DNA

Being an early stage startup, Gnomegen has successfully developed and commercialized reagent products for the library preparation of next generation sequencing with pending patents on file. Besides its team of creative scientists, Gnomegen is backed up by consultants with leading expertise in technology, sales and marketing as well as corporate attorneys and patent agents. We look forward to matching Gnomegen with the most compatible high throughput sequencing projects for their lab.

SeqMatic Lists Services On the Genohub Next Generation Sequencing Market

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We want to welcome SeqMatic to the Genohub family. The sequencing services listed by SeqMatic will add more available options to the Genohub next generation sequencing market.

SeqMatic listed the following next generation sequencing instruments and library prep options:

  • Instruments:
    • Illumina GAIIx
    • Illumina MiSeq v2
    • Illumina MiSeq
  • Library prep:
    • Illumina Directional RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Illumina Directional RNA (rRNA-depleted)
    • Illumina RNA (rRNA-depleted)
    • Illumina RNA (polyA-selected)
    • Illumina DNA
    • Illumina Small RNA (microRNA)

SeqMatic’s founders are former Illumina R&D scientists who are experts in the field of next generation sequencing and related bioinformatics services. They specialize in miRNA and mRNA sequencing as well as custom sequencing project services with fast turnaround times. We look forward to matching SeqMatic with the most compatible high throughput sequencing projects for their lab.

Next Generation Sequencing Creates Opportunities for Software Entrepeneurs

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Earlier this year it was announced that a large biotechnology firm, Qiagen based in the Netherlands completed its purchase of Ingenuity Systems based in California which had built software exclusively. This event is one of many to signal the trend of a merging of the biotechnology and software industries which is presenting a large opportunity for software entrepreneurs.

This trend, as further discussed on the Washington Post, is being led by the next generation sequencing industry which continues to produce sequencing data at ever increasing rates and at lower costs. As sequencing data becomes more readily available, the demand continues to rise as some experts suggest DNA mapping will become standard medical practice. Previously it had been difficult for software companies to thrive in the biotech space as next generation sequencing hadn’t come along until massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS) was developed in the 1990’s. Because previous methods were costly and not readily available, the demand for sequencing analysis was held equally low.

As vast amounts of next generation sequencing data are now produced at ever quicker rates, there arises a tremendous opportunity for software entrepreneurs who are able to produce usable results from this data. Although the industry is in its infancy, and has not yet produced a clear market winner, there are several new companies which are capitalizing on this demand. One of these is Enlis Genomics which was started two years ago in Berkeley, CA by Devon Jensen, a PhD in molecular and cell biology. Devon saw the demand for software which was easy enough to use by the average researcher. Another notable example would be Cypher Genomics out of San Diego, CA also formed two years ago which allows researchers to detect genetic variations which may signal health concerns.

Undoubtedly we will also continue to see biotech firms of all types continue to gobble up these new bioinformatics companies as they strive to offer a complete front to back solution for their clients. This is truly an exciting time in the bioinformatics industry with a host of opportunities yet to be discovered.