Miltenyi Biotec B.v. Co., Kg

Owl Biomedical, Inc.

Robert Pinard

Hansueli Meyer

Seiyu Hosono

John Stuart Foster

Andreas Bosio

Thomas Rothmann

Kevin Shields

Mehran Hoonejani

Heinrich Spiecker

Emily Neil

Chris Nehme

Matthias Wahl

Ryan Hindman

A microfabricated droplet dispensing structure is described, which may include a MEMS microfluidic fluidic valve, configured to open and close a microfluidic channel. The opening and closing of the valve may separate a target biological particle containing genomic material, and a bead from a sample stream, and direct these two particle into a single droplet formed at the edge of the substrate. The droplet may then be encased in a sheath flow of an immiscible fluid, and provided to a sequencing module. The sequencing module may sequence the genomic material and/or an identifying barcode attached to the bead.

Microfabricated droplet dispensor with immiscible fluid and genetic sequencer

Microscopy imaging that allow for multiple mRNAs, proteins and metabolites to be spatially resolved at a subcellular level provides valuable molecular information which is a crucial factor for understanding tissue heterogeneity as for example within the tumor micro environment. The current invention describes a method (SUMI-Seq) which combines the use of Spatial Unique Molecular Identifier in situ sequencing and in vitro sequencing of rolonies derived from rolling circle amplification from padlock oligonucleotides targeting portion of RNA or cDNA transcript at a subcellular level with less limitation in the amount of transcripts and the length of the sequence that can be analyzed. Apart from padlocks oligonucleotides, the SUMI-Seq method can also be applied using circular oligonucleotides to spatially resolve proteins and metabolites to provide multiomics results.

Method and instrumentation for spatial multiomics using SUMI-technology

Microscopy imaging that allow for multiple mRNAs to be resolved at a single cell level provides valuable information regarding transcript amount and localization, which is a crucial factor for understanding tissue heterogeneity, the molecular development and treatment of diseases. The current invention describes a method (Fly FISH) which combined the use of padlock oligonucleotides as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes for detection and sequencing targeted portion of RNA or cDNA transcript at a cellular level with less limitation in the amount of transcripts and the length of the sequence that can be analyzed. Padlocks probes containing various barcodes in their core are utilized both as FISH probes and also to capture RNA portion that can be sequenced. The same barcodes can be used to selectively prime a rolling circle amplification and amplify a subset of transcripts coming from a specific region that have been tagged as of interest during the probing steps.

Method combining single cell gene expression mapping and targeted RNA or c-DNA sequencing using padlock oligonucleotides comprising a barcode region

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Robert Pinard