{"id":103869,"date":"2015-08-26T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=103869"},"modified":"2015-09-23T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:11:45","slug":"uconn-jax-genomic-medicine-announce-joint-center-for-single-cell-genomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/08\/uconn-jax-genomic-medicine-announce-joint-center-for-single-cell-genomics\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn, JAX Genomic Medicine Announce Joint Center for Single Cell Genomics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Center for Single Cell Genomics, a joint venture between UConn and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, will be located within the JAX building on the UConn Health campus in Farmington. (\u00a9Derek Hayn\/Centerbrook Architects)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Connecticut, including UConn Health, and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX) have signed an agreement to launch a joint Single Cell Genomics Center.<\/p>\n

“The ability to analyze a single cell at high resolution is bringing unprecedented precision to biomedical research,\u201d says JAX Genomic Medicine Scientific Director and Professor Charles Lee. \u201cThis new center is not only one of the first in the world dedicated to single cell genomics, but also represents the first JAX-UConn cooperative facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The $7.7 million Single Cell Genomics Center will enable investigators from both JAX and UConn to study biology at the level of its fundamental unit, the individual cell. This allows for a much more precise view of cellular mechanisms, such as the genetic change within a primary tumor or immune cell response to infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new center demonstrates UConn\u2019s commitment to Bioscience Connecticut\u2019s goals to grow research and innovation through collaborations with a world leader like The Jackson Laboratory,\u201d says UConn\u2019s Vice President for Research Jeffrey Seemann. \u201cThis type of collaboration enables Connecticut to assume a position as a global leader in the field of precision medicine and allows for greater opportunities for UConn researchers to make important, innovative advances in bioscience research.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Recent advances now allow researchers to effectively analyze single cells. (iStock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Isolating and working with individual cells pose major technological challenges. Even if a single cell can be isolated, it contains only a small amount of biological material, far too little for most research methodologies. Consequently, tissues are usually studied in bulk preparations containing a mixture of cells, masking important differences among the underlying cell types and preventing assessment of cell-to-cell variability.<\/p>\n

However, recent major advances in automation and microfluidics \u2013 the design and construction of systems for manipulating very small volumes of liquid \u2013 now allow researchers to effectively analyze single cells in small, well-controlled reaction volumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSingle cell genomic technology is rapidly developing,\u201d notes Paul D. Robson, The Jackson Laboratory\u2019s director of single cell genomics. \u201cTherefore it is important to have a lab dedicated to remaining on the leading edge of these technologies, to ensure that biologists within the community have the best tools available to make an impact on their science. This Center does exactly that, and also provides a potential conduit to collaborative work between JAX and the UConn communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Center will be located within the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the UConn Health campus in Farmington, Conn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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