Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – August 21, 2012 – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ: FLDM), a supplier of microfluidic systems for growth markets in the life science and agricultural biotechnology industries, today announced that it has closed the previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,209,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $14.25 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $60 million. The shares include 549,000 shares of common stock sold pursuant to the over-allotment option granted by Fluidigm to the underwriters, which option was exercised in full. The net proceeds from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Fluidigm, will be approximately $56.1 million.
Fluidigm currently plans to use the net proceeds from this offering for research and development, commercialization of its products, working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Piper Jaffray & Co. and Cowen and Company, LLC acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering. Leerink Swann LLC, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as the co-managers for the offering.
A shelf registration statement (File No. 333-180550) relating to these securities was filed on April 4, 2012, as amended on May 7, 2012, and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2012. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC on August 16, 2012. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Piper Jaffray & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402 or by telephone at 800-747-3924 or by email at prospectus@pjc.com, or from Cowen and Company, LLC (c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, Phone: 631-274-2806, Fax: 631-254-7140). An electronic copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering is available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov/.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of offers to buy any securities of Fluidigm, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any security in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties related to our business and the general economic environment, many beyond our control. These risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements, including market risk and the risks we identify in reports filed with the SEC.
Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, we can give no assurance that our expectations are correct. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. For a detailed description of our risks and uncertainties, you are encouraged to review the official corporate documents filed with the SEC. Fluidigm does not undertake any obligation to publicly update its forward-looking statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof.
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- Huelga, S.C., Yeo, G.W. et al. February 23, 2012. Integrative Genome-wide Analysis Reveals Cooperative Regulation of Alternative Splicing by hnRNP Proteins. Cell Reports
- Reckzeh, K., Bereshchenko, O., Mead, A., Rehn, M., Kharazi, S., Jacobsen, S-E., Nerlov, C., Cammenga, J. February 9, 2012. Molecular and cellular effects of oncogene cooperation in a genetically accurate AML mouse model. Leukemia
- Spitzer, T.L.B., Rojas, A., Zelenko, Z., Aghajanova, L., Erikson, D.W., Barragan, F., Meyer, M., Tamaresis, J.S., Hamilton, A.E., Irwin, J.C., Giudice, L.C. February 1, 2012. Perivascular Human Enometrial Mesenchymal Stem Cells Express Pathways Relevant to Self-Renewal, Lineage Specification, and Functional Phenotype. Biology of Reproduction
- Walter, K., Holcomb, T. Januario, T., et al. January 19, 2012. DNA Methylation Profiling Defines Clinically Relevant Biological Subsets of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research
- Miller, A.L., Sims, G.P., Brewah, Y.A., Rebelatto, M.C., Kearley, J., Benjamin, E., Keller, A.E., Brohawn, P., Herbst, R., Coyle, A.J., Humbles, A.A., Kolbeck, R. January 18, 2012. Opposing Roles of Membrane and Soluble Forms of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Primary Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. The Journal of Infectious Disease
- May-Panloup, P., Ferre´-L’Hoˆ tellier, V., Morinie`re, C., Marcaillou, C., Lemerle, S., Malinge, M.C., Coutolleau, A., Lucas, N., Reynier, P., Descamps, P., Guardiola, P. January 13, 2012. Molecular characterization of corona radiata cells from patients with diminished ovarian reserve using microarray and microfluidic-based gene expression profiling. Human Reproduction
