Microbiome Insights hosts students for educational laboratory tour

JUNE 15, 2018 -- Microbiome Insights was pleased to welcome an enthusiastic group of post-secondary students from Vancouver's Alexander College this week for a laboratory tour and presentation.

During the visit team member Ben Tantika, Senior Next-generation Sequencing Technician, described the cellular and molecular biology techniques used in research labs to answer scientific questions.

The second year biology students heard about the importance of knowing the ways in which biological sciences techniques can be applied in both research and industrial settings. Tantika also helped the students understand how a career in life sciences can take shape, giving anecdotes about his own previous experiences as an international student studying at UBC Okanagan.

 

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Microbiome Insights, Inc. is a global leader providing end-to-end microbiome sequencing and comprehensive bioinformatic analysis. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada where samples from around the world are processed in its College of American Pathologist (CAP) accredited laboratory. Working with clients from pharma, biotech, nutrition, cosmetic and agriculture companies as well as with world leading academic and government research institutions, Microbiome Insights has supported over 925 microbiome studies from basic research to commercial R&D and clinical trials. The company's team of expert bioinformaticians and data scientists deliver industry leading insights including biomarker discovery, machine-learning based modelling and customized bioinformatics analysis.