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Scientific Communities

Affymetrix is dedicated to providing innovative genomic analysis tools and education resources for the life science research community.

Scientific Communities

Cytogenetics Research Community

Educational resources for the Cytogenetics Research Community...
Cancer Community

Educational resources for the cancer community along with best practices and workflows.
Human Genotyping Community

Educational resources for the genotyping community along with best practices and workflows.
Translational Research and Personalized Medicine Community

Educational resources, best practices, and workflows.
Cytogenetics Research Community

Educational resources for the Cytogenetics Research Community...
Cancer Community

Educational resources for the cancer community along with best practices and workflows.
Human Genotyping Community

Educational resources for the genotyping community along with best practices and workflows.
Translational Research and Personalized Medicine Community

Educational resources, best practices, and workflows.

Researchers

Jay Tiesman, PhD

From sunscreen to anti-dandruff shampoos to skincare products: the role of genomics
Joshua Schiffman, MD

The use of molecular inversion probe (MIP) technology for studying copy number alterations in pediatric cancers.
Avrum Spira, MD

The discovery of a gene expression signature and a potential preventative treatment for lung cancer.
Lisa Baumbach, MD

How ethnicity-specific genetic changes may govern the risk of developing an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Chris Smith, PhD

EURASNET's approach for comparing commercial microarrays for investigating alternative splicing.
Robert Norgren, PhD

The innovation behind the development of the Affymetrix GeneChip® Rhesus Macaque Genome Array.
Yong-Jie Lu, PhD

A groundbreaking method for rapidly identifying chromosome rearrangements and precisely mapping breakpoints.

Featured Publications

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease
Deloukas, P.; CARDIoGRAMPLUSC4D Consortium; Kanoni, S.; Willenborg, C.; Farrall, M.; Assimes, T. L.; Thompson, J. R.; Ingelsson, E.; Saleheen, D.; Erdmann, J.; Goldstein, B. A.; Stirrups, K.; Konig, I. R.; Cazier, J. B.; Johansson, A.; Hall, A. S.; Lee, J. Y.; Willer, C. J.; Chambers, J. C.; Esko, T.; Folkersen, L.; Goel, A.; Grundberg, E.; Havulinna, A. S.; Ho, W. K.; Hopewell, J. C.; Eriksson, N.; Kleber, M. E.; Kristiansson, K.; Lundmark, P.; Lyytikainen, L. P.; Rafelt, S.; Shungin, D.; Strawbridge, R. J.; Thorleifsson, G.; Tikkanen, E.; Van Zuydam, N.; Voight, B. F.; Waite, L. L.; Zhang, W. H.; Ziegler, A.; Absher, D.; Altshuler, D.; Balmforth, A. J.; Barroso, I.; Braund, P. S.; Burgdorf, C.; Claudi-Boehm, S.; Cox, D.; Dimitriou, M.; Do, R.; DIAGRAM Consortium; CARDIOGENICS Consortium; Doney, A. S. F.; El Mokhtari, N.; Eriksson, P.; Fischer, K.; Fontanillas, P.; Franco-Cereceda, A.; Gigante, B.; Groop, L.; Gustafsson, S.; Hager, J.; Hallmans, G.; Han, B. G.; Hunt, S. E.; Kang, H. M.; Illig, T.; Kessler... Nature Genetics 45(1), NPG, 2013 PubMed
MicroRNA Profiling in Human Neutrophils during Bone Marrow Granulopoiesis and In Vivo Exudation
Larsen, M. T.; Hother, C.; Haeger, M.; Pedersen, C. C.; Theilgaard-Moench, K.; Borregaard, N.; Cowland, J. B. Plos One 8(3), NPG, 2013 PubMed
XperimentR: painless annotation of a biological experiment for the laboratory scientist
Tomlinson, C. D.; Barton, G. R.; Woodbridge, M.; Butcher, S. A. BMC Bioinformatics 14(), NPG, 2013 PubMed