Sigma-Aldrich has announced the establishment of a worldwide RNAi partnership programme with select academic institutions to advance functional genomics research
Scientists from participating organisations will benefit from unique access to a broad portfolio of intellectual property, early access to emerging new technologies, and special partnership pricing on Sigma's cutting-edge range of functional genomics and RNAi products.
As part of the programme, researchers at participating institutions will have early access to new technologies that are developed through Sigma-Aldrich's collaborations with TRC, Oxford BioMedica and Benitec.
The partnership programme will also facilitate collaborations with scientists at Sigma-Aldrich to validate current and emerging RNAi technologies.
Programme participants will also benefit from a dedicated support team on Sigma's functional genomics product portfolio.
This extensive product offering includes the Lentivirus-based Mission TRC shRNA libraries, targeting more than 15,000 human and mouse genes, activated lentiviral particles, custom siRNA, and qPCR reagents.
"The RNAi Partnership Programme provides researchers with cutting-edge products in functional genomics, access to key RNAi-related intellectual property, and dedicated technical support," said Keith Jolliff, director of strategic marketing.
"Our aim is to accelerate the rate at which the scientific community is able to utilize emerging RNAi technologies in order to facilitate innovative approaches that create advances in both fundamental and applied life science research." Andrew Brooks, director of the Bionomics Research and Technologies Core (BRTC), a collaboration between the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute and the Department of Genetics at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, said: "The BRTC provides high technology expertise and high-throughput analysis using state-of-the-art platforms".
"Sigma-Aldrich has established itself as a leader in the area of RNAi, and I am pleased that we are a part of the RNAi Partnership Programme".
"The benefits this membership brings are substantial, and the tools and services that Sigma-Aldrich offers are invaluable to any institution that works with RNAi technologies."
