Landscape of Genomics Technology Platforms in Switzerland

Authors

  • Patrick Descombes Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA, EPFL Innovation Park, Bâtiment G and EPFL, SV, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. patrick.descombes@rd.nestle.com
  • Edward J. Oakeley Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Novartis Campus, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2016.883

Keywords:

Bioinformatics, Core facilities, Genomics, Microarrays, Sequencing

Abstract

This review describes the innovative technological developments that have brought genomics from its beginnings in the late 1980s to the present day and then discusses the ways in which genomics platforms are deployed across Switzerland to play a key role in supporting basic and applied research in both academia and industry.
CHIMIA Vol. 70 No. 12 (2016): Life Sciences in Switzerland

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Published

2016-12-21

Issue

Vol. 70 No. 12 (2016): Life Sciences in Switzerland

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Scientific Articles

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Copyright (c) 2016 Swiss Chemical Society

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

[1]
P. Descombes, E. J. Oakeley, Chimia 2016, 70, 883, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2016.883.