Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) combines the offer of detection of early stages of emerging pathogens directly from...

HoloRuminant is a global initiative aiming to elucidate the role of ruminant-associated microbiomes and their interplay with the host...

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue, which provides strength, support, and elasticity to...

While ‘modern’ humans are the only hominin species existing on the planet today, in the past our species has overlapped both temporally...

The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region is one of the most researched parts of the human genome due to the fact multiple vital genes for...

In order to avoid extinction in a quickly changing environment, a species must adapt rapidly to avoid extinction. A group of researchers...

We were delighted and honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the Pentlands Science Park to discuss our work in...

Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease affecting around 10% of women of reproductive age. The main symptoms of endometriosis are pain...

Since the 1990s cardiovascular genomics has been a popular area of research, heading toward a genome-first approach to the diagnosis and...

Chemotherapy is often aggressive and can provoke severe toxicity and adverse drug reactions (ADR). Noticeable differences also exist in...

A human sample sequenced at 0.1x depth using 150 bp reads yields 2.2 million reads corresponding to measurements at 330Mbp. At 0.4x...

The emerging discipline of proteogenomics arose from the combination of two molecular biology fields –mass spectrometry (MS)-based...