Automated cDNA preparation system accelerates CAGE analysis on a single molecule sequence
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:02
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have developed a robotic workflow for sample preparation on the HeliScope single molecule sequencer which drastically reduces sample preparation time to from 42 days to only 8 days. The workflow uses Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE), a unique method developed at the OSC for determining transcriptional starting sites in the genome and their expression levels.