febit Launches Whole Genome Sequencing Service in Europe
febit announced that the company now offers whole genome sequencing services in Europe for a broad range of species. febit has acquired two Applied Biosystems SOLiD™ high-throughput sequencing systems from Life Technologies Corporation, necessary for whole genome resequencing. One of the two systems will be used within R&D while the other is employed within febit’s Genomic Service Department.
“We combine our expertise in optimizing samples for highest coverage in targeted resequencing with the established SOLiD sequencing power,” said Peer Staehler, CSO of febit. “This will enable us to offer whole genome sequencing at very competitive prices; the price for resequencing a whole human genome will start at 9,750 Euro. The ultra-deep resequencing with 99.94 % accuracy allows confident SNP and mutation detection as well as the detection of structural variations such as insertions, deletions, inversions and translocations.”
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