GATC Biotech is the first sequencing service provider in Germany with Illumina CSPro certification

 

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Constance, Germany, August 27, 2009 – GATC Biotech is the first sequencing service provider in Germany to successfully complete the CSPro certification process carried out by Illumina Inc. The CSPro certificate (Certified Service Provider Program) is awarded to service providers all over the world which offer the highest data and service quality in the fields of Next Generation sequencing, genotyping or expression profiling.

 

As part of a two-stage certification process for Next Generation sequencing with the Genome Analyzer IIx, the laboratories in Constance and the sequencing data generated were subjected to extensive tests. In the future, this quality certificate will be confirmed by annual audits and supplemented with additional training measures.

As a CSPro certified service provider, the European market leader GATC Biotech can immediately have access to the latest technical developments, platforms and upgrades from Illumina Inc. This allows extremely rapid advancement of applications and extended solutions for individual sequencing projects which directly profit the customers.