by Liam Bell | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog
One of the main reasons behind the conception of the CPGR was to create a facility that could help facilitate ‘omics-based research in a resource limited setting. This was over a decade ago and in that time there have been several lessons we have learnt as a service...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Mar 31, 2016 | Announcement
Life science and biotech entrepreneurs, let alone start-ups, are currently few and far between in South Africa. This is partly due to the embryonic status of the South African bio-economy, but also because this new and emerging area doesn’t have the track record which...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog, Innovation management
Despite the hype generated by the Genomics revolution, hardly any outputs produced in ‘omics’ research projects actually lead to the development of commercial products. Notable examples of developments that have made it into medical practice are tests such as Oncotype...
by Dr. Reinhard Hiller | Jan 6, 2012 | Blog, The "Omics" Revolution
I have recently explored the development of the biggest Genomics facility in the world at present, the BGI in China, to contextualize what kind of role Africa can play in the ‘omics’ revolution. Here, I am starting to investigate some of the challenges the ‘omics’...
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