October 9, 2019 by Team Pillar
The cancer research community relies on formalin-fixed samples, but the quality of these samples degrades over time. Sequencing data from partially degraded samples is plagued with artifacts. To address this [more]
October 2, 2019 by Team Pillar
Next generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful diagnostic tool for identifying tumor variants. Tumor sequencing workflows often rely on off-the-shelf panels, which allow for multiplexed amplification of known cancer mutational [more]
June 24, 2019 by Team Pillar
Pillar Biosciences is happy to announce that the Columbia Solid Tumor Panel, a custom Pillar® NGS panel designed by Dr. Helen Fernandes and colleagues at the Columbia University Medical Center [more]
June 4, 2019 by Team Pillar
Event date: June 15-18, 2019 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Join Pillar Biosciences at ESHG’s 52nd European Human Genetics Conference Pillar® NGS assays deliver powerful genomic insight for solid tumors, blood cancers [more]
May 3, 2019 by Team Pillar
Event date: May 16-18, 2019 Location: Hong Kong, Booth 33 Join Pillar Biosciences at The Association for Molecular Pathology’s Second Global Congress on Molecular Pathology. Learn about the latest advancements [more]
March 29, 2019 by Team Pillar
Pillar Biosciences at AACR 2019 Pillar Biosciences is exhibiting at The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Stop by booth 3254 to learn about the [more]
March 18, 2019 by Team Pillar
Pillar Biosciences Presents at ABRF 2019 Technology Showcase Discussion Poster Presentation Exhibit Booth Technology Showcase Presentation: Making Precision Medicine Accessible with SLIMamp®:Robust, Rapid, Single-Tube Multiplex NGS Panels On Sunday, March [more]
February 26, 2019 by Team Pillar
Dr. Paul Waring, Professor of Pathology at the University of Melbourne, presented the talk “Rapid Testing of Solid Tumor Samples Using a Single-Vial NGS Assay” on February 19, 2019. Key [more]
February 14, 2019 by Team Pillar
In NGS library prep using traditional multiplex PCR, paired primers flank individual regions of interest to generate PCR amplicons. When amplifying contiguous gene targets with overlapping regions, the innermost primers [more]
January 30, 2019 by Team Pillar
Presented on January 22, 2019 at the Clinical & Research Tools Showcase, by Dr. Paul Waring. A discussion of the current state of precision medicine for oncology and unmet diagnostic [more]