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Category: Multiomics Spatial Analysis
Multiomics Spatial Analysis Spatial Biology Spatial Transcriptomics
GeoMx® DSP Spatial Proteogenomics datasets now available on Illumina® BaseSpace™ Sequence Hub
NanoString and Illumina have collaborated to release two new demo datasets of GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP) data on the Illumina BaseSpace Sequence Hub (BSSH) cloud. Spatial proteogenomics enables new…
CosMx SMI Multiomics Spatial Analysis
Unveiling the Inner Lives of Cells: A Spatial Look at Cell-Cell Interaction
Cells are the building blocks of all living things, from single-celled organisms such as bacteria to multi-celled organisms like whales. At the most basic level, though, all cells function in…
Multiomics Spatial Analysis Spatial Transcriptomics
Integrated Spatial Multiomics Deconvolve Multicellular Dynamics in Pancreatic Cancer
In an extraordinary team effort led by the Center for Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, in collaboration with NanoString, scientist Will Hwang and colleagues used integrated spatial multiomic and…
Digital Spatial Profiling Multiomics Spatial Analysis Spatial Transcriptomics
Spatial Multiomics Identifies New Actionable Therapeutic Targets
Pancreatic cancer represents 3% of the overall cancers in America and yet is responsible for 7% of all cancer deaths. The five-year relative survival rate – the cancer-related death rate…
Multiomics Spatial Analysis Spatial Informatics
Spotlight on Spatial Informatics: Overlay of Structurally Profiled ROIs on Tissue Images with SpatialOmicsOverlay R Package
Spatial biology is changing the way we view biology. Advancements in spatial biology are now enabling us to compartmentalize a tissue in terms of cells, tissue structure, or disease state.…
Multiomics Spatial Analysis
Spatial Transcriptomics at the Single-Cell Level
Is spatial transcriptomics single-cell resolution? Yes. Recent advances in the field of spatial transcriptomics have made it possible to visualize RNA transcripts at the resolution of a single-cell and, in…
CosMx SMI Multiomics Spatial Analysis
What is Single-Cell Imaging?
Why is a Single Cell Important? Cells are a fundamental unit of life. A comprehensive understanding of how cells organize themselves in different layers of information to form tissues is…
CosMx SMI Multiomics Spatial Analysis
Spatial Transcriptomics Overview
What is spatial gene expression? Spatial gene expression examines transcriptional dynamics through the lens of location within tissue and/or transcriptional dynamics between unique cells within a tissue. With spatial gene…
Multiomics Spatial Analysis
Why is Spatial Genomics Important?
Why is Spatial Genomics Important? Spatial genomics is important because the human body is a complex three-dimensional structure. That structure is an important part of our molecular physiology. To fully…
Data Analysis Multiomics Spatial Analysis
GeomxTools: An Open Source Package for Spatial Biology Data Analysis
Spatial biology is the new frontier of molecular biology that has revolutionized the study of gene and protein expression. Until recently, expression patterns were obtained via bulk sequencing or single-cell…
Multiomics Spatial Analysis Spatial Transcriptomics
GeoMx® DSP Integrated with Sequencing Run Planning for NextSeq 1000/2000
Illumina and NanoString® collaborated further to pair the GeoMx® DSP with NGS readout from Illumina sequencing instruments. This partnership enables scalability and high throughput of whole transcriptomes and protein abundance…