On 4th, March 2010, CapitalBio officially joined the Roche NimbelGen Certified Service Provider Program and was certified to provide services including NimbleGen Gene Expression, Comparative Genomic Hybridization/Copy Number Variation (CGH/CNV), and DNA Methylation based on Roche NimbleGen platform. CapitalBio is the first NimbleGen CSP in China to provide such microarray services.
"The launch of the Roche NimbleGen CSP Program at CapitalBio represents a major step forward in our efforts to bring advanced DNA analysis to China" said Junquan XU, Vice President of Operations at CapitalBio. "We will now be able to expand our service to customers through access of the complete NimbleGen Single-Color (Gene Expression) or Dual-Color (CGH/CNV & DNA Methylation) workflow. We are pleased to have passed the rigorous certification procedures and experimental standards to become part of the Roche NimbleGen CSP Program".
"Roche NimbleGen is extremely excited to welcome CapitalBio Corporation as our first certified service provider in Asia for the Gene Expression, CGH/CNV, and DNA Methylation array applications. CapitalBio Corporation's reputation of excellence within the Chinese genomics community coupled with their adoption of the NimbleGen products effectively positions us for tremendous future growth in this rapidly developing market" said Andreas Görtz, Vice President of Marketing for Roche NimbleGen, Inc.
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