Patents by Inventor Xiuqing Zhang

Xiuqing Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150012252
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and computer-readable medium for determining whether a copy number variation exists in a sample genome. The method includes sequencing a sample genome to obtain a sequencing result formed by multiple reads; comparing the sequencing result with a reference genome sequence to determine the distribution of the reads on the reference genome sequence; determining, based on the distribution of the reads on the reference genome sequence, multiple breakpoints on the reference genome sequence, wherein the number of the reads on either side of each breakpoint are significantly different; determining, based on the plurality of breakpoints, a detection window on the reference genome; determining, based on the reads falling in the detection window, a parameter; and determining, based on the difference between the first parameter and a preset threshold, whether a copy number variation exists in the sample genome against the detection window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: BGI Diagnosis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuyang Yin, Chunlei Zhang, Shengpei Chen, Chunsheng Zhang, Xiaoyu Pan, Hui Jiang, Xiuqing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140370504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting genetic variation, comprising the following steps: acquiring reads from a test sample; aligning said reads with a reference genome sequence; dividing said reference genome sequence into windows, calculating the number of said reads which are aligned to each window, and acquiring the statistic for each window on the basis of the number of said reads; and for a fragment of the reference genome sequence, acquiring the genetic variation sites on the basis of the change in the statistics of all the windows thereon in the fragment of the reference genome sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: BGI DIAGNOSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengpei Chen, Chunlei Zhang, Fang Chen, Weiwei Xie, Xiaoyu Pan, Jian Wang, Jun Wang, Huanming Yang, Xiuqing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140336075
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for determining whether a genomic abnormality exists. The method for determining whether a genomic abnormality exists includes the steps of: separating fetal nucleated red blood cells from a sample from a pregnant woman; sequencing at least a part of the genome of the nucleated red blood cells, so as to obtain a sequencing result; and on the basis of the sequencing result, determining whether a genomic abnormality exists in the nucleated red blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Yong Qiu, Lifu Liu, Hui Jiang, Fang Chen, Chunlei Zhang, Jian Wang, Jun Wang, Huanming Yang, Xiuqing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140296084
    Abstract: Provided are a method of constructing a nucleic acid library, a method of determining a nucleic acid sequence of a nucleic acid sample, and a kit thereof. The method of constructing the nucleic acid library includes the following steps: subjecting a nucleic acid sample to a DOP-PCR amplification, to obtain a first PCR amplification product; subjecting the first PCR amplification product to a second PCR amplification using a DOP-Amp primer, to obtain a second PCR amplification product; and subjecting the second PCR amplification product to an adaptor-ligation PCR, to obtain a third PCR amplification product, wherein the third PCR amplification product constitutes the nucleic acid library.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: BGI Shenzhen Co., Limited, BGI Shenzhen
    Inventors: Xuyang Yin, Chunlei Zhang, Hui Jiang, Xiuqing Zhang, Shengpei Chen
  • Publication number: 20140274745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of genomic mutation detection, and in particular, to the detection of the copy number variation (CNV) in cellular chromosomal DNA fragments. The present invention also relates to the detection of diseases related to the copy number variation in the cellular chromosomal DNA fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BGI DIAGNOSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fang Chen, Xiaoyu Pan, Shengpei Chen, Xuchao Li, Hui Jiang, Xiuqing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140249038
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of detecting a pre-determined event in a nucleic acid sample and a system thereof. The method of detecting the pre-determined event in the nucleic acid sample comprises the following steps: constructing a sequencing-library for the nucleic acid sample; sequencing the sequencing-library to obtain a sequencing result consisting of a plurality of sequencing data; determining the sequencing data from a pre-determined region; and determining an occurrence of the pre-determined event in the nucleic acid sample based on a composition of the sequencing data from the pre-determined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: BGI Diagnosis Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hui Jiang, Fang Chen, Huijuan Ge, Peipei Li, Xuchao Li, Jian Wang, Jun Wang, Huanming Yang, Xiuqing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140099642
    Abstract: The current invention is directed to methods for noninvasive detection of fetal genetic abnormalities by large-scale sequencing of nucleotides from maternal biological sample. Further provided are methods to remove GC bias from the sequencing results according to the difference in GC content of a chromosome. The current invention not only makes the detection much more accurate but also represents a comprehensive method for fetal aneuploidy detection including sex chromosome disorders such as XO, XXX, XXY, and XYY, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: BGI SHENZHEN CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fuman Jiang, Huifei Chen, Xianghua Chai, Yuying Yuan, Xiuqing Zhang, Fang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140017683
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a genome of a single cell is provided, and a kit is also provided. The method for analyzing the genome of the single cell may comprise separating and lysing the single cell to obtain a whole-genome DNA of the cell; subjecting the whole-genome DNA to a whole-genome amplification to obtain a whole-genome amplification product; performing a PCR amplification using the whole-genome amplification product as template and using housekeeping-gene-specific primers to detect the housekeeping gene of the whole-genome amplification product; and determining whether the whole genome amplification product meets a requirement for sequencing based on the detection result, wherein a uniform distribution of the amplification product in each chromosome is an indication of the amplification product meeting the requirement for sequencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BGI-Shenzhen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuyang Yin, Li Bao, Xun Xu, Hanjie Wu, Xiaoyu Liu, Xiuqing Zhang, Huanming Yang
  • Publication number: 20130345095
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for genome assembly are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BGI TECH SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changlei Han, Wenbin Chen, Xiuqing Zhang, Huanming Yang
  • Publication number: 20130244885
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-throughput sequencing method for methylated DNA, and use thereof. Particularly, the present invention provides a high-throughput sequencing method for methylated DNA, which combines methylated DNA immunoprecipitation, removal of repetitive sequences, and bisulfite treatment. The site of sequencing library will be decreased, and the cost will be reduced by using the method disclosed in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Mingzhi Ye, Xu Han, Xiuqing Zhang, Zhongsheng Sun
  • Publication number: 20130210002
    Abstract: The present invention involves an analysis method of cellular chromosomes, particularