2020 NGS newsletter
2020 has been memorable, to say the least!
At Takara Bio, we want to take a moment to look back on the year. For all of the good times, for all of the bad times, we have stayed committed to developing high-quality reagents to support your next-generation sequencing needs. Here, we highlight some of the key developments we’ve had and some important contributions you have made.
January
Key publications
Dynamic MAIT cell response with progressively enhanced innateness during acute HIV-1 infection
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February
Key publications
A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China
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March
Key publications
Molecular profiling of an osseous metastasis in glioblastoma during checkpoint inhibition: potential mechanisms of immune escape
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April
Key publications
Comparison of commercially available whole-genome sequencing kits for variant detection in circulating cell-free DNA
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May
Key publications
Single-cell analysis of murine fibroblasts identifies neonatal to adult switching that regulates cardiomyocyte maturation
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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Guangdong Province, China
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Distinct transcriptomic cell types and neural circuits of the subiculum and prosubiculum along the dorsal-ventral axis
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June
Key publications
Complete genome sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 strain isolated in Northern Germany
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August
Key publications
Validation of a combined transcriptome and T cell receptor alpha/beta (TRA/TRB) repertoire assay at the single cell level for paucicellular samples
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September
Key publications
Benchmarking of T cell receptor repertoire profiling methods reveals large systematic biases
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October
November
Key publications
Integrated morphoelectric and transcriptomic classification of cortical GABAergic cells
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Single-nuclei RNA-sequencing of plants
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In 2021, we are looking forward to new discoveries, technologies, and applications—starting with our expansion of the ThruPLEX lineup next month. We're also moving to a new, larger headquarters so we may continue to grow and provide best-in-class products to you. Thank you for your persistence in 2020, and we can’t wait to work with you in the lab again soon!
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