- Passtoors, W.M., Boer, J.M., Goeman, J.J., van den Akker, E.B., Deelen, J., Zwaan, B.J., Scarborough, A., van der Breggen, R., Vossen, R.H.A.M., Houwing-Duistermaat, J.J., van Ommen, G.J.B., Westendorp, R.G.J., van Heemst, D., de Craen, A.J.M., White, A.J., Gunn, D.A., Beekman, M., Slagboom, P.E. January 11, 2012. Transcriptional Profiling of Human Familial Longevity Indicates a Role for ASF1A and IL7R. PLoS ONE
- Laurell H, Iacovoni JS, Abot A, Svec D, Maoret JJ, Arnal JF, Kubista M. January 6, 2012. Correction of RT-qPCR data for genomic DNA-derived signals with ValidPrime. Nucleic Acids Research
- Rizkalla, S.W., Prifti, E., Cotillard, A., Pelloux, V., Rouault, C., Allouche, R., Laromiguière, M., Kong, L., Darakhshan, F., Massiera, F., Clement, K. January 2, 2012. Differential effects of macronutrient content in 2 energy-restricted diets on cardiovascular risk factors and adipose tissue cell size in moderately obese individuals: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Rizkalla, S.W., Prifti, E., Cotillard, A., Pelloux, V., Rouault, C., Allouche, R., Laromiguière, M., Kong, L., Darakhshan, F., Massiera, F., Clement, K. January 2, 2012. Differential effects of macronutrient content in 2 energy-restricted diets on cardiovascular risk factors and adipose tissue cell size in moderately obese individuals: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Suguitan, Jr., A.L., Matsuoka, Y., Lau, Y.F., Santos, C.P., Vogel, L., Cheng, L.I., Orandle, M., Subbaraoa, K. December 28, 2011. The Multibasic Cleavage Site of the Hemagglutinin of Highly Pathogenic A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1) Avian Influenza Virus Acts as a Virulence Factor in a Host-Specific Manner in Mammals. Journal of Virology
- Agostini, J., Benoist, S., Seman, M., Julié, C., Imbeaud, S., Letourneur, F., Cagnard, N., Rougier, P., Brouquet, A., Zucman-Rossi, J., Laurent-Puig, P. December 24, 2011. Identification of molecular pathways involved in oxaliplatin-associated sinusoidal dilatation. Journal of Hepatology
- Al-Garawi, A., Husain, M., Ilieva, D., Humbles, A.A., Kolbeck, R., Stampfli, M.R., O’Byrne, P.M., Coyle, A.J., Jordana, M. December 14, 2011. Shifting of Immune Responsiveness to House Dust Mite by Influenza A Infection: Genomic Insights. The Journal of Immunology
- Homma, S., Chen, J.C.J., Rahimov, F., Beermann, M.L., Hanger, K., Bibat, G.M., Wagner, K.R., Kunkel, L.M., Emerson, C.P, Miller, J.B. November 23, 2011. A unique library of myogenic cells from facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy subjects and unaffected relatives: family, disease and cell function. European Journal of Human Genetics
- Farb, M.G., Ganley-Leal, L., Mott, M., Liang, Y., Ercan, B., Widlansky, M.E., Bigornia, S.J., Fiscale, A.J., Apovian, C.M., Carmine, B., Hess, D.T., Vita, J.A., Gokce, N. November 17, 2011. Arteriolar Function in Visceral Adipose Tissue Is Impaired in Human Obesity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
- Kooistra, M.K., Leduc, R.Y.M., Dawe, C.E., Fairbridge, N.A., Rasmussen, J., Man, J.H.Y., Bujold, M., Juriloff, D., King-Jones, K., McDermid, H.E. October 26, 2011. Strain-specific modifier genes of Cecr2-associated exencephaly in mice: genetic analysis and identification of differentially expressed candidate genes. Physiol Genomics
- Guerau-de-Arellano, M., Alder, H., Ozer, H.G., Lovett-Racke, A., Racke, M.K. October 17, 2011. miRNA profiling for biomarker discovery in multiple sclerosis: From microarray to deep sequencing. Journal of Neuroimmunology
- Deminice, R., da Silva, R.P., Lamarre, S.G., Brown, C., Furey, G,N., McCarter, S.A., Jordao, A.A., Kelly, K.B., King-Jones, K., Jacobs, R.L., Brosnan, M.E., and Brosnan, J.T. October 1, 2011. Creatine Supplementation Prevents the Accumulation of Fat in the Livers of Rats fed a High-Fat Diet. The Journal of Nutrition
- Owczarczyk, K., Lal, P., Abbas, A.R., Wolslegel, K., Holweg, C., Dummer, W., Kelman, A., Brunetta, P., Lewin-Koh, N., Sorani, M., Leong, D., Fielder, P., Yocum, D., Ho, C., Ortmann, W., Townsend, M.J., and Behrens, T.W. September 22, 2011. A Plasmablast Biomarker for Nonresponse to Antibody Therapy to CD20 in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Science Translational Medicine
