not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources gatc biotech news newspapers books scholar jstor free images march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message gatc biotech ag type limited company industry biotechnology founded 1990 headquarters konstanz germany key people fritz pohl executive chairman peter pohl ceo marcus benz coo website www.gatc biotech.com gatc biotech is a german company specialist in dna and rna sequencing for academic and industrial partners worldwide . the company offers sequencing and bioinformatics solutions from single samples up to large scale projects . the genome and diagnostic centre focusing on next and third generation sequencing is based in the headquarters in constance germany . the fully automated ngs laboratories are certified under iso 17025 . the sanger sequencing business is located in the european custom sequencing centre in cologne germany . the proximity to cologne bonn cargo gmbh serves as the logistical hub within europe . contents 1 history 2 structure of the company 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit founded in 1990 the company concentrated in the early days on commercialising a nonradioactive sequencing technology platform 1 patented by prof. pohl one of the founder of gatc . the direct blotting electrophoresis system the gatc 1500 was utilised in the european saccharomyces cerevisiae 2 genome project . in 1996 started the transformation from an instrument manufacturer to a service provider in the field of dna and rna sequencing . as part of the gene alliance founded in 1998 the company was involved in the large scale genome analysis project aspergillus niger funded by dsm the netherlands and finished in 2001 . 3 2006 started the company to develop the next generation sequencing business division adding the europe s first commercial pacbio rs platform in 2011 . structure of the company edit gatc biotech is a limited company has several subsidiaries in europe . gatc biotech ab stockholm sweden 100 % gatc biotech ltd. cambridge united kingdom 100 % gatc biotech sarl marseille france 100 % products edit the range of products covers the sanger sequencing applications 4 as well as next generation sequencing such as de novo sequencing human exome sequencing for clinical settings and rna seq. 5 references edit beck s and pohl f m 1984 dna sequencing with direct blotting electrophoresis . embo j. 3 12 2905 2909 . pmc557787 feldmann h et al. 1994 complete dna sequence of yeast chromosome ii . embo j. 1994 ; 13 24 5795 5809 . pmc395553 m. m. ramirez corredores editor abhijeet p. borole editor 2007 biocatalysis in oil refining volume 164 studies in surface science and catalysis isbn 978 044452212 2 edition 1 molecular approaches in freshwater ecology diversity of research projects external links edit company update gatc solely focused on sequencing services official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gatc biotech & oldid 742889889 categories genomics companiesresearch support companieshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from march 2014all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 12 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view