The University of Barcelona (UB) has recently acquired a Genome Sequencer FLX system that will be installed at the genomics unit of the Scientific and Technical Services (SCT).
The applications of the Genome Sequencer FLX system will extend from the identification of strategies for improving aquaculture production by biotech tools to studies about the vulnerability of benthonic populations using molecular tools.
Other research projects will include post-genomic analyses of the homeostasis and regeneration of complex multi-cellular organisms as well as studies focused on multigenic approaches to identify the molecular mechanisms that control the embryogenic processes of bilateral organisms.
Furthermore, the Genome Sequencer FLX system will be used in research studies aimed at the characterisation of DNA alterations related to the pathogenic mechanisms involved in high-impact diseases such as hepatic and digestive diseases, lymphoid neoplasia or osteoporosis, among others.
The main objective of such projects is to contribute to the future development of useful diagnostic tools with potential application in clinical practice.
With the Genome Sequencer FLX system the SCT-UB will be able to support research projects in a way that was previously unavailable.
The Scientific and Technical Services of the University of Barcelona offers its services to researchers of the University of Barcelona as well as researchers from other institutions and companies.
The centre has been granted full certification to ISO 9001:2000.
It is an acknowledged laboratory in the register of Agro-Food Laboratories of Catalonia and belongs to European research and technological reference networks such as the IT Network promoted by the Centre for Innovation and Business Development of the Catalan government.
454 Life Sciences, a centre of excellence of Roche Applied Science, develops and commercialises the 454 Sequencing system for ultra-high-throughput DNA sequencing.
Specific applications include de novo sequencing and re-sequencing of genomes, metagenomics, RNA analysis and targeted sequencing of DNA regions of interest.
