How Genetic Variation in the Immune System Predicts COVID-19 Disease Outcome

23/03/2020

Authors: Csaba Pal, Mate Manczinger, Attila Berces As we all know, the COVID-19 infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 virus has spread globally. It is a significant and urgent medical threat with serious implications on our personal life and global economy. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to identify biomarkers...

Webinar – HLA Typing Uses in Research. How is HLA Explore Used to Facilitate it?

20/03/2020

Join us for a Webinar on Tuesday, April 7 with Efi Melista (Head of Product, Omixon) who will be talking about the uses of HLA typing in research and population studies, and how Omixon’s HLA Explore can facilitate it. Examples in disease associations, pharmacogenetics, drug sensitivities and overall population genetics...

Omixon Welcomes Gregory Werner as VP Commercial Operations

17/03/2020

Omixon is delighted to announce that Gregory Werner joined Omixon as Vice President Commercial Operations, effective March 16, 2020. About Greg Greg earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Biochemistry from University Savoie-Mont Blanc and also holds a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering in addition to a Post...

Do You Know What it Takes to CE Mark an HLA Typing Product?

16/03/2020

Abstract presentation by Omixon’s Senior Technical Lead Assay R&D, Dr. Gergely Tölgyesi, from the latest 14th East-West Immunogenetics Conference (Budapest, Hungary). Abstract: European transplantation laboratories require the use of CE-marked HLA typing products for diagnostic purposes. The CE mark (“Conformité Européenne”, French for European conformity) is a symbol that a...

EWIC 2020 Conference in Budapest

13/03/2020

The East-West Immunogenetics Conference is one of the most well-known events in East-Central Europe and its purpose is to connect experts from the East-European countries with the Western countries. This tradition was initiated in 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, and since then its popularity is constantly increasing. This year Budapest...