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2010
Winter 2010
Summary: Comparing the frequency of somatic coding mutations found in a breast metastasis to the primary tumour
Report: Try it, you'll like it! Cost-sharing: An inexpensive way to evaluate the NanoString or BioPlex platforms

Spring 2010
Summary: Occurrence of Autoantibodies to Annexin I, 14-3-3 Theta and LAMR1 in Prediagnostic Lung Cancer Sera
Report: Multiple applications using one versatile technology - Discover the Luminex xMAP platform

2009
Autumn 2009
Summary: Validating Array Data: Beyond quantitative PCR
Report: lincRNAs: Regulating the epigenome

Summer 2009
Summary: Comparison of normalisation methods for miRNA microarry data
Report: Validation of the Illumina miRNA platform: comparison with Affymetrix and Agilent

Spring 2009
Review: Identification of transcription factors that appear to reprogramme differentiated pancreatic exocrine cells
Report: Internal validation of the Illumina iScan system for gene expression studies

Winter 2009
Review: Looking into eye cancer: The identification of a gene that may modify metastatic risk
Report: Next-generation sequencing: Synergy with Microarrays

2008
Autumn 2008
Review: Gene silencing in cancer by histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation independent of promoter DNA methylation
Report: Data Analysis, Licensed software and freeware used at the UHNMAC

2007
Summer 2007
Review: MAQC Project: Sparking scientific debate about the reliability of microarray technology
Report: Carbohydrate Microarrays

Spring 2007
Review: Taking a closer look at aberrant methylation in cancer
Report: Lipid Microarrays

Winter 2007
Review: Getting under your skin: Using keratinocytes to identify p63 gene targets
Report: microRNA

2006
An Evaluation of Two Commercial Hybridisation Technologies
Review: Resisting Arrest- using microarrays to decipher genetic signatures of drug resistance for tumor cell lines
Report: Array Comparative Genomic Hybridisation

News Releases
2009
April 27, 2009
Agilent's SurePrint G3 oligonucleotide arrays are now available.

April 14, 2009
Gene expression and miRNA profiling studies can now be performed on the Illumina iScan System.

March 6, 2009
The Agilent high-resolution scanner is now available for scanning Agilent and non-Agilent glass slides.

2007
October 2007
Launch of miRNA Expression Profiling Service using the Agilent Platform.

March 2007
Changes to Agilent Services including lower prices and new arrays.

February 2007
University Health Network Microarray Centre and Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute Microarray Facility Announce Collaboration