News » 2018

Season’s greetings from NGI!

21st December 2018  -  Categories: Updates

In the upcoming months NGI is planning to phase out both the HiSeq 2500 and HiSeq X instruments and moving all sequencing to the NovaSeq platform. This means there will be some changes in our pricing and order model and we will keep you updated. Meanwhile, if you have any questions of how this will […]

The New NovaSeq 6000: Costs, indexing and strategies

17th September 2018  -  Categories: Updates

Date: September 25th, 9-11 in Gamma 2 lunchroom, SciLifeLab Solna. Talks from IDT, Illumina, and SciLifeLab staff. Coffee and breakfast provided. Topics include: Pricing updates at NGI, project pooling policies, choosing indexes for large flow cells, and avoiding index hopping. You will also have the chance to talk to representatives from IDT and Illumina, as well as meeting […]

BiG Talks – Bioinformatics and Genomics Seminar Series

31st May 2018  -  Categories: Updates

Date: June 11, 10.30-11.30 in Trippelrummet, Navet, SciLifeLab Uppsala and online Title: Genome sequencing of 15,000 healthy elderly Australians: implications for clinical genetics Speaker: Dr. Paul Lacaze, Head of the Public Health Genomics Program, Monash University, Melbourne Australia The ASPREE Healthy Ageing Biobank contains ~15,000 consented samples from individuals aged 70 years or older participating in the ASPirin in Reducing […]

[Closed] Vacancies: Forskningsingenjör (vikariat) at NGI Uppsala

16th April 2018  -  Categories: Careers

Är du en utbildad biotekniker, molekylärbiolog eller liknande med hög noggrannhet, ansvarskänsla och god samarbetsförmåga? Har du praktisk erfarenhet av storskaligt laboratoriearbete, gärna i ackrediterad miljö och med datorstyrda laboratorieinstrument? NGI Uppsala söker nu en forskningsingenjör till sekvenseringsenheten av SNP&SEQ-teknologiplattformen. Arbetet omfattar DNA-sekvensering med modern instrumentering från Illumina såsom HiSeqX, NovaSeq, HiSeq2500 och MiSeq. Läs […]

[Closed] Director and Co-Director positions for SciLifeLab genomics and high-throughput sequencing

16th April 2018  -  Categories: Careers

Are you a visionary researcher within genomics with experience of operating or supervising infrastructures? Are you ready to take a major leadership roles in genomics? SciLifeLab now seeks a Director and a Co-Director to head the national Genomics Platform and high-throughput sequencing. An expressions of interest to these positions from both national and international candidates […]

[Closed] Vacancies: Project coordinators at NGI Stockholm

11th April 2018  -  Categories: Careers

Would you like to work in a dynamic environment in one of Europe’s largest sequencing centres? Are you service minded molecular biologist with good communication and organizational skills who would like to work in an area of rapid technology and application development? NGI Stockholm is right now looking for a Junior Project Administrator and a […]

[Closed] Vacancies: 2 Bioinformaticians at NGI Uppsala

11th April 2018  -  Categories: Careers

Do you want to work in one of the world’s fastest growing technology areas? NGI Uppsala (the SNP&SEQ Technology Platform)are currently looking for two bioinformaticians responsible for managing and analyzing the sequence data produced by the platform, as well as the development and maintenance of pipelines for data analysis. Read more and apply at UU website. […]

2018 10x Genomics User Group Meeting in Uppsala

21st February 2018  -  Categories: Updates

Are you interested in learning more about the Chromium System and Linked-Read Sequencing? 10X Genomics is organizing a User Group meeting at BMC, Uppsala on April 11-12, 2018. This will be a highly informative, action-packed event including both 10x and customer speakers, software demos, poster sessions, and evening dinner/entertainment. At the user meeting you will also […]

Improving accessibility to data deliveries

12th February 2018  -  Categories: Updates

Now we have improved the accessibility to the delivered data! By default, the bioinformatic contact person appointed by the PI on the sequencing or genotyping order will now have access to the delivered data, in addition to the PI. Previously, the PI was the only person with access to the data and he or she […]