by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Apr 17, 2018 | Announcement
South Africa’s Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research (CPGR) launches the Illumina iScan system in support of the H3Africa consortium and Genomics research in Africa The Illumina iScan system will enhance population and disease-related genetic research in African...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog
Context CPGR has implemented and provided Precision Medicine solutions over the last two years to the South African health care market. In doing so, it has encountered challenges and opportunities. We believe that these can be addressed by creating an integrated...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog
In 2017, we took concrete steps into the Precision Medicine field in South Africa. I am saying this with some caution, for two reasons: firstly, Precision Medicine is an ambiguous term that means different things to different people; secondly, it’s one thing to talk...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Nov 23, 2017 | Announcement
November 23, 2017 —Cape Town, South Africa—The Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) today announced that it has entered into a partnership with The Sunflower Fund (TSF) to make best-in-class stem-cell typing solutions available on the African continent. In...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Nov 2, 2017 | Announcement
South Africa’s CPGR inviting members of the Genomics community to enhance variant calling from African genome data November 03, 2017 —Cape Town, South Africa — Today the Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research (CPGR), in partnership with Edico Genome, announced...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Oct 19, 2017 | Announcement
Baobab LIMS to enhance ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system for sample and data tracking, logistics and work scheduling Oct. 18, 2017 —Cape Town, South Africa—The Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) today announced plans to implement the...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Oct 19, 2017 | Announcement
SUMMARY DIPLOMICS is an initiative of the Department of Sciences and Technology (DST) with the vision of helping to make South Africa a leading player in ‘omics’ based translational research and bio-economic development. It is part of the Department’s long-term SARIR...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Oct 11, 2017 | Announcement
DRAGEN Platform Overcomes Resource Constraints for Next-Generation Sequencing, Accelerates Secondary Analysis Oct. 10, 2017 — San Diego and Cape Town, South Africa— Edico Genome and the Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) today announced the deployment of...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Sep 15, 2017 | Announcement
The CPGR has been successfully certified for the ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard in September 2017. In achieving this, we have made significant progress in expanding our quality management approach: The new 9001:2015 standard is a revised version of the...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Apr 24, 2017 | Announcement
CPGR recently formed Artisan Biomed, a venture aimed at shaping Genomic Medicine in South Africa through the implementation and development of ‘omics’ based assays for molecular and diagnostic purposes. Advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based molecular...
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