Examples of our work

Here are a few examples of our services. More information and price indications on request.

Research consulting

EXAMPLE. A client looked for a novel strategy to identify virulence genes from a bacterium of which the genome sequence was available but virulence genes had not been identified. A new technique was developed by MMGC to assess polymorphisms without knowing the phenotype of these genes. The project resulted in a complete new area of research.

EXAMPLE. An on-site consulting session was organised for the research group of a medical microbiology department. Each researcher presented his or her work in a 1-hour face-to-face meeting in which practical problems and future strategies were discussed. Follow-up advise was provided upon demand by Email and web-based conferencing. As a result of fruitful discussions, several projects progressed more rapidly and a number of scientific publications were written in collaboration as a result of the assistance provided by MMGC.

EXAMPLE. A group of enthousiast researchers had sequenced a highly variable region of a human pathogen. The sequences told their story, but what did it all mean? From a wealth of information, with the help of MMGC the most important data were subtracted, ordened, and interpreted for clinical relevance, and subsequently published in a high-standard journal.

News

Conserved mutations in the latest Monkeypox virus clade were characterized

The current global outbreak of Moneypox virus required a detailed bioinformatic analysis to determine which mutations are consistently present in isolates that are now being detected. Some of these may have caused changes in the virus' behavior, such as increasing the replication rate or virus titers, which needs to be experimentally verified.

The publication describing this work is open source and can be found here

Book recommendation

Bacteria: The Benign, the Bad, and the BeautifulBacteria:
The Benign,
the Bad, and
the Beautiful

Dr. Trudy Wassenaar

 

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