- Cofactor Genomics
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Cofactor Genomics Type Private Industry Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Services Founded St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. (2008) Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Area served Worldwide Key people Jarret Glasscock (CEO), Jon Armstrong (CMO), Jin Zhu (Senior Scientist), Brandi Chiapelli (Senior Scientist) Website www.cofactorgenomics.com Cofactor Genomics is a Missouri based firm which provides full genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing, De Novo sequence assembly, expressed sequence tagging, gene alignments and sequence analysis to principal investigators in biotechnology, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, government and academia.[1]
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Overview
Cofactor Genomics was founded in August 2008[2] after the pioneering efforts of the Human Genome Project made genetic sequencing a reality by sequencing the 25,000 or so genes in the human genome.[3] It was after the technological advances brought on by Next Gen sequencing[4] that three scientists from The Genome Center[5] at Washington University noted that sequencing services could be performed by “three [scientists] in a garage.”[citation needed] In August 2008, Jarret Glasscock, Matt Hickenbotham and Ryan Richt left the Genome Center and purchased their first Next Gen genome analyzer with the capital raised from an angel investor in California.[6][7] Cofactor has since been featured in several nationwide publications as well as done business with high profile clients such as Ozzy Osbourne.[8][9][10][11][12] As of August 2010, Cofactor Genomics is able to construct and analyze fragment, paired end, Chip-Sequencing, micro RNA, whole transcriptome, bisulfite and capture libraries.[13] Cofactor currently utilizes two Next Gen platforms including an Applied Biosystems SOLiD 4 and an Illumina (company) GA IIx.[14]
Executive Officers
Jarret Glasscock, Ph.D. is a co-founder as well as the Chief Executive Officer of Cofactor Genomics.[15] Dr. Glasscock completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona where he majored in Biology with a focus in the Computer Sciences. Upon graduation, Dr. Glasscock pursued his doctorate in Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis where he studied under Warren Gish, Ph.D., developer of the NCBI BLAST sequence analysis program.[16][17][18]
Jon Armstrong, M.S. is the Chief Marketing Officer of Cofactor Genomics.[19] After acquiring his Master's Degree in Neuroscience, Mr. Armstrong spent nine years in the Genome Center at Washington University's Technology Development Group.[20]References
- ^ [1] Cofactor Genomics
- ^ [2] Cofactor Genomics
- ^ Human Genome Project
- ^ Next-Gen Sequencing Moves To Next Level
- ^ [3] The Genome Genter
- ^ [4] Cofactor Genomics
- ^ St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis startup Cofactor to sequence Ozzy's genome [5]
- ^ St. Louis Business Journal
- ^ GenomeWeb Ozzy
- ^ GenomeWeb Cofactor / Novocraft
- ^ A.V. Club
- ^ STL Today
- ^ [6] Cofactor Genomics Applications
- ^ [7] Cofactor Genomics Platforms
- ^ [8] Cofactor Genomics Contact
- ^ [9] Cofactor Genomics Contact
- ^ Warren Gish Warren Gish Bio
- ^ [10] WU-Blast2 server at the European Bioinformatics Institute Rodrigo Lopez Ville Silventoinen Stephen Robinson Asif Kibria and Warren Gish European Bioinformatics Institute
- ^ [11] Cofactor Genomics Contact
- ^ [12] Cofactor Genomics Contact
External links
- Human Genome Project [13]
- Nature Magazine [14]
- Cofactor Genomics [15]
- St. Louis Business Journal [16]
- GenomeWeb [17]
- Washington University in St. Louis Homepage [18]
- University of Arizona Homepage [19]
- The Genome Center at Washington University [20]
- Illumina Homepage [21]
- Applied Biosystems by Life Technologies (U.S.) Homepage [22]
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- Biotechnology companies of the United States
- Genomics
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