SULSA researchers benefit from a fast, low-cost next generation DNA sequencing and analysis service provided by The Gene Pool at the University of Edinburgh and the Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics
Facility at the University of Glasgow. The Gene Pool offers gigabase-scale DNA sequencing using Illumina Solexa and Roche 454 platforms, with a range of data-analysis services provided by a dedicated SULSA bioinformatician.

The Gene Pool also offers a low‑cost Illumina digital transcriptomics (Illumina-DT) service that is supported by a SULSA technologist. A SULSA bioinformatics specialist based at the Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility is available to assist SULSA users with their Illumina-DT data analysis.

Contact:

Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility:
P.Herzyk@bio.gla.ac.uk

The Gene Pool
genepool@ed.ac.uk

Research Highlights

The evolution of sequencing

Peter Keightley and his team at the University of Edinburgh have used high-throughput sequencing technology at the Gene Pool to estimate the background mutation rate in Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies.

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