Igenbio, Inc. develops genomics and bioinformatics analysis products and services for the life science industry. Our scientists have broad experience in both in silico and wet lab sequencing, research and development with more than 100 relevant publications in these areas. Igenbio has a proven track record of delivering scientific results for academic, governmental, and industrial institutions for two decades.

 

Trusted by Institutions, Researchers, and Scientists World Wide

“We could not have done it without IG, I wish that all of our external partners could be as easy to work with, efficient, and capable.”
— Thomas Dawson, Ph.D., scientist at Procter & Gamble Beauty
“The ERGO platform gives us a valuable and comprehensive resource for our genomics studies and provides a powerful data-mining environment for our systems biology scientists”
— Dr Dooil Kim, Professor at the System Microbiology Research Center Division at KRIBB.
“The ERGO™ platform gives us a valuable and comprehensive resource for our genomics studies and provides a powerful data-mining environment for our scientists”
— Dr Barton Slatko, Senior Scientist in the Molecular Parasitology Division at NEB.
“Cargill is pleased to be working with Integrated Genomics on the genomics of industrial microorganisms”
— Douglas C. Cameron, Director of Biotechnology in Cargill's Central Research Department
“We have found the ERGO discovery system to be exceptionally useful tool for our metabolic engineering projects and expect that it will assist us in developing new production strains for higher and more cost effective production of biological compounds.”
— Dr. Thomas Haas, Director Science-to-Business Center Biotechnology at Evonik
“We are delighted to be working with Integrated Genomics ... The ERGO™ platform will enable us to further understand and exploit our thermophilic strains to their fullest potential to deliver the next generation of green biofuels.”
— Dr Steven Martin, Associate R & D Director at TMO.
“As DANONE is working on probiotics products, ERGO is a great database to help us to find probiotic functions in our strains”
— Dr. Sophie Legrain-Raspaud, Team Leader in the Probiotic Gene identification group at the DANONE Research Center
 

Accelerate your research

ERGO 2.0 is the latest version of our unique integrated cloud-based platform that enables industrial, academic, and medical scientists to rapidly develop knowledge from existing and new DNA sequencing projects. ERGO contains a massive curated database integrated with state of the art synthetic biology tools enabling faster product creation.

 

Services

Services & Offerings
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)

Our expert science team delivers high-quality whole genome sequencing services tailored to your project.

  • Illumina, PacBio, Hi-C, and Oxford Nanopore

  • Multiple Coverage Options (30x, 60x, >100x)

  • Fast Turnaround

  • CLIA-compliant available

Learn more about Igenbio’s WGS Services ▸

Microbiome sequencing and analysis services with expert bioinformatics and statistics.
Microbiome sequencing and analysis services with expert bioinformatics and statistics.

Igenbio scientists provide expert sequencing and analysis of microbial communities from both cultivable and non-cultivable microbes. 

Services Include:

  • RNA/DNA extraction from environmental and clinical samples

  • Amplicon (16S rRNA, ITS, & Custom)

  • Whole metagenome shotgun sequencing

  • Metatranscriptomics

  • Bioinformatics & Statistical Analysis

Learn more about our Metagenomics Services ▸

RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) with expert bioinformatics.
RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) with expert bioinformatics.

From pellet to plot Igenbio scientists are experts at providing everything your organization needs to get solid scientific results from your expression studies. Our scientists are experienced in experiment design, sequencing, and providing rich analytics for your RNA-Seq, microarray, and other expression studies.

  • Experimental design

  • RNA extraction

  • High-quality Sequencing (PacBio, Illumina, & Nanopore)

  • Bioinformatics Analysis

  • Interactive visualizations and statistical analysis through ERGO

Learn more about our RNA-Seq services ▸

Learn more about RNA-Seq analysis in ERGO 2.0 ▸

Genome Assembly And Annotation
Genome Assembly And Annotation

A high-quality assembly and accurate functional annotations must be the heart of any major genomics project. Our methods have been featured in dozens of peer-reviewed publications and are depended upon by institutions worldwide.

  • Assembly services for any genome including Viral, Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic, haploid, diploid or polyploid.

  • Annotation services for any organism including Prokaryotic, Fungal, Animals, and Plants.

  • All current sequencing technologies support - Illumina, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore, 10x, Hi-C, Ion Torrent, and others.

  • Igenbio scientists utilize a multitude of assembly strategies - denovo, reference based, hybrid, metagenomic, and others.

  • Gene Annotation and Functional Assignments placing genes into their functional or metabolic context utilizing KEGG Pathways, Gene Ontology, and the ERGO database.

  • Identification of Antibiotic Resistance - including the genes, pathways, and specific drugs

Learn more about our genome assembly and annotation services ▸

Metabolic Reconstruction
Metabolic Reconstruction

Utilizing ERGO™'s powerful analytical tools Igenbio can deduce the metabolic reconstruction of the core functionality of your organism from genome sequence data. 

Custom Analysis Pipelines
Custom Analysis Pipelines

Consult with Igenbio scientists on creating the analysis pipelines your organization needs. We have decades of experience in designing and maintaining genomics and bioinformatics pipelines that deliver results

Learn more about our custom genomic and bioinformatics solutions ▸

Growth Media Design
Growth Media Design

Igenbio scientists are experts at growth media design for fastidious organism or slow growing strains of commercially important microorganisms. These “difficult-to-grow” microbes when sequenced and annotated by ERGO allow identification of metabolic pathways and their reactions facilitating a growth media design at the scale and efficiency needed for research or product development.

Microbial Metabolic Engineering
Microbial Metabolic Engineering

Igenbio, Inc. is a world leader in microbial metabolic engineering. Successful projects include creating and optimizing microbial production of lysine, riboflavin, coenzyme Q-10, aminoshikimate, and beta carotene. Igenbio scientists are also experts in mining the ERGO™ database for novel pathways and mechanisms that can be exploited in proprietary projects.

Variant Detection, Annotation, & Analysis
Variant Detection, Annotation, & Analysis

Our expert science team is experienced in performing Variant Analysis for all sorts of genomes from microbial to humans.

Our services provide:

• Variant identification such as: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), Insertions & Deletions (INDELs), Structural Variants (SV) and others.

• Analysis performed utilizing academically proven software such a samtools, bcftools, snpEff, GATK, and others.

• Variant analysis by pathways database such as ERGO, KEGG, and Gene Ontology Terms.

We also offer interactive variant impact and analysis through our bioinformatics platform, ERGO.

Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Regulatory Filing Support
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Regulatory Filing Support

Igenbio has provided support for both European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory filing of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) organisms, including:

• Whole Genome Sequencing using both long and short read platforms available such as Illumina, PacBio, and Oxford Nanopore.

• Genome Assembly to EFSA and FDA completion standards.

• Genome annotation including identification of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes (ARGs), Virulence factors, plasmids, phage/prophage, toxins, and more.

• Identification of strain uniqueness compared to other strains.

• Results are delivered in EFSA or FDA formatted report ready for regulatory filing.

Learn more about EFSA and GRAS Regulatory Filing Support ▸