{"id":7900,"date":"2016-03-02T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T22:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2019-03-08T03:31:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:31:39","slug":"whats-cooking-at-acmg-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/blog\/behindthebench\/whats-cooking-at-acmg-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s cooking at ACMG 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida seems to be a popular conference destination this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7901\" src=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa, Florida\" width=\"343\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-96x65.jpg 96w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-1250x830.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/03\/Tampa-Florida-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/>Orlando hosted the <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/what-you-missed-at-agbt-2016-a-complete-recap\/?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting<\/a> in mid-February and Fort Lauderdale just recently accommodated the <a href=\"https:\/\/conf.abrf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Symposium of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With its sunny weather and warm bay waters, we are certainly glad to be heading back to Tampa, Florida to attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acmgmeeting.net\/acmg2016\/Public\/enter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting<\/a>, being held from March 9<sup>th<\/sup> to the 11<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>So what do we have in store for you this year?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ion S5 sequencer visits the ACMG meeting for the first time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since its <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.acceleratingscience.com\/behindthebench\/5-facts-about-the-new-ion-s5-sequencers\/?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch in September 2015<\/a>, researchers around the world have been adopting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/life-science\/sequencing\/next-generation-sequencing\/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-workflow\/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-run-sequence\/ion-s5-ngs-targeted-sequencing\/ion-s5-customer-videos.html?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ion Chef and Ion S5 systems<\/a> to simplify their next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflows.<\/p>\n<p>Come visit booth #806 to get a live demo of the Ion S5\u2122 sequencer and also explore the automated library preparation capability of the Ion Chef\u2122 system.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to Tampa next week? No worries. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/global\/forms\/ion-s5-system-quote-request.html?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact one of our reps<\/a> for more information about the Ion S5 systems or check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l8Lkis9qFIo?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demo video<\/a> for a quick preview of how you can setup a sequencing run in less than 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A family of genetic analysis solutions for your lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our booth will also feature the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/life-science\/pcr\/real-time-pcr\/real-time-pcr-instruments\/quantstudio-12k-flex-real-time-pcr-system.html?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">QuantStudio\u2122 12K Flex system<\/a> \u2013 an all-in-one real-time PCR instrument which can can produce up to 110,000 data points or more in an eight-hour day.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in a regulatory compliant solution for your lab, stop by and have a chat with our specialists who can give you a demo of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermofisher.com\/us\/en\/home\/clinical\/molecular-diagnostics\/diagnostic-instruments\/ion-pgm-dx.html?socid=social_btb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ion PGM\u2122 Dx system<\/a>*.<\/p>\n<p>Our team will be on-hand to answer any questions related to our full suite of genetic analysis solutions; be it next-generation sequencing, real-time PCR or Sanger sequencing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*The Ion PGM Dx system is for In Vitro Diagnostic Use. 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