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Spatial Transcriptomics

Spatial transcriptomics is the study of gene expression patterns within the context of tissue architecture and can provide a more complete understanding of cell-cell interactions. It is a powerful tool for anyone interested in understanding the complexity of biological systems and tissue organization at high resolution.

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SAGC has 3 spatial platforms

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Visium (10X Genomics)
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Stereo-seq (MGI STOmics)
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Xenium (10X Genomics)

Planning Your Spatial Experiment

There are several things to consider when deciding which spatial transcriptomics technology is best suited for your experiment. We put together this simple guide to help get you started.

Combing the benefits of histology with the discovery power of mRNA sequencing

Visium & Visium HD

Whole transcriptome mapping within morphological context of complex tissue samples
  • Specialised slides contain spatially barcoded spots giving you high-resolution from standard tissue sectioning and staining. 
  • Compatible with both FFPE and fresh frozen tissue samples.
  • Whole transcriptome analysis – no need to select targets or specific region of interest.
  • CytAssist enabled to allow transfer of tissues from archived slides.

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Stereo-seq (SpaTial Enhanced Resolution Omics-Sequencing)

Whole transcriptomics for discovery applications (range of 1000-2000 genes/cell) leverages in situ mRNA capture and cDNA sequencing with barcoded spatial coordinates to create a spatial transcriptomic profile of the tissue section for analysis.

  • Subcellular spatial localization of mRNA
  • Chip design ~320M spatially barcoded spots/cm2
  • Spot size = 200 nm diameter
  • Range of field size to accommodate larger tissue samples (up to 13 cm x 13cm)

 
STOmics Stereo-seq OMNI for FFPE Samples
  • Total RNA and Microbial RNA
  • Species Agnostic
  • Single-cell resolution
 
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Xenium In Situ

Targeted gene expression and protein quantification at subcellular resolution

Xenium is an end-to-end platform that enables high-throughput subcellular mapping of RNA targets. 

  • Menu of off-the-shelf gene panels + order 100 custom add-on genes
  • Compatible with fresh frozen (FF) and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues
  • Microscopy based read-out (no NGS), allows H&E post-run
  • Single molecule RNA and Protein targets (subcellular resolution)

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"A previously inaccessible view of tissue biology”.


Prof. David Lynn, SAGC Scientific Director

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