A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is a change of a nucleotide at a single base-pair location on DNA Graphic: David Hall/Wikipedia

The US biotechnology company, Applied Biosystems (Foster City, California), is to collaborate with the research technology firm, BioTrove (Woburn, Massachusetts), to commercialise an analysis platform for high-throughput genotyping applications.

The platform will provide a faster high-throughput screening and validation tool for agricultural biotechnology researchers investigating how single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from multiple genes contribute to measurable traits.  SNPs are DNA sequence variations that occur when a single nucleotide in the genome sequence is altered.  “The solution is appropriate for any industry in which researchers have a need for mid-throughput genotyping applications … including anyone in AgBio who wishes to utilize the particular solution”, says Renaldo O Juanso of Applied Biosystems.

Applied Biosystems plans to commercialise and service all components of the platform during the second half of 2008.  “This collaboration will provide researchers and commercial organisations with a validation and screening tool that has the potential to dramatically improve genotyping workflows critical to the success of their enterprise”, says Peter Dansky, president of Applied Biosystems’ molecular and cell biology consumables business.
By Simon Varcoe

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