BOSTON and COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Exiqon A/S announced today that the Harvard Medical School ICCB-Longwood Screening Facility (ICCB-L) has been recognized as a MicroRNA Screening Center of Excellence. ICCB-L supports investigators at Harvard Medical School, and associated hospitals and institutions, for high-throughput screening of small molecule and RNAi libraries.
ICCB-L will provide the Exiqon LNA(TM) microRNA Knockdown Library as a screening tool for a new consortium of Harvard-affiliated investigators, coordinated by Dr. Neil Kubica of the Blenis Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. The consortium has developed multiple biological models that will be interrogated with the Knockdown Library. The Library contains over 900 specific inhibitors designed for uniform potency, made possible through the incorporation of Exiqon’s proprietary LNA(TM) technology.
Exiqon recently unveiled its microRNA Centers of Excellence Program -- which has categories for microRNA Profiling (Expression), microRNA detection and imaging (Localization), and microRNA functional studies (Screening) -- to help provide a set of reference laboratories and institutions for researchers new to the field of microRNA study. “More and more researchers are recognizing the importance and relevance of microRNA in their own biological systems under study. But with a variety of methods and solutions from different providers, sometimes researchers aren’t sure where to start. It can be overwhelming,” says Tom Bishop, Site Director for Exiqon North America. “The microRNA Centers of Excellence are meant to be a roadmap of sorts for researchers new to microRNA -- a panel of experts who demonstrate best-in-class tactics and approaches to microRNA studies.”
ICCB-L represents the first institution to be inducted as an Exiqon microRNA Center of Excellence, in the area of functional studies. Exiqon is currently accepting other Center of Excellence applications in all categories. Interested parties are invited to contact their local representative, or to contact Chris Harbert, Director of Marketing, at (888) 647-2879.
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