- Virant-Klun, I., Skutella, T., Stimpfel, M., Sinkovec, J. December 6, 2011. Ovarian surface epithelium in patients with severe ovarian infertility: a potential source of cells expressing markers of pluripotent/multipotent stem cells.Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
- Pennesi,M.E., Stover, N.B., Stone,E.M., Chiang, P.W., and Weleber, R.G. September, 7, 2011. Residual Electroretinograms in Young Leber Congenital Amaurosis Patients with Mutations of AIPL1. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
- Spitz, M.R., Gorlov, I.P., Amos, C.I., Dong, Q., Chen, W., Etzel, C.J., Gorlova, O.Y., Chang, D.W., Pu, X., Zhang, D., Wang, L., Cunningham, J.M., Yang, P., and Wu, X. August 25, 2011. Variants in Inflammation Genes Are Implicated in Risk of Lung Cancer in Never Smokers Exposed to Second-hand Smoke. Cancer Discovery
- Botelho, F.M., Nikota, J.K., Bauer, C., Davis, N.H.E., Cohen, E.S., Anderson, I.K., Coyle, A.J., Kolbeck, R., Humbles, A.A., Stampfli, M.R., Sleeman, M.A. August 1, 2011. A mouse GM-CSF receptor antibody attenuates neutrophilia in mice exposed to cigarette smoke. European Respiratory Journal
- Danilla, D.C., Anand, A., Sung, C.C., Heller, G., Leversha, M.A., Cao, L., Lilja, H., Molina, A., Sawyers, C.L., Fleisher, M., Scher, H.I. July 14, 2011. TMPRSS2-ERG Status in Circulating Tumor Cells as a Predictive Biomarker of Sensitivity in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Abiraterone Acetate. European Association of Urology
- Yoo, A.S., Sun, A.X., Li, L., Shcheglovitov, A., Portmann, T., Li, Y., Lee-Messer, C.,
Dolmetsch, R.E., Tsien, R.W., Crabtree, G.R. July 13, 2011. MicroRNA-mediated conversion of human fibroblasts to neurons. Nature - Robic, A., Fève, K., Larzul,C., Billon, Y., van Son, M., Liaubet, L., Sarry, J., Milan, D., Grindflek, E. April 13, 2011.Expression levels of 25 genes in liver and testis located in a QTL region for androstenone on SSC7q1.2 Animal Genetics
- Edery, P., Marcaillou, C., Sahbatou, M., Labalme, A., Chastang, J., Touraine, R., Tubacher, E., Senni, F., Bober, M.B., Nampoothiri, S., Jouk, P.S., Steichen, E., Berland, S., Toutain, A., Wise, C.A., Sanlaville, D., Rousseau, F., Clerget-Daroux, F., Leutenegger, A.L. April 8, 2011. Association of TALS Developmental Disorder with Defect in Minor Splicing Component. Science
- Angeles Julaton, V.T., Reijo Pera, R.A. April 5, 2011. NANOS3 function in human germ cell development. Human Molecular Genetics
- Lundberg, M., Thorsen, S. B., Assarsson, E., Villablanca, A., Tran, B., Gee, N. Knowles, M., Nielsen, B.S., Couto, E.G., Martin, R., Nilsson, O., Fermer, C., Schlingemann, J., Christensen, I.J., Nielsen, H., Ekström, B., Andersson, C., Gustafsson, M., Brunner, N., Stenvang, J., and Fredriksson, S. April 1, 2011. Multiplexed Homogeneous Proximity Ligation Assays for High-throughput Protein Biomarker Research in Serological Material. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
- Hogan, V., Holweg, C., Kummerfeld, S., Teng, Y.K.O., Townsend,M., and van Laar, J.M. 2011. Changes in gene expression in synovial tissue from refractory rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with rituximab. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Nishikawa, M., Owaki, H., Fuji, T. April 14, 2011. Rheumatoid arthritis – treatment 180. Utility of Body Weight Classified Low-Dose Leflunomide in Japanese Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatology
- Jang, J.S., Simon, V., Feddersen, R., Rakhshan, F., Schultz, D., Zschunke, M., Lnigle, W., Kolbert, C., Jen, J. March 10, 2011. Quantitative miRNA Expression Analysis Using Fluidigm Microfluidic Dynamic Arrays. BMC Genomics
- Bugarel, M., Beutin, L., Scheutz, F., Loukiadis, E., Fach, P. February 4, 2011. Identification of Genetic Markers for Differentiation of Shiga Toxin-Producing, Enteropathogenic, and Avirulent Strains of Escherichia coli 026. Applied and Evironmental Microbiology
- Panula, S., Medrano, J.V., Kee, K., Bergström, R., Nguyen, H.N., Byers, B., Wilson, K.D., Wu, J.C., Simon, C., Hovatta, O., and Reijo Pera, R.A. December 23, 2011. Human germ cell differentiation from fetal- and adult-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. Human Molecular Genetics
- Moltzahn, F., Hunkapiller, N., Mir, A.A., Imbar, T., Blelloch, R. January 1, 2011. High Throughput MicroRNA Profiling: Optimized Multiplex qRT-PCR at Nanoliter Scale on the Fluidigm Dynamic ArrayTM IFCs. Medline
