News

Updated chromosome-scale CH assembly and CH/CHO-K1 annotations

January 27, 2021

A significantly more continuous version of the Chinese hamster genome, CH PICRH (GCF_003668045.3), along with its 2020 RefSeq annotation is now on CHOgenome.org. Long-range scaffolding of the previous CH genome assembly was performed using high-throughput chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) and now 97% of the genome is contained in 11 large scaffolds corresponding to the CH chromosomes. In addition, the updated 2020 RefSeq annotation for the CHO-K1 cell line is available. Both can be searched (gene search and BLAST) and viewed on JBrowse. More information on the most recent version of the Chinese hamster genome can be found here.

Updated CH assembly and CH/CHO-K1 annotations

May 1, 2019

We are excited to announce that the significantly improved Chinese hamster genome, CH PICR (GCF_00366804.1), along with its 2018 RefSeq annotation is now online. In addition, an updated RefSeq annotation for the CHO-K1 cell line is now available. Both can be searched (gene search and BLAST) and viewed on JBrowse. More information on the updated Chinese hamster genome can be found here.

New mRNA Expression Browser (Beta)

June 7, 2017

The browser (beta version) for the visualization of mRNA expression from CHO-K1 cells is now online. The data is from several published DNA-microarray or RNA-Seq experiments. The tutorial on how to use this browser can be found here.

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Events

Previous Events

Mammalian Systems Biotechnology Workshop

Singapore

August 11 - August 12, 2016

This workshop will bring together globally eminent experts actively working in the Mammalian Systems Biotechnology field, in order to share and discuss state-of-the-art developments and their industrial applications.

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Cell Culture Engineering XV

La Quinta, California, USA

May 8 - May 13, 2016

The Cell Culture Engineering XV conference will bring together about 350 selected participants from top academic, industrial and governmental groups from all over the world.

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251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition

San Diego, CA, USA

March 13 - March 17, 2016

The 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA will convene from March 13 - 17, 2016 and the BIOT division will focus on the exchange of information among academic and industrial researchers regarding technology utilizing life-based systems to produce useful products and services.

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249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition

Denver, CO, USA

March 22 - March 26, 2015

The 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in Denver, CO from March 22 - 26, 2015 will explore the overarching multidisciplinary theme of Chemistry of Natural Resources.

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4th International Conference on Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development

Scottsdale, AZ, USA

March 1 - March 4, 2015

Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development is dedicated to the advancement of process and product development technologies and capabilities for the acceleration and enablement of biopharmaceutical development.

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Cell Line Development and Engineering Conference

Berkeley, CA, USA

September 8 - September 10, 2014

Leading experts, vendors, scientists, research scholars, and other interested parties related to the field of cell line development and engineering, from all parts of the globe, will be coming together to share their experience and recent advancements regarding various aspects of cell line development and engineering.

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CHOgenome Workshop 2014

Vienna, Austria

March 13 - March 14, 2014

The workshop was a great success. The latest developments in CHO-related sequence information, crosstalk between the genomic and bioprocess research, and genome scale science were well presented.

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2013 ESACT Meeting

Lille, France

June 23 - June 26, 2013

The CHOgenome.org workshop was titled "The www.CHOgenome.org Resource for the International CHO Biotechnology Community?" The workshop included presentations on current applications of genome scale information, where it is useful, and how has it helped in different research efforts, followed by discussion on the next steps for the cell culture community surrounding the CHO Genome effort.

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2012 Bioprocess International Awards Ceremony

Providence, RI, USA

October 9, 2012

The international community's effort was recognized at the 2012 Bioprocess International Awards ceremony in Providence, RI, held on October 9th, 2012. CHOgenome.org was nominated as one of three finalists for the Upstream Collaboration of the Decade Award.

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ESF Conference

Bielefeld, Germany

September 23 - September 26, 2012

An update regarding recent advances in genomics and functional genomics in cell culture technology, including transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and other innovative technologies.

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IBC Cell Line Development & Engineering

San Francisco, CA, USA

June 6 - June 8, 2012

An update on the community's efforts at CHOgenome.org and an interactive workshop to demonstrate the web tools.

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Cell Culture Engineering XIII

Scottsdale, AZ, USA

April 22 - May 27, 2012

The workshop opened with an overview of genome-scale technologies applicable to CHO cells such as expression profiling, proteomics, and metabolomics.

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ESACT meeting

Vienna, Austria

May 15 - May 18, 2011

The CHO genome workshop, with more than 220 participants, opened with three talks describing the generation of draft genome sequences for several CHO cell lines and the Chinese hamster followed by three talks demonstrating how this information can be leveraged in metabolic and transcriptomic studies to aid in cell line engineering.

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CHO Genome Workshop

Shenzhen, China

November 15 - November 18, 2010

November 17, 2010 was the day that the Chinese hamster ovary cell community entered the genome era!

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