We are pleased to announce that in the coming months we will be investing in a platform for generating single-cell sequencing libraries. Traditional bulk-RNA sequencing of heterogeneous tissues does not allow researchers to differentiate gene expression profiles from component cell types which blurs our interpretation of the data. Single-cell sequencing does exactly what the name implies and generates RNA-sequencing data for thousands of physically detached cells where the data from each individual cell can be identified and analysed. Â This allows for high resolution insight into cellular differences arising from their micro-environment and/or in response to treatments such as gene-editing.

Dr. Matthew Peter Kent, researcher at CIGENE, is responsible for the process of buying a new single-cell sequencing platform