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New technology at the center – Bionano
Read more: New technology at the center – BionanoBionano as a new complementary technology added to the Genome Center’s technological portfolio. The Saphyr system from Bionano is up and running since December 2018. It allows the generation of optical maps for high quality genome assemblies and the sensitive and specific detection of structural variants in genomes. This technology was possible due to the DFG funded NGS-competence […]
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The warm and loving tegu lizard becomes a genetic resource
Read more: The warm and loving tegu lizard becomes a genetic resourceA combination of different sequencing and mapping technologies has been applied to sequence the genome of the tegu at unprecedented quality. Salvator merianae is a lizard from south american forests and savannas. Press release
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The Genome of the Mexican salamander decoded
Read more: The Genome of the Mexican salamander decodedThe Dresden genome center was part of an international team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg that has now sequenced, assembled, annotated, and analysed the complete axolotl genome, the largest genome ever to be decoded. Press release https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25458