- Moltzahn, F., Olshen, A.B., Baehner, L., Peek, A.S., Fong, L., Stoppler, H.J., Simko, J., Hilton, J.F., Carroll, P.R., and Blelloch, R. November 22, 2010. Microfluidic based multiplex qRT-PCR identifies diagnostic and prognostic microRNA signatures in sera of prostate cancer patients. Cancer Research
- Wong, C.C., Loewke, K.E., Bossert, N.L., Behr, B., De Jonge, C.J., Baer T.M., & Reijo Pera, R.A. October 3, 2010.Non-invasive imaging of human embryos before embryonic genome activation predicts development to the blastocyst stage. Nature Biotechnology
- Tehranchi, R., Woll, P.S., Anderson, K., et al. September 9, 2010. Persistent Malignant Stem Cells in del(5q) Myelodysplasia in Remission. The New England Journal of Medicine
- Petriv, O.I., Kuchenbauer, F., Delaney, A.D., et al. August 11, 2010. Comprehensive microRNA expression profiling of the hematopoietic hierarchy. PNAS
- Schoeffler, A.J., May, A.P. and Berger, J.M. July 31, 2010. A domain insertion in Escherichia coli GyrB adopts a novel fold that plays a critical role in gyrase function. Nucleaic Acids Research
Download Article - Hosokawa, K., Arai, F., Yoshihara, H., Iwasaki, H., Nakamura, Y., Gomei, Y. and Suda, T. July 29, 2010.Knockdown of N-cadherin suppresses the long-term engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells. BLOOD
- Iwasaki, H., Arai, F., Kubota, Y., Dahl, M. and Suda, T. July 29, 2010. Endothelial protein C receptor-expressing hematopoietic stem cells reside in the perisinusoidal niche in fetal liver. BLOOD
- Hennessy, B.T.J., Timms, K.M., Carey, M.S., et al. July 6, 2010. Somatic Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Could Expand the Number of Patients That Benefit From Poly (ADP Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer.Journal of Clinical Oncology
Download Article - Petriv, O.I., Kuchenbauer, F., Delaney, A.D., Lecault, V., White, A., Kent, D., Marmolejo, L., Heuser, M., Berg, T., Copley, J., Sekulovec, S., Benz, C., Kuroda, E., Ho, V., Antignano, F., Halim, T., Giambra, V., Krystal, G., Takei, C.J.F., Weng, A.P., Piret, J., Eaves, C., Marra, M.A., Humphries, R.K. and Hansen, C.L. June 30, 2010.Comprehensive microRNA expression profiling of the hematopoietic hierarchy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Tay, S., Hughey, J.J., Lee, T.K., Lipniacki, T., Quake, S.R. and Covert, M.W. June 27, 2010. Single-cell NF-kB dynamics reveal digital activation and analogue information processing. Nature
- Kee, K., Flores, M., Cedars, M.I. and Pera, R. A .R. June 18, 2010. Human Primordial Germ Cell Formation Is Diminished by Exposure to Environmental Toxicants Acting through the AHR Signaling Pathway.Toxicological Sciences
Download Article - Hart, C.P. June 15, 2010. Product Focus: High-Content Screening and Imaging: Instrumentation, Analysis, and Applications. Journal of Biomolecular Sceening
- McElroy, S.L., Byrne, J.A., Chavez, S.L., Behr, B., Hsueh, A.J.,Westphal, L.M., Reijo Pera, R.A. June 7, 2010.Parthenogenic Blastocysts Derived from Cumulus-Free In Vitro Matured Human Oocytes. PLoS ONE
Download Article - Cole, B.B., Smith, R.W., Jenkins, K.M., Graham, B.B., Reynolds, P.R. and Reynolds, S.D. June 3, 2010. Tracheal Basal Cells: A Facultative Progenitor Cell Pool. American Journal of Pathology
Download Article - Freedman, J.E., Larson, M.G., Tanriverdi, K., O’Donnell, C.J., Morin, K., Hakanson, A.S., Vasan, R.S., Johnson, A.D., Iafrati, M.D., and Benjamin E.J. May 14, 2010. Relation of Platelet and Leukocyte Inflammatory Transcripts to Body Mass Index in the Framingham Heart Study. A.H.A. Circulation
- Van Baarsen, L.G., Wijbrandts, C.A., Rustenburg, F., Cantaert, T., van der Pouw Kraan, T.C., Baeten, D.L., Dijkmans, B.A., Tak, P.P., and Verweij, C.L. January 22, 2010. Regulation of IFN response gene activity during infliximab treatment in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with clinical response to treatment. Arthritis Research & Therapy
- Wang, J., Ramakrishnan, R., Tang, Z., Fan, W., Kluge, A., Dowlati , A., Jones, R.C., Ma, P.C. Jan 19, 2010.Quantifying EGFR Alterations in the Lung Cancer Genome with Nanofluidic Digital PCR Arrays. Clinical Chemistry
- Bujold, M., Gopalakrishnan, A., Nally, E., King-Jones, K. 2009 Nov 23. The nuclear receptor DHR96 acts as a sentinel for low cholesterol concentrations in Drosophila. Mol Cell Biol.
