NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The sequencing service provider Cofactor Genomics and the bioinformatics company Novocraft Technologies plan to partner to offer sequencing and analysis services in Southeast Asia, Cofactor announced today.
Through the partnership, St. Louis-based Cofactor will offer sequencing services in Southeast Asia and Kuala Lumpur-based Novocraft will provide analyses to support this sequencing effort.
Cofactor, which launched in 2008, uses Illumina and Applied Biosystems sequencing technology combined with commercial and proprietary analysis software, while Novocraft develops novel algorithms for analyzing high throughput sequencing data.
"Southeast Asia is an important emerging market for genome sequencing and analysis and Novocraft's influence in that region will play a fundamental role in helping Cofactor reach our goals," Jon Armstrong, chief marketing officer for Cofactor, said in a statement, noting that the company is already using some Novocraft tools in-house.