TATAA Biocenter, organizer of hands-on training in molecular diagnostics and Europe's leading provider of genomic services, has partnered with Strand Life Sciences, which implements bioinformatics in personalized medicine, to advance the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data.

As part of the partnership, TATAA Biocenter will distribute and support Strand NGS, Strand's premier analysis tool for NGS data, in Europe.

"We always seek collaboration with the best solution providers for our training courses and Strand Life Sciences are top of the class for NGS whole transcriptome profiling," says Ms Kristina Lind, coordinator of TATAA Biocenter's hands-on training program.

"Our customers request professional tools for the entire NGS workflow from sample preparation, quality control, library preparation, sequencing and data analysis," says Mr Mikael Kubista, president of TATAA Biocenter. "With Strand NGS our customers obtain the most comprehensive and powerful tool for the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data".

"We have always welcomed collaborations for serving the customer better and for the greater good of science. Tataa Biocenter is an established player in Europe with a wide reach. European customers will now have access to one of the most comprehensive, commercially available, NGS analysis tools" says Mr Scott Storrer, President of Strand Life Science.