- Jones, D., Yao, H., Romans, A., Dando, C., Pierce, S., Borthakur,G., Hamilton, A., Bueso-Ramos, C., Ravandi, F., Garcia-Manero, G., Kantarjian, H. 2009 Nov 11. Modeling interactions between leukemia-specific chromosomal changes, somatic mutations, and gene expression patterns during progression of core-binding factor leukemias.Wiley InterScience.
- Lee, D.W., Rajagopalan, S., Siddiq, A., Gwiazda, R., Yang, L., Beal, M.F., Ratan, R.R. and Andersen, J.K. 2009 Oct 16. Inhibition of Prolyl Hydroxylase Protects against 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced Neurotoxicity. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
- Helzer, K.T., Barnes, H.E., Day, L., Harvey, J., Billings, P.R., and Forsyth A. 2009 Sep 29. Circulating Tumor Cells Are Transcriptionally Similar to the Primary Tumor in a Murine Prostate Model. Cancer Research. [Epub ahead of print]
- Byrne, J.A., Nguyen, H.N., Reijo Pera, R.A. 2009 Sept 23. Enhanced Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from a Subpopulation of Human Fibroblasts. PLoS ONE.
- J. P. C. da Cunhaa, P. A. F. Galantea, J. E. de Souzaa, R. F. et al . 2009 Sept 15. Bioinformatics construction of the human cell surfaceome. PNAS.
- Orina, J.N., Calcagno, A.M., Wu, C.P., et.al. 2009 July 7. Evaluation of current methods used to analyze the expression profiles of ATP-binding cassette transporters yields an improved drug-discovery database. Mol Cancer Ther. 8(7):2057-66
- Sato, T., Onai, N., Yoshihara, H., Arai, F., Suda, T., Ohteki, T. 2009 June. Interferon regulatory factor-2 protects quiescent hematopoietic stem cells from type I interferon-dependent exhaustion. Nat Med. 15(6):696-700.
- Haston, K.M., Tung, J.Y., Reijo Pera, R.A. 2009 May 21. Dazl functions in maintenance of pluripotency and genetic and epigenetic programs of differentiation in mouse primordial germ cells in vivo and in vitro. PLoS ONE. 4(5):e5654
Download Article - Berndt, J.D., Biechele, T.L., Moon, R.T., Major, M.B. 2009 May 12. Integrative analysis of genome-wide RNA interference screens. Sci Signal. 2(70):pt4.
- Farber, C.R., Aten, J.A., Farber, E.A., et al. 2009 Mar 31. Genetic dissection of a major mouse obesity QTL (Carfhg2): Integration of gene expression and causality modeling. Physiol Genomics.
- Yao, Y., Higgs, B.W., Morehouse, C., et al., 2008 Nov 5. Development of potential pharmacodynamic and diagnostic markers for anti-IFN-a monoclonal antibody trials in systemic lupus erythematosus. Human Genomics and Proteomics, 2009: 16 pages
- Golden, T.R., Hubbard, A., Dando, C., Herren, M.A., Melov, S., 2008 Dec. Age-related behaviors have distinct transcriptional profiles in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell. 7(6):850-65.
