Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods, compositions for designing and producing a target nucleic acid. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the multiplex synthesis of target polynucleotides.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods, compositions for designing and producing a target nucleic acid. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the multiplex synthesis of target polynucleotides.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods, compositions for designing and producing a target nucleic acid. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the multiplex synthesis of target polynucleotides.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods, compositions for designing and producing a target nucleic acid. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the multiplex synthesis of target polynucleotides.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods, compositions for designing and producing a target nucleic acid. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to the multiplex synthesis of target polynucleotides.

Abstract: The present invention provides an array of polymers and methods of forming arrays of polymers by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support and a second layer including a plurality of polymers disposed on the first layer. The invention also provides methods for forming an array of polymers on a substrate using light-directed synthesis by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support, derivatizing the first layer by contacting the first layer with a silanation reagent, and a second layer disposed on said first layer wherein the second layer includes functional groups protected with a photolabile protecting group.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relate to the sorting and cloning of high fidelity nucleic acids using high throughput sequencing. Specifically, nucleic acid molecules having the desired predetermined sequence can be sorted from a pool comprising a plurality of nucleic acids having correct and incorrect sequences.

Abstract: An encoded microparticle having a spatial code is provided; and a set of encoded microparticles possessing subsets each provided with a distinguishable spatial code, wherein the codes comply with a pre-determined coding scheme. Presented are also methods of using the encoded microparticles in various biological assays, such as various multiplex assays and visualizing them by creating a digital image of the encoded microparticles and determining whether false positives are present. Further are provided methods of manufacture of the encoded microparticles which employ ferromagnetic nanoparticles applied using spin-on-glass techniques.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel processes for the large scale preparation of arrays of polymer sequences wherein each array includes a plurality of different, positionally distinct polymer sequences having known monomer sequences. The methods of the invention combine high throughput process steps with high resolution photolithographic techniques in the manufacture of polymer arrays.

Abstract: A method, device and system for hybridizing a target oligonucleotide to at least one array comprising a plurality of mixing beads are provided. A target solution is mixed by agitating the mixing beads while the target oligonucleotides are hybridizing to the complementary probes on the array. In another embodiment, a permeable barrier contains the mixing beads, thereby preventing them from contacting the array surface.

Abstract: Protective groups which may be cleaved with an activatable deprotecting reagents are employed to achieve a highly sensitive, high resolution, combinatorial synthesis of pattern arrays of diverse polymers. In preferred embodiments of the instant invention, the activatable deprotecting reagent is a photoacid generator and the protective groups are DMT for nucleic acids and tBOC for amino acids. This invention has a wide variety of applications and is particularly useful for the solid phase combinatorial synthesis of polymers.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel processes for the large scale preparation of arrays of polymer sequences wherein each array includes a plurality of different, positionally distinct polymer sequences having known monomer sequences. The methods of the invention combine high throughput process steps with high resolution photolithographic techniques in the manufacture of polymer arrays.

Abstract: An encoded microparticle having a spatial code is provided; and a set of encoded microparticles possessing subsets each provided with a distinguishable spatial code, wherein the codes comply with a pre-determined coding scheme. Presented are also methods of using the encoded microparticles in various biological assays, such as various multiplex assays and visualizing them by creating a digital image of the encoded microparticles and determining whether false positives are present. Further are provided methods of manufacture of the encoded microparticles which employ ferromagnetic nanoparticles applied using spin-on-glass techniques.

Abstract: The present invention provides an array of polymers and methods of forming arrays of polymers by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support and a second layer including a plurality of polymers disposed on the first layer. The invention also provides methods for forming an array of polymers on a substrate using light-directed synthesis by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support, derivatizing the first layer by contacting the first layer with a silanation reagent, and a second layer disposed on said first layer wherein the second layer includes functional groups protected with a photolabile protecting group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an array of polymers and methods of forming arrays of polymers by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support and a second layer including a plurality of polymers disposed on the first layer. The invention also provides methods for forming an array of polymers on a substrate using light-directed synthesis by providing a substrate having a first layer including one or more dielectric coatings on a solid support, derivatizing the first layer by contacting the first layer with a silanation reagent, and a second layer disposed on said first layer wherein the second layer includes functional groups protected with a photolabile protecting group.

Abstract: Protective groups which may be cleaved with an activatable deprotecting reagents are employed to achieve a highly sensitive, high resolution, combinatorial synthesis of pattern arrays of diverse polymers. In preferred embodiments of the instant invention, the activatable deprotecting reagent is a photoacid generator and the protective groups are DMT for nucleic acids and tBOC for amino acids. This invention has a wide variety of applications and is particularly useful for the solid phase combinatorial synthesis of polymers.