DNAVISION ORDERS EUROPE’S FIRST HIScanSQ™ FOR COMMERCIAL USE
Brussels (Belgium) 17th May 2010 – DNAVision, one of Europe’s leading genetic analysis service providers, is pleased to announce the purchase of Illumina’s new HiScanSQ™ microarray and next-generation sequencing platform, which has officially been launched one month ago.
Illumina’s latest system will be installed in Gosselies’ facility and implemented in the highest quality certified environment (GMP, GLP, CLIA, CAP, ISO17025).
This latest acquisition will further strengthen DNAVision’s current portfolio of next generation sequencing services on Illumina HiSeq 2000™, Illumina GA IIx, Roche 454 and microarray services using Illumina, Agilent and Affymetrix arrays.
Initially, DNAVision will employ the HiScanSQ™ for GWAS projects for its pharmaceutical and medical research customers.
“As DNAVision already has Illumina CSPro certification in place and is the only genomics company in the world to be ISO17025 accredited, CLIA certified, CAP accredited, GLP certified and GMP certified, we are confident that we will produce human genome data with any requested quality certification. We want to be the first company to provide all available solutions for complete human genome sequencing and whole genome association studies” said Jean-Pol Detiffe, CEO of DNAVision. Illumina’s HIScanSQ™, with the estimated output of 50 GB per run for next generation sequencing applications and 700 samples per week for microarray applications, is a breakthrough technology that comibines for the first time next generation sequencing and microarray testing.
About DNAVision
DNAVision is a leading provider of applied genetic & genomic services. DNAVision offer the powerful combination of different technologies in nucleic acids extraction, expression profiling, SNP genotyping and sequencing in a high quality environment. DNAVision is the only genomics company in the world to be ISO17025 accredited, CLIA certified, CAP accredited, GLP certified and GMP certified.
More information on DNAVision’s service portfolio can be found on www.dnavision.be
Further information:
Jean-Pol Detiffe
Chief Executive Officer
DNAVision SA
25 avenue Georges Lemaître
6041 Gosselies (Belgium)
Tel. +32 71 347880
info@dnavision.be
www.dnavision.be
