Inside the Xelect Lab: Quality Assurance Drives Higher Genetic Returns
Aquaculture breeding programmes rely on accurate and reliable data to achieve the highest rate of genetic progress. Maintaining high-quality laboratory standards is therefore critical to selective breeding success. In Xelect’s state of the art laboratory, quality underpins every step of our laboratory workflow. Danielle MacRae, Scientific Officer at Xelect, tells us more. Why quality […]
Inside the Xelect Lab: What SNP Markers Are and Why They Matter in Aquaculture?
This is the second article in our Inside the Xelect Lab series, where we take a closer look at the science behind what we do. In our first article, we introduced the lab and how it supports aquaculture genetics programmes around the world. In this article, Dr Paolo Ruggeri, Senior Scientific Officer at Xelect, takes […]
Inside the Xelect Lab: Powering World Leading Aquaculture Genetics
At Xelect, we believe that great genetics start long before a breeding value is calculated, or a selection decision is made. Behind every dataset, every breeding programme, and every breakthrough is a team of lab specialists in molecular biology, population genetics and bioinformatics. This exceptionally dynamic team works seamlessly together to transform raw tissue samples […]
Dr Rachael Wilbourn – Top 10 Under 40 Winner
Last week we received the welcome news that Rachael, our Head of Laboratory, was selected as one of Hatchery International’s “Top 10 Under 40” winners. The Awards honour the world’s up-and-coming hatchery professionals. We’re delighted by the award but not surprised – Rachael and our entire laboratory team are at the heart of everything we […]
The latest from the Lab: doubling our genotyping capacity
There’s never a quiet day in our laboratory, with samples arriving every day from customers all over the world. However, there’s one package in particular that we’ve been looking forward to. This week we’ve taken delivery of our second new Illumina MiSeq ™ genetic sequencer. This welcome addition to our custom-built facility allows us to […]
Brown Trout Genetic Relatedness – New Service
We have now added brown trout, Salmo trutta, to our range of genetic relatedness and parentage assignment services.
Triploidy Analysis Service Launched
We are pleased to announce that we are now offering a rapid and cost-effective flow cytometry service to determine triploidy in fish. We can perform the analysis on eyed embryos and we aim to deliver results within two days of receipt of samples. This service will be of great benefit to producers of triploid trout, […]