BeadLab installation illuminates Illumina
Illumina, from San Diego, CA, has installed a production-scale SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) genotyping BeadLab in the Human Genome Centre of the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo (IMSUT) in Tokyo, Japan.
Illumina, from San Diego, CA, has installed a production-scale SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) genotyping BeadLab in the Human Genome Centre of the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo (IMSUT) in Tokyo, Japan.
The BeadLab will be used for large-scale genotyping projects that will provide fundamental information necessary for understanding the genetic basis of disease.
IMSUT is a principal contributor to the BioBank Japan Project among other research initiatives. An undertaking of unprecedented scale, the BioBank Japan Project is designed to study sets of high-value SNP markers against genetic samples from approximately 300,000 Japanese individuals over a three-year period.
The BioBank Japan Project team is led by Dr Yusuke Nakamura, director of IMSUT's Human Genome Centre, group director of the Research Group for Personalised Medicine at Riken, and principal investigator for Japan on the International HapMap Project. Dr Nakamura has advocated a clinical approach to medicine that optimises treatment based on patients' individual genotypes.
Based on IMSUT BeadLab installation, the sixth such system sold during 2003, Illumina expects to record revenue of approximately US$10.5m (Euro 8.2m) for the fourth quarter of 2003 and approximately US$27.8m (Euro 21.7m) for the full year.