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Infectious Diseases & Microbiome

OMICS4 combines host transcriptomics and microbiome profiling to help researchers understand host-pathogen interactions and microbial community dynamics, in-house and with our infectious-disease partner.

Platforms used in this field

Overview

Host and community, from one collection

OMICS4 runs the sequencing behind infectious disease studies: host transcriptome, 16S and shotgun metagenomics, from matrices where a standard extraction underperforms. Biosafety and containment are scoped at intake, not after the samples arrive.

Platforms

Platforms that run an infectious disease study

Extraction & Quality Control

Nucleic acid recovered from difficult matrices.

  • Stool, swabs, biofilms and isolates
  • Protocol chosen per matrix
  • A QC report on every sample
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NGS & Molecular Biology

Sequencing and targeted quantification on host and microbial material.

  • 16S and shotgun metagenomic sequencing of the microbial community
  • Bulk RNA-seq of host tissue or blood, single-cell where the design calls for it
  • Host and community sequenced from the same collection
  • qPCR and dPCR for targeted pathogen detection and load, digital PCR for low-abundance targets
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Samples we accept

Swabs, stool, biopsies, blood, isolates, biofilms and environmental samples. These are the matrices where a standard extraction underperforms, so the protocol is chosen per matrix rather than applied as one blanket standard. Collection protocols are published per sample type, and the DNA criteria apply after extraction.

Biosafety and containment

Sample logistics and laboratory handling are scoped to your biosafety and containment requirements at intake, before anything is shipped. Part of our laboratories sit within the Méditerranée Infection building in Marseille, one of Europe's leading infectious disease research institutes.

What you receive

A QC report for every sample. Demultiplexed FASTQ with run-level QC metrics for the sequencing services. Result tables for PCR work. Turnaround published per service.

Where the bench stops

Alignment, quantification, integration, biomarker discovery and modelling are not part of a platform booking. They are run by GenXMap's R&D team, as the Host–Microbiome Response Package, a programme designed for your industry rather than a line on a quote. Ask for it in the quote request and both are scoped together.

Host–Microbiome Response Package at GenXMap

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