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Infectious Diseases & Microbiome

OMICS4 combines host transcriptomics and microbiome profiling to help researchers understand host-pathogen interactions and microbial community dynamics, in-house and with our infectious-disease partner.

Overview

Host and community, from one collection

OMICS4 runs the sequencing behind infectious disease studies: host transcriptome, 16S and shotgun metagenomics, from matrices where a standard extraction underperforms. Biosafety and containment are scoped at intake, not after the samples arrive.

Platforms

Platforms that run an infectious disease study

Metagenomics & Microbiome

16S and shotgun sequencing of the microbial community.

  • 16S taxonomic profiling
  • Shotgun for functional and strain-level resolution
  • The same protocol on every sample of a cohort
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Transcriptomics

Host RNA sequencing from the same collection.

  • Bulk RNA-seq of host tissue or blood
  • Single-cell where the design calls for it
  • Host and community read from one sampling
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Extraction & Quality Control

Nucleic acid recovered from difficult matrices.

  • Stool, swabs, biofilms and isolates
  • Protocol chosen per matrix
  • A QC report on every sample
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Quantitative PCR

Targeted detection and load measurement.

  • Presence, absence and load of a specified agent
  • Digital PCR for low-abundance targets
  • Fast turnaround on a defined target set
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Samples we accept

Swabs, stool, biopsies, blood, isolates, biofilms and environmental samples. These are the matrices where a standard extraction underperforms, so the protocol is chosen per matrix rather than applied as one blanket standard. Collection protocols are published per sample type, and the DNA criteria apply after extraction.

Biosafety and containment

Sample logistics and laboratory handling are scoped to your biosafety and containment requirements at intake, before anything is shipped. Part of our laboratories sit within the Méditerranée Infection building in Marseille, one of Europe's leading infectious disease research institutes.

What you receive

A QC report for every sample. Sequencing files and, where the service covers it, aligned and quantified outputs. Result tables for PCR and protein work. Exports in the formats your team already imports, and turnaround published per service.

Where the bench stops

Analysis, integration, biomarker discovery and modelling are not part of a platform booking. They are run by GenXMap’s computational team. Ask for them in the quote request and both are scoped together.

Analysis at GenXMap

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Tell us the matrix, the containment level and the timeline.

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