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Strand NGS v4.1 update announcement (6 May 2024)
This release focuses primarily on two aspects - gnomAD annotation support and macOS compatibility.
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Strand NGS v4.0 update announcement (3 Mar 2021)
This release primarily focuses on the three new features and aspects - Single Cell Analysis workflow, GO Analysis enhancements and Split Alignment in RNA.
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Strand NGS v3.4 update announcement (13 Nov 2019)
This release focuses on three aspects - Sample level Quality Control statistics, Unique Molecular Identifier enhancements and enabling diverse analysis in Single cell transcriptome studies.
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Strand NGS v3.3.1 update announcement (19 Jun 2019)
This release contains critical bug fixes
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Strand NGS v3.3 release announcement (1 Apr 2019)
This release focuses on two aspects - experiment level Quality Control checks to identify any substandard samples and enabling diverse analysis in Single cell transcriptome studies.
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Strand NGS v3.2 release announcement (19 Jul 2018)
This release strengthens RNA-Seq analysis with visualizations like the gene expression distribution plot and smooth scatter plot, faster alignment and quantification, and several important bug fixes. Strand NGS 3.2 is concurrent with Strand NGS Virtual, software that enables virtualization of Strand NGS on the cloud.
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Strand to exhibit in the Genetics and Genomics Virtual Conference 2018 (09 May 2018)
Strand is excited to be exhibiting at the 6th Annual Genetics and Genomics virtual conference by LabRoots, scheduled from May 9-10, 2018 (starts 6am Pacific Time, 6:30pm Indian Standard Time)
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Webinar Announcement (15 Mar 2018)
Webinar on Diagnosis of Rare Diseases using NGS Based Multi-gene Testing- Case studies by Dr. Aparna Ganapathy, Senior Scientist on 18 Apr 2018 at 9 am CET and 8 am PST
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Webinar Announcement (4 Feb 2018)
Webinar on RNA-Seq data analysis by Dr. Suman Kapoor, Manager - Application Science on 28 Feb 2018, 9:00 am CET and 8:00 am PST
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Webinar Announcement (2 Jan 2018)
Webinar on Unravelling complex mutational events in clinical cases using the power of Next generation sequencing data analysis by Dr. Satish Sankaran,Vice President and Lab Director of Clinical Operations and Clinical Lab, on 31 Jan 2018, 9:00 am CET and 8:00 am PST
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Webinar Announcement (15 Nov 2017)
Webinar on Unique Molecular Identifier (UMI) - powered Ultra-sensitive Variant Calling using Strand NGS - Case Study on 13 Dec, 2:30 PM and 9:30 PM IST by Dr Pandurang Kolekar
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Strand NGS v3.1 release announcement and updates (17 Oct 2017)
Strand Life Sciences announces the release of Strand NGS v3.1 at ASHG 2017, Orlando, USA, 17 -21 Oct 2017. Following Strand NGS v3.0, a DNA-Seq-themed release earlier this year, v3.1 addresses two major themes in NGS: large-scale RNA-Seq data analysis and support for Unique Molecular Identifiers, or UMIs.