- Major, M.B., Roberts, B.S., Berndt, J.D., et al., 2008 Nov 11. New regulators of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling revealed by integrative molecular screening. Sci Signal. 1(45):ra12.
- Kuchenbauer, F., Morin, R.D., Argiropoulos, B., et al., 2008 Nov, In-depth characterization of the microRNA transcriptome in a leukemia progression model. Genome Res. 18(11):1787-97.
- Chang, C.P., Nagel, D., Zaghloul, M., Nov-Dec 2008, Go with the (micro) flow. IEEE Potentials. 27(6):17-25.
- Yao, Y., Richman, L., Morehouse, C., et al. 2008 Jul 16. Type I Interferon: Potential Therapeutic Target for Psoriasis? PLoSONE. 3(7):e2737.
Download Article - Spurgeon, S.L., Jones, R. C., Ramakrishnan, R. 2008 Feb 27. High throughput gene expression measurement with real time PCR in a microfluidic dynamic array. PLoSONE. 3(2):e1662.
Download Article - Spletter, M.L., Liu, J., Liu, J., 2007 Jul 16, Lola regulates Drosophila olfactory projection neuron identity and targeting specificity. Neural Develop. 2:14.
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- Shin, J.W., Suzuki, T., Ninomiya, N., Kishima, M., Hasegawa, Y., Kubosaki, A., Yabukami, H., Hayashizaki, Y., Suzuki, H. August 8, 2012. Establishment of single-cell screening system for the rapid identification of transcriptional modulators involved in direct cell reprogramming. Nucleic Acids Research
- Narayanan G, Poonepalli A, Chen J, Sankaran S, Hariharan S, Yu YH, Robson P, Yang H, Ahmed S. July 26, 2012.Single-cell mRNA profling identifies progenitor subclasses in neurospheres. Stem Cells and Development
- Surmacz, B., Fox, H., Gutteridge, A., Lubitz, S. Whiting, P. June 5, 2012. Directing Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells towards Anterior Neural Ectoderm Using Small Molecules. Stem Cells
- Jeffrey, S.S., Powell, A.A. et al. May 7, 2012. Single Cell Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells: Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Diversity from Breast Cancer Cell Lines. PLoS one
- Sanchez-Freire, Ebert, A.D., Kalisky, T., Quake, S.R., Wu, J.C. April 5, 2012. Microfluidic single-cell real-time PCR for comparative analysis of gene expression traits. Nature Protocols
- Luc, S., Jacobsen, S.E.W., et al. February 19, 2012. The earliest thymic T cell progenitors sustain B cell and myloid lineage potential. Nature Immunology
- Pina, C., Fugazza, C., Tipping, A.J., Brown, J., Soneji, S., Teles, J., Peterson, C., Enver, T. February 19, 2012.Inferring rules of lineage commitment in haematopoiesis. Nature Cell Biology
- Spike, B.T., Engle, D.D., Lin, J.C., Cheung, S.K., La, J., Wahl, G.M. February 2, 2012. A Mammary Stem Cell Population Identified and Characterized in Late Embryogenesis Reveals Similarities to Human Breast Cancer. Cell Stem Cell
- Oyolu, C., Zakharia, F., Baker, J. December 20, 2011. Distinguishing Human Cell Types Based on Housekeeping Gene Signatures. Stem Cells
- Vincent, J.J., Ziwei Li, Z., Lee, S.A., Liu, X., Etter, M.O., Diaz-Perez, S.V., Taylor, S.K., Sofia Gkountela, S., Lindgren, A.G., Clark, A.T. December 15, 2011. Single Cell Analysis Facilitates Staging of Blimp1-Dependent Primordial Germ Cells Derived from Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. PLoS ONE
Download Article - Citri, A., Pang, Z.P., Südhof, T.C., Wernig, M., Malenka, R.C. December 22, 2011. Comprehensive qPCR profiling of gene expression in single neuronal cells. Nature Protocols
- Virant-Klun, I., Skutella, T., Stimpfel, M., Sinkovec, J. December 6, 2011. Ovarian surface epithelium in patients with severe ovarian infertility: a potential source of cells expressing markers of pluripotent/multipotent stem cells.Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
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- Dalerba, P., Kalisky, T., Sahoo, D., Rajendran, P.S., Rothenber, M.E., Leyrat, A., Sim, S., Okamoto, J., Johnston, D.M., Qian, D., Zabala, M., Bueno, J., Neff, N.F., Wang, J., Shelton, A.A., Visser, B., Hisamori, S.,Shimono, Y., van de Wetering, M., Clevers, H., Clarke, M.F., Quake, S.R. November 13, 2011. Single-cell dissection of transcriptional heterogeneity in human colon tumors. Nature Biotechnology
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- Forshew, T., Murtaza, M., Parkinson, C., Gale, D., Tsui, D.W.Y., Kaper, F., Dawson, S.J., Piskorz, A.M.,
