Centro Nacional De Análisis Genómico
It is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Catalan Government through the Economy and Knowledge Department and the Health Department. It is located in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) that is one of the largest research clusters in Life Sciences in Southern Europe.
The CNAG takes part in large-scale sequencing projects in areas as diverse as cancer genomics, rare disease gene identification, infectious disease genomics, genomics of model organisms, agrogenomics, epigenomics, modeling of the nucleus, comparative genomics and single cell analysis. New laboratory methods, new sequencing methods and data analytical procedures implemented and developed continuously.
The center offers the highest quality standards, accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). CNAG has the UNE-EN ISO 9001:2015 certification with regard to its quality management system and the UNE-EN ISO/IEC ISO 17025:2017 accreditation, which guarantees its competence in testing. In addition, the institution also has the BBMRI-ERIC (European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking and Biomolecules) recognition, as an expert center in the analysis of biological samples that generates primary data under internationally standardised conditions. CNAG is certified Service Provider for Oxford Nanopore Technologies on the GridION device.
References
External links
- CNAG web site
- Parc Cientific de Barcelona web site