Learn about some of the exciting news and events going on around the McDonnell Genome Institute.
U.S. rushes to fill void in viral sequencing as worrisome coronavirus variants spread (Links to an external site)
By Meredith Wadman Since May 2020, Jeffrey Milbrandt has had his systems fine-tuned to sequence 1000 coronavirus samples a week. The director of a major sequencing center at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), Milbrandt knew months ago that the United States urgently needed to identify and track emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic coronavirus already […]
PercayAI and Saint Louis University Partner to Accelerate AI Adoption across Biomedical Sciences Research (Links to an external site)
Sequencing the future (Links to an external site)
Generous pledge from James and Elizabeth McDonnell accelerates the expansion of their namesake genome institute BY MARY LEE
Combating COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
Medical school labs pivot to fight a common enemy
Fluidigm Obtains CE Mark for Saliva-Based SARS-CoV-2 Assay (Links to an external site)
Fluidigm said on Thursday that it has received the CE-IVD mark for its Advanta Dx SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay, an extraction-free saliva-based test to detect nucleic acid from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