Jimenez-Linan, M., Bentley, D., Hadfield, J., May, A.P., Caldas, C., Brenton, J.D., Rosenfeld, N. May 31, 2012.Noninvasive Identification and Monitoring of Cancer Mutations by Targeted Deep Sequencing. Science Translational Medicine - Lohr, J.G., Golub, T.R., et al. February 17, 2012. Discovery and prioritization of somatic mutations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) by whole-exome sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Cronn, R., Knaus, B.J., Liston, A., Maughan, P.J., Parks, M., Syring, J.V., Udall, J. February 6, 2012. Targeted Enrichment Strategies for Next-Generation Plant Biology. American Journal of Botany
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Mertes, F., ElSharawy, A., Sauer, S., an Helvoort, J., van der Zaag, P.J., Franke, A., Nilsson, M., Lehrach H., Brookes, A.J. November 26, 2011. Targeted enrichment of genomic DNA regions for next-generation sequencing.Oxford Journals, Briefings in Functional Genomics
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- Bybee, S.M., Bracken-Grissom, H., Haynes, B.D., Hermansen, R.A., Byers, R.L., Clement, M.J., Udall, J.A., Wilcox, E.R., Crandall, K.A. October 13, 2011. Targeted Amplicon Sequencing (TAS): A Scalable Next-Gen Approach to Multilocus, Multitaxa Phylogenetics. Genome Biology and Evolution
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- Hooli, B.V., Mohapatra, G., Mattheisen, M. et al. April 4, 2012. Role of common and rare APP DNA sequence variants in Alzheimer disease. Neurology
- Barrett, A.N., McDonnell, T.C.R., Chan, K.C.A., Chitty, L.S. March 26, 2012. Digital PCR Analysis of Maternal Plasma for Noninvasive Detection of Sickle Cell Anemia. Clinical Chemistry
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- Blauw, H.M., Al-Chalabi, A., Andersen, P.M., et al. August 10, 2010. A large genome scan for rare CNVs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Human Molecular Genetics
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- Spitali, P., Heemskerk, H., Vossen, R.H., Ferlini, A., den Dunnen, J.T., AC ‘t Hoen, P. and Aartsma-Rus, A. May 10, 2010. Accurate quantification of dystrophin mRNA and exon skipping levels in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Laboratory Investigation
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- Weinstein, J.A., Jiang, N., White, R.A. 3rd, Fisher, D.S., Quake, S.R. 2009 May 8. High-throughput sequencing of the zebrafish antibody repertoire. Science. 324(5928):807-10.
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- White, R.A. 3rd, Blainey, P.C., Fan, H.C., Quake, S.R. 2009 Mar 19. Digital PCR provides sensitive and absolute calibration for high throughput sequencing. BMC Genomics. 10(1):116.
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- Davydova, N., Streltsov, V.A., Roufail, S., Lovrecz, G.O., Stacker, S.A., Adams, T.E., Achen, M.G. January 10, 2012. Preparation of human vascular endothelial growth factor-D for structural and preclinical therapeutic studies.Protein Expression and Purification
- Olal, D., Kuehne, A., Bale, S., Halfmann, P., Hashiguchi, T., Fusco, M.L., Lee, J.E., King, L.B., Kawaoka, Y., Dye Jr., J.M., Saphire, E.O. December 14, 2012. Structure of an Antibody in Complex with Its Mucin Domain Linear Epitope That is Protective Against Ebola Virus. Journal of Virology
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This is an extremely comprehensive coverage and resource for genomic technology. It looks like there will be more progress in separation, specimen handling, and accuracy.
Every post of mine is intended to LAST as a definitive selection, more representative and as complete as I could have brought it into being – very similar to a figurative delivery – a job well done
PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT
The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.
Figure 11.25
Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more ) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells
Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.
Figure 11.26
Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.
The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.
Figure 11.27
Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/
This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.
I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.
PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT
The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.
Figure 11.25
Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more ) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells
Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.
Figure 11.26
Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.
The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.
Figure 11.27
Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/
This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.
I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.