Some of the studies being
presented include:
-- Dr. John Cushman who monitored environmental stresses in the wine
grape
-- Dr. Matias Kirst who studied SNP effects in expression analysis of
diverse species using an early prototype of the maize array
-- Dr. Brett Tyler who studied transcriptional profiling of
Phytophthora sojae infection of the soybean plant
The Affymetrix GeneChip Consortia Program is a collaborative initiative
that enables the plant and animal research communities to consolidate
their sequence data on the Affymetrix industry-standard GeneChip brand
platform. In 2004 Affymetrix worked closely with global research
communities to launch eight plant and animal genome arrays: Vitis
vinifera (grape), soybean, wheat, rice, maize, bovine, chicken, and
porcine.
"By underwriting the design fees required to produce these new arrays,
Affymetrix is putting GeneChip technology within reach of virtually any
research community," said Lianne McLean, Director, Gene Expression
Marketing at Affymetrix. "We had great success with this program last
year. By providing the plant and animal community groups with a single,
standardized platform for gene expression research, they can easily
compare results, build reliable databases and move science forward more
quickly."
Affymetrix Consortia Program arrays are developed using the same
reliable design and manufacturing process that have made Affymetrix the
industry-standard technology for gene expression analysis. Over the
past ten years more than 3,000 papers have
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