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What can make the difference is a very large repository that includes the best possible collection of pathogenic genes processed with high coverage uniformity&mdash;like that available in Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The advancement of targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been instrumental in accelerating the pace of discovery for Murgia&#8217;s work in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) research and testing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Upcoming talk: &#8220;New approaches to human genetic diseases&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resource.thermofisher.com\/page\/iwt2017\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Register today for Oct. 10 talk, live (Amsterdam) or online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Murgia will discuss her pragmatic approach to the hunt for the genetic mutations that cause neurodevelopmental disorders and hereditary deafness: look in the most obvious places first. Her work focuses on understanding NDDs, intellectual disability\/autism spectrum disorders, early onset epilepsy, and hereditary deafness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NDDs are clinically and etiologically highly heterogeneous, and are characterized by a wide range of overlapping clinical features. These characteristics pose significant challenges for diagnoses based on exclusive clinical criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The etiological background of these disorders is essential in gaining fundamental insights into the pathogenic mechanisms and pave the way to a fine understanding of different phenotypes and variable clinical expression associated with NDDs.<\/p>\n<p>However, designing a custom panel for disease research requires hours of literature searches to select the genes most appropriate for their research, often without any information about how the panel will perform in their lab.<\/p>\n<p>Murgia and her team were able to design custom panels of relevant, wet lab-verified genes by browsing disease research areas in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ampliseq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For my areas of interest (neurodevelopmental disorders, hearing loss),&#8221; Murgia says, &#8220;we want to develop a comprehensive panel, not just an array of genes. 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Dr. Murgia&#8217;s lab evaluated coverage of the same On-Demand panel using the two library kits and observed improved performance with the new Ion AmpliSeq Library Kit Plus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ion AmpliSeq On-Demand panels can be built in Ion AmpliSeq Designer, a free online tool that enables researchers to configure NGS panels from a growing catalog of pre-tested genes across multiple research areas.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Dr. Murgia&#8217;s research, and a demonstration of the capability of Ion AmpliSeq Designer, watch Dr. Murgia&#8217;s webinar &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.labroots.com\/webinar\/application-targeted-next-generation-sequencing-ngs-panels-neurodevelopmental-disorder-resea\" target=\"_blank\">Application of targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels in neurodevelopmental disorder research<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Research Use Only. 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