Genomics Solutions for Analyzing FFPE Archival Tissues
23 Apr 2013In this video Gianfranco De Feo tells SelectScience about the Affymetrix portfolio of genomics solutions for the analysis of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) archival tissues. Gianfranco discusses some of the services, arrays and assays that are available for discovery, target enrichment, validation and routine testing. In addition he tells SelectScience about some of the key applications, such as whole genome analysis, whole transcriptome profiling and single-cell analysis, and the key benefits of the products including their ease-of-use and robustness. Interview filmed by SelectScience at AACR 2013.
About the company
Affymetrix, Inc.
Affymetrix' GeneChip® technology was invented in the late 1980's by a team of scientists lead by Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D. The theory behind their work was revolutionary - a notion that semiconductor manufacturing techniques could be united with advances in combinatorial chemistry to build vast amounts of biological data on a small glass chip. This technology became the basis of a new company, Affymetrix, formed as a division of Affymax, N.V. in 1991. Affymetrix began operating independently in 1992.
