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iCommunity newsletter


May 2008














Welcome to the iCommunity newsletter

This newsletter is dedicated to sharing news and perspectives by, about, and for the Illumina® Community.



Articles

Alternative Splicing Brings Variety to Life
Dr. Brenton R. Graveley shares his experience using the DASL® Assay with both the BeadArray™ and VeraCode® technologies to study alternative splicing patterns.

Have Genome, Need Genotyping Tools
Dr. Jerry Taylor blazes a path for creating genotyping tools for
non-human, non-model organisms.

Next-Generation Sequencing Opens Up New Opportunities
Bioinformatics experts at NCGR embrace the next-generation Illumina Sequencing Technology.



Application Notes

Cytogenetics into Cytogenomics: SNP Arrays Expand the Screening Capabilities of Genetics Laboratories
Drs. Laura K. Conlin and Nancy B. Spinner use the Infinium® Assay to analyze chromosomal aberrations occurring at levels too low to be detected by traditional cytogenetic techniques.

Genome-Wide Detection of DNA Methylation Changes in Lymphomas Using the Infinium HumanMethylation27 BeadChip
Researchers at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel and the German Cancer Researcher Center demonstrate use of the Infinium Assay for genome-wide methylation analysis.



Recent News from Illumina

- Next-Generation Genetic Analysis Platform Improves Sample
Throughput Six-Fold

- New Twelve-Sample Product Will Enable Researchers to
Combine DNA and RNA Research at a Substantially Lower Cost


- Illumina Introduces Three New Research Products to Study
Genetic Variations Linked to Cancer Development




Latest Publications

Researchers are rapidly publishing results they’ve obtained using Illumina’s technologies. Click here for a list of the latest publications.



Have You Heard?

Researchers are achieving their RNA analysis goals using Illumina's gene expression solutions. Read their stories at www.switchtoi.com.



Feedback

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Illumina iScan™ System

Illumina® iScan™ System

In combination with our Infinium HD BeadChips, an iScan System can report up to 225 million genotypes in a single day, offering the fastest path to discovery.



New Product Spotlight

- iScan System

- HumanCNV370-Quad DNA
  Analysis BeadChip


- VeraCode DASL Kit

- VeraCode GoldenGate®
  Methylation Analysis Kit


- Human v3 Whole-Genome
  Expression BeadChip


- Mouse v2 Whole-Genome
  Expression BeadChip




Upcoming Events



Conferences

- Cold Spring Harbor
  Biology of Genomes,
  Cold Spring Harbor, NY,
  May 6–10


- European Society of Human
  Genetics (ESHG),
  Barcelona, Spain,
  May 31–June 3


- ACGA-HKSMG International
  Conference on Genetic
  and Genomic Medicine,
  Hong Kong, June 8–11


- European Association
  for Cancer Research,
  Lyon, France, July 5–8




Illumina User Group Meetings

- Rottach-Egern, Bavaria,
  May 8-9




Seminar Series


- From Whole-Genome to
  Whole-Solution,
  Disease Analysis Tools
  for the Next Generation