Paper on in vivo single-molecule fluorescence published in Chemical Science
Our paper Stable End-Sealed DNA as Robust Nano-rulers for In Vivo Single-Molecule Fluorescence, in collaboration with Achillefs Kapanidis (Oxford Physics) has is published in Chemical Science today.
PhD studentship in "Gene and Genome Synthesis in an Epigenetic Context"
An Industrial CASE DPhil (PhD) studentship in the Brown Group is available for October 2016, on “Gene and Genome Synthesis in an Epigenetic Context”. The studentship is a collaboration with ATDBio Ltd, in Oxford. Applicants should apply through the Oxford Interdisciplinary Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme. The closing date has been extended to 11th March 2016.
http://www.biodtp.ox.ac.uk/gene-and-genome-synthesis-in-an-epigenetic-context/index.html
Novacyt to acquire Primer Design
Cancer diagnostics company Novacyt is to acquire Primer Design, a molecular diagnostics company founded by Dr Rob Powell, Dr Jim Wicks and Prof. Tom Brown in 2005, for up to £12.35m (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN152002).