Oxford Genomics news

October 3, 2013

Oxford Genomics Centre Autumn Forum 2013

A series of presentations and discussions hosted by the Oxford Genomics Centre exploring how functional genomics can give biological understanding to genetic loci involved in complex disease.

Read more

September 2-4, 2013

UK Genome Science Meeting

Members of the Oxford Genomics Centre are involved as speakers and organisers at the UK Genome Science Meeting in Nottingham.

Read more

March 21, 2013

Oxford Genomics Centre Spring Forum 2013

A series of presentations and discussions hosted by the Oxford Genomics Centre around the theme of using genomic technologies to understand the epidemiology and evolution of human pathogens.

Read more

November 1, 2012

Oxford Genomics Centre joins the fight against prostate and testicular cancer

Members from the Oxford Genomics Centre have registered for Movember.

Read more

October 9, 2012

Oxford Genomics Centre upgrades its Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencing platforms to the HiSeq 2500

By adding a new ‘fast’ run mode, the 2500 model can generate high-coverage whole-genome sequencing for urgent runs in a little over a day.

Read more

June 20, 2012

UK Hospitals Employ Rapid Sequencing on MiSeq to Monitor Outbreaks

Two hospitals in the UK recently demonstrated that outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus can be monitored by next-generation sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq.

Read more

 

June 18, 2012

Population Genetics collaborate with University of Oxford

Agreement kicks off with studies by Mark McCarthy & David Buck on gene associations for diabetes, metabolic disease and heart attack.

Read more