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Innovative Medical Center is a certified provider of spatial transcriptomics services from 10x Genomics. Since 2020, we have been supporting healthcare units in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by offering RT-PCR and antigen tests. In 2022 our employees patented a method for detecting RECQL and PALB2 gene variants in Polish breast cancer patients.

The Innovative Medical Center of the Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences is a scientific and diagnostic laboratory that aims to use advanced molecular biology technologies to protect the health of patients, as well as to support the scientific sector with projects based on the latest analyses. The ICM team, led by Prof. Andrzej Plawski, MD, consists of qualified laboratory diagnosticians, molecular biologists and bioinformaticians with experience in medical genetics.

Our offer

Visium spatial transcriptomics (10x Genomics)

We offer a comprehensive process for spatial transcriptomics projects including: Tissue preparation and evaluation, Sectioning of fresh frozen (FF), fixed frozen (FxF) or paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues, Performing Visium Spatial Tissue Optimization protocol to determine optimal conditions for each tissue, Performing of the selected Visium protocol (Spatial Gene Expression, HD Spatial Gene Expression, CytAssist), including sequencing, data visualization and analysis. [See more]

Single-cell sequencing (sc-RNAseq)

IMC offer advisory in cell isolation and delivery, library construction, sequencing (Illumina), and data analysis. To ensure high-quality research results, we map the sequencing data to the appropriate reference transcriptome and perform a QC analysis with the 10x Genomics Cell Ranger software and differential gene expression analysis with the Seurat analysis pipeline. We offer 3’ and 5’ Gene Expression analysis depending on the experimental targets. [See more]

Laboratory of Medical Genetics

The laboratory performs analyses in the field of genetic diagnosis of hereditary diseases, individualization of cancer treatment on the basis of geminal and somatic mutation studies in cancerous tumors [See more]

Sanger Sequencing

We offer Sanger sequencing with the SeqStudio™ Genetic Analyzer System sequencer. [See more]

NGS Sequencing

We offer a comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) service from library preparation to bioinformatics analysis. We offer single gene sequencing, multi-gene panels, whole-exome study (WES) and RNA-seq. [See more]

Bioinformatics

We offer bioinformatics services for the analysis of next-generation sequencing results and informatics processing of RNA-seq. In particular, we offer: mapping of NGS sequencing to any reference genome, demultiplexing of BCL files, informatics processing of NGS sequencing data using Space Ranger software (10x Genomics), informatics processing of NGS sequencing data using Cell Ranger software (10x Genomics), analysis of Sanger sequencing results. [See more]

COVID-19 Diagnostics

Innovative Medical Center performs testing for SARS-CoV-2 using molecular methods, namely RT-PCR and antigen tests. We also offer a test to differentiate the SARS-CoV-2 from the influenza virus. [See more]