On Air with Life Technologies

On Wednesday 12th September 2012 we hosted a live induced pluripotent stem cell event. The event was broadcast across Europe so scientists could watch it live. The speakers were Monika Madej (University of Cambridge), Leopoldo Laricchia-Robbio

Abducted Child Reunited with Family by DNA Analysis

May 23rd, 2012 19m 27s

Brenda Maribel Corado, a 32 year old mother was walking her 21 day old baby Angela to a doctor's appointment when a couple of women approached her on the street, taking Angela from her mother's arms. Angela had just been kidnapped! Listen to th

Isolating Nucleic Acids From FFPE Tissue Samples

Apr 14th, 2012 26m 14s

Life Technologies has just released a free webinar. Ambion scientists Emily Zeringer and Marie Gonzalez present the background, methods and what to expect when extracting nucleic acids from FFPE tissue samples. Watch the FFPE webinar now.

New Product Lets Consumers Access DNA

Feb 3rd, 2012 2m 49s

A radio interview with Dr. Paul Billings with ABC New Radio at CES 2012 about DNA Sequencing.

Torrent Speed Grand Challenge - Crazy Ideas To Help You Win

Sep 20th, 2011 22m 30s

Featuring - John Leamon, Ph.D. - Director of Molecular Biology at Ion Torrent Abstract - Dr. Leamon discusses one of the four Life Technologies Grand Challenges - the Ion Torrent Speed Challenge - where sample prep time is cut in half. John int

Ion Torrent Accuracy Grand Challenge – Harvesting Low Hangin

Jul 8th, 2011 6m

Earl Hubbell, Ph.D., is the principal statistician at Ion Torrent, part of Life Technologies. Earl discusses the background and CAFIE/phase correction portions of the Torrent Suite code base and outlines where the most improvements could be ac

Approaching the Ion Torrent Accuracy Grand Challenge

Jul 7th, 2011 13m

Earl Hubbell, Ph.D., discusses how a new solver might approach the Life Technologies Accuracy Grand Challenge at focuses on improving the base calls associated with Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing technology. Earl also discusses the decis

Developing Detection Assays for EHEC E. coli

Jun 28th, 2011 5m

Craig Cummings, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Scientist with Life Technologies, discusses the development of assays to perform field testing based on the unique portions of the EHEC E. coli strain who's sequence was determined by Ion Torrent semiconduc

Community Involvement in EHEC E. coli Assembly

Jun 28th, 2011 6m

Craig Cummings, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Scientist at Life Technologies, discusses the public combined efforts centered around the bioinformatics analysis of the public semiconductor sequencing data from the German EHEC E. coli strain generated us

Assembly of German EHEC Sequence in less than 12 Hours

Jun 28th, 2011 3m

Craig Cummings, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Scientist at Life Technologies, discusses the timelines around quickly assembling the EHEC E. coli strain responsible for the German outbreak.

Rapid Sequencing of German EHEC E. coli – 10 runs in 36 hour

Jun 24th, 2011 5m

Mike Lelivelt, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics at Ion Torrent speaks with Alain Rico, Senior Applications Specialist at Life Technologies. Alain discusses generating the primary data in just 36 hours used to build the consensus assembly tha

Background Estimation and Phase Correction in Ion Torrent Se

Jun 22nd, 2011 13m

Mike Lelivelt, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics at Ion Torrent speaks with Earl Hubbell, Ph.D., Principal Statistician at Ion Torrent. Dr. Hubbell introduces the two major components of the algorithms in the current version of the Torrent Su

Using Torrent R to Explore Ion Torrent Data for the Accuracy

Jun 21st, 2011 9m

Mike Lelivelt, Ph.D., Director of Bioinformatics at Ion Torrent speaks with Simon Cawley, Ph.D., Director of Software Development at Ion Torrent. Simon givens an introduction to Torrent R which is a package used heavily by the ION team to exp

Ion Torrent Semiconductor Sequencing & The Grand Challenge

Jun 16th, 2011 5m

Hear Mike Lelivelt, Ph.D. and Director of Bioinformatics & Software Products for Ion Torrent along with Nigel Beard, Ph.D. and Head of Global R&D Operations at Life Technologies give an introduction to Ion Torrent Semiconductor Sequencing as it

Life Tech Exec Covers Stem Cell Reprogramming Technology

Jun 16th, 2011 7m

Japanese scientists captured worldwide headlines a few years ago when they announced a novel technique to turn adult skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). The process, however, is highly inefficient. Tune in to hear Dr. Mahendr

Introduction to Ion Torrent Grand Challenges

Jun 15th, 2011 12m

Mike Lelivelt, Ph.D. and Director of Bioinformatics & Software Products for Ion Torrent, speaks with Nigel Beard, Ph.D. and Head of Global R&D Operations at Life Technologies about the three Life Technologies Grand Challenges. Hear how speed,

Week In Review - April 11, 2011

Apr 22nd, 2011 2m

This is a recap of the news for the week of April 11, 2011 at Life Technologies.

Dr. Arthur Eisenberg discusses $3.5 grant by Life Technologies

Feb 15th, 2011 12m

Dr. Arthur Eisenberg is the chairman of the Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Eisenberg explains how the accelerated academic certification program will train forensic

Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent on BBC Radio's Science in Action

Dec 24th, 2010 27m

Science in Action is the BBC World Service's weekly look at new developments in science from around the world. This week they spoke with Jonathan Rothberg, Ion Torrent's founder on the PGM. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/scia

Hear Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent on BBC Radio's Material World

Dec 11th, 2010 26m

Hear Jonathan Rothberg of Ion Torrent talk about semiconductor sequencing on BBC Radio's Material World with host Quentin Cooper.

Nature Genetics Study "A de novo paradigm for mental retardation" Explained

Nov 17th, 2010 10m

Roland Wicki, market development leader for Life Technologies, will be speaking to us today about a study that came out on Monday in the scientific journal, Nature Genetics. The paper titled, "A de novo paradigm for mental retardation," is abou

Week in Review - Week of Nov. 1, 2010

Nov 8th, 2010 4m

This is a recap of all news and events for Life Technologies during the week of November 1, 2010.

1000 Genome Project Pilot Findings Results

Oct 28th, 2010 9m

Francisco De La Vega, Principal Research Fellow at Life Technologies, will explain the focus and results of the pilot study and how Life Technologies next generation SOLiD sequencing technology was involved.

Otzi and the secrets revealed by his DNA

Aug 10th, 2010 9m

Timothy Harkins, of the Life Technologies Genetic Systems Group, speaks about the recent news about the work done and the tools used to decode the millions of blocks that make up Otzi's genome. Otzi is a 5000 year old Mummy better known as Ice

Joe Beery, SVP and CTO of Life Technologies on IT Crisis Planning

Jul 6th, 2010 1h 29m

Joe Beery, SVP and CTO of Life Technologies, is a guest on CIO Radio speaking about how to plan and carry out corporate crisis plans from an IT perspective.