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First Roche GS-FLX Genome Sequencing System installed at VBI

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 15th, 2007

The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech announced that the first Roche GS- FLX was installed at its Core Laboratory Facility on the Virginia Tech campus.

The Roche GS-FLX is a next-generation genome sequencing system that takes advantage of 454 Life Sciences revolutionary sequencing technology and allows researchers to go from genome to sequence in record time. The sequence of a typical bacterial genome can be obtained in days with one person and one instrument without the need for cloning and colony picking.

Dr. Bruno Sobral, VBI's executive and scientific director, commented, "We are very excited by this new addition to our...

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