As equipment makers and service providers try to make single -
cell sequencing accessible to more labs, scientists at the forefront of the field are pushing the technique into entirely new territory.
Not exact matches
A brand new 3D printed, portable, and low - cost microfluidic controller has been developed by NYGC and NYU, enabling single -
cell sequencing to become a lot more
accessible.
«Without computer analysis of
sequencing results, we would not have been able to determine relationships between DNA methylation, how
accessible regions of the genome were, global gene expression, or the emergence of cancer
cells,» says González - Avalos, a graduate student in UCSD's Bioinformatics Graduate Program.
He is investigating both how the genome is packaged, protected, sequestered, and made
accessible within the
cell nucleus, as well as how changes in DNA
sequence relates changes in structure and function of encoded biological macromolecules.
The device itself is engineered to be an
accessible appliance consisting of four rotating vegetation
cells that allow operators to reap harvests in
sequence.