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Cogenics To Provide Genomics Services for UK’s John Innes Center

Jan 14, 2008
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Clinical Data subsidiary Cogenics said today that it has signed a multi-year genomics services agreement with the UK’s John Innes Center.
 
Cogenics said it will provide the center, based in Norwich, UK, with gene expression and other services to support its plant science and microbiology research.
 
Cogenics said that it has already developed a custom Brassica gene expression microarray under the collaboration. The array, developed in conjunction with the J. Craig Venter Institute, includes 91,854 transcribed sequences across multiple Brassica species.
 
Financial terms of the agreement were not provided.

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