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Strand to exhibit and present at ASHG 2017, Orlando (27 Sep 2017)
Scientists from Strand Life Sciences will demonstrate ‘Strand NGS’, an all-in-one next generation sequencing software at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) to be held from Oct 17 to 21 in Orlando, Florida
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Webinar Announcement (24 Jul 2017)
Webinar on Integration of NGS and Machine Learning for prediction of post-operative recovery on 9 Aug, 8 am PST by Dr Mario Deng, UCLA
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Strand presents at Lab Automation Virtual Conference on 24 May 2017 (22 May 2017)
Presentation on 'Strand NGS Server: or, why clinical bioinformaticians love Strand' by Dr.Radhakrishna Bettadapura
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Webinar Announcement (5 Apr 2017)
Webinar on on fast and accurate variant calling in Strand NGS v3.0
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Release Announcement (4 Apr 2017)
Strand NGS v3.0 release announcment
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Webinar Announcement (22 Jan 2017)
Webinar on DNA-Seq data analysis
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Webinar Announcement (29 Sep 2016)
Webinar on RNA-Seq data analysis
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Webinar Announcement (26 Aug 2016)
Webinar on Implications of Next Generation Sequencing in Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer
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Release Announcement (23 Aug 2016)
Strand NGS Desktop v2.8 release announcement
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Release Announcement (02 Jun 2016)
Strand NGS Desktop v2.7 release announcement
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Webinar Announcement (4 Feb 2016)
Webinar on Streamlining large scale data analysis using Strand NGS Pipeline Manager
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Webinar announcement (24 Jan 2016)
Webinar on Streamlining large scale data analysis using Strand NGS Pipeline Manager
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Release Announcement and Webinar update (22 Jan 2016)
Strand NGS Desktop v2.6 and Server Edition v1.3 release announcement and webinar update
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Webinar Announcement (4 Sep 2015)
Detection of Structural Variants in Targeted Sequencing
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Webinar Announcement and Latest Updates (22 Aug 2015)
Webinar and release of Strand NGS v2.5.1
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Webinar Announcement (5 Aug 2015)
Calling narrow and broad peaks from ChIP-Seq data
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Release Announcement (Jun 23, 2015)
Strand NGS v2.5 Release Announcement
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Webinar Announcement (5 June 2015)
Copy Number Detection in Inherited Disorders and Somatic Cancer
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White papers (May 2015)
Newsletter on Strand NGS white papers
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Webinar Announcement (Apr 20, 2015)
Webinar on ‘Combined Analysis of Proteomics and Genomics Data using GeneSpring Mass Profiler Professional: Case study and Demo'’ on 29 Apr 2015
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Webinar Announcement (Mar 20, 2015)
Webinar on ‘Integrated Analysis using Metadata Framework and Correlation Analysis in GeneSpring 13 - Glioblastoma case study'’ on 30 Mar 2015
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Webinar Announcement (Jan 20, 2015)
Webinar on ‘An integrated RNA and DNA approach to unravel genetic regulation in cancer’ on 25 Feb 2015
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Webinar Announcement (Jan 5, 2015)
Webinar on 'Integrative RNA and ChIP-Seq analysis of regulatory T-cells' on 28 Jan 2015
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Webinar Announcement (October 28, 2014)
Webinar on ‘Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis with Strand NGS and GeneSpring'’ on 5 November at 11 AM CET and 9 AM PST
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Press release (Oct 10, 2014)
Strand Life Sciences To Demonstrate New Strand NGS Features At 2014 American Society of Human Genetics Conference
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Meet Strand at ASHG 2014 (Oct 16, 2014)
Strand is excited to be an exhibitor at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego from 18 - 22 October 2014, one of the world's largest human genetics meetings. At ASHG, Strand will demonstrate the latest version of its state-of-the-art NGS data analysis tool 'Strand NGS' and variant interpretation and reporting platform 'StrandOmics'.
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Release Announcement (Oct 14, 2014)
Strand NGS v2.1 - Release Announcement
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Webinar Announcement (October 13, 2014)
Webinar on ‘Integrated Biology Solution with Strand NGS 2.1 and GeneSpring 13 – Case Study’ on 5 November
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Catch us at the ASHG 2014 (September 25, 2014)
Come and meet Strand at ASHG 2014, booth # 338.
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Strand NGS blog (September 17, 2014)
Meet Strand at ASHG 2014 and find out about Strand’s solutions ‘Strand NGS’ and ‘StrandOmics’.
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Announcement (August 22, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Integrated pathway analysis in Strand NGS on 27 August 2014. Hurry! Register before 27 August 10:30 AM IST.
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August Newsletter (August 7, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Integrated pathway analysis in Strand NGS on 27 August 2014. Hurry! Register before 27 August 10:30 AM IST.
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Announcement (July 24, 2014)
Upcoming release of Strand NGS 2.1 and GeneSpring 13.0
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July Newsletter (July 10, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Methyl-Seq data analysis in Strand NGS on 23 July 2014. Hurry! Register before 23 July 10:30 AM IST.
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Release Announcement (July 03, 2014)
Say Hello to the latest version of Avadis NGS with its new name: Strand NGS 2.0 Read more

Release announcement (Apr 04, 2014)
Enterprise Version Of Strand NGS- formerly Avadis NGS Launched
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March Newsletter (Mar 21, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Discovery and characterization of miRNAs expressed in cancers
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Release Announcement (Mar 14, 2014)
Release of Avadis NGS v1.6
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March Newsletter (Mar 12, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Discovery and characterization of miRNAs expressed in cancers
Latest Updates from Strand
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Catch us at the ACMG 2014 (Mar 10, 2014)
Catch us at the 2014 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting to be held in Nashville, Tenessee from 26- 29 March 2014. Visit our booth #931 and meet our experts to learn about Strand's new ventures and niche products
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February Newsletter (Feb 20, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Configuring SNP detection pipelines for accurate analysis of clinical samples!
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February Newsletter (Feb 01, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: Configuring SNP detection pipelines for accurate analysis of clinical samples!
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January Newsletter (Jan 02, 2014)
Webinar Announcement: RNA Seq Data Analysis in Avadis NGS!
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October Newsletter (October 21, 2013)
See you at ASHG 2013!
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Release Announcement (September 23, 2013)
Release of Avadis NGS v1.5
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September Newsletter (September 18, 2013)
Webinar Announcement: Detecting CNVs in Cancer using NGS Data
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May Newsletter (May 14, 2013)
Events and Updates
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April Newsletter (April 9, 2013)
Catch us at the Bio IT World Conference!
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October Newsletter (October 5, 2012)
Release Announcement: Avadis NGS v1.4.5
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Release Announcement (August 8, 2012)
Release of Avadis NGS v1.4
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Ion Torrent Partner Webinar Announcement (August 6, 2012)
RNA-Seq Analysis in Avadis NGS
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Illumina Partner Webinar Announcement (July 31, 2012)
Integrated Analysis tools for Next Gen Sequencing Data.
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July Newsletter (July 6, 2012)
RNA-Seq Alignment in Avadis NGS.
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June Newsletter (June 11, 2012)
Meet us at Upcoming Conferences in Europe!
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Join Us at Bio-IT World Expo (April 23, 2012)
Illumina Informatics Workshop; Avadis NGS Server in partnership with EMC Isilion
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April Newsletter (April 16, 2012)
Best Practice Award at Bio-IT World Expo 2012
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Webinar Announcement: Find Significant SNPs in Your Samples (April 4, 2012)
Learn how to use the new "Find Significant SNPs" analysis workflow
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March Newsletter (March 14, 2012)
Find Significant SNPs
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Webinar Announcement: Ion Torrent Data Analysis (February 16, 2012)
Second part of an online seminar series on benchtop sequencing data analysis
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Webinar Announcement: MiSeq Data Analysis (February 14, 2012)
First part of an online seminar series on benchtop sequencing data analysis
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Avadis 1.3 Release Announcement (February 1, 2012)
The largest update to Avadis NGS since product launch
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December Newsletter (December 28, 2011)
Season's greetings and our gift to biologists
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December Webinar Announcement (November 23, 2011)
Alignment of raw reads in Avadis NGS 1.3 using the COBWeb algorithm
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Video Tutorials on Avadis NGS (November 10, 2011)
Overview of all video tutorials on Avadis NGS features and workflows
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October - November Newsletter (November 3, 2011)
Celebrating our birthday, version 1.3 updates, including small RNA pipeline and COBWEB alignment
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September Newsletter (September 15, 2011)
Highlights of quality control and filtering features
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August Newsletter (August 11, 2011)
Compatibility with Mac OS X Lion, new video on creating annotations, and the August webinar schedule
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July Newsletter (July 1, 2011)
BIOBASE GenomeTrax announcement, new tutorials and videos, and the July webinar schedule
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June Newsletter (June 14, 2011)
Finalists in the Illumina IDEA Challenge, new script to find genic parts, and the June webinar schedule
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May Newsletter (May 19, 2011)
Classroom license program, new R scripts, novel exon discovery, and the May webinar schedule
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April Newsletter (April 6, 2011)
Tutorials for RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq, new scripts and video tutorials, and the April webinar schedule
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February Newsletter (February 8, 2011)
Annotations for supported organisms, SNP detection and targeted re-sequencing, and the February webinar schedule
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