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454 Life Sciences

454 Life Sciences

454 Life Sciences, a center of excellence of Roche Applied Science, develops and commercializes the innovative Genome Sequencer™ 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. The hallmarks of 454 Sequencing™ are its simple, unbiased sample preparation and long, highly accurate sequence reads, including paired reads. 454's current system, the Genome Sequencer FLX with GS FLX Titanium series reagents generates 400 million high quality bases per 10 hour instrument run. 454 Sequencing technology has enabled hundreds of peer-reviewed studies in diverse research fields such as cancer and infectious disease research, drug discovery, marine biology, anthropology, paleontology and many more.

454 Life Sciences
15 Commercial Street
Branford, CT
06405
USA
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Dr. Ulrich Schwoerer
Media Contact
(877) 890-GNOM
http://www.454.com/
ulrich.schwoerer@roche.com
(203) 871-2300

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