Applied Genomics Services

Service portfolio

We have several applied services which help the industrial as well as academic researches to meet their goals. Under this service we have 3 different services

GMO testing:

• Cultivation of genetically modified (GM): crops has increased significantly around the globe over the last decade.  This increase in production has been combined with a complex and asynchronous global regulatory approval process for GM products, necessitating testing food and agricultural products for GM content in order to facilitate international trade.  GMO (genetically modified organism) testing confirms the identity and nature of the product at every step along the supply chain and assures compliance with import or labeling regulations for genetically modified food and feed. PCR based GMO detection methods can be designed to detect any or all of these relevant transgenic sequences based on the specific information desired. 
• Broad-spectrum GMO tests: The same viral and bacterial genetic elements are often incorporated in transgenes to regulate expression of the trait gene in the plant allowing these DNA sequences to be targeted and used as broad-spectrum (screening) GMO tests. These tests are not specific to a particular GM crop or GM event; instead, each of these broad-spectrum tests can detect many – but not all – GM crops/events.  If the intent is to determine if GM DNA is “detected” or “not detected” in a sample, then PCR test(s) targeting one or more broad-spectrum DNA sequences may be sufficient.
• Event-specific and construct-specific GMO tests:  Event-specific and construct-specific PCR assays may be used to identify specific GM events.
• Combination of broad-spectrum and specific GMO tests:  If the intent is to quantitate the GMO level of the sample, then a combination of broad-spectrum and specific PCR assays may be most efficient, depending upon the particular GM crop to be tested.

Eurofins India Genomics Pvt. Ltd. Offers GMO testing by using our optimized qRT PCR technology which is very sensitive and reproducible. All the samples are taken for triplicate (biological or technical) to get the authentic data and reduce the sample to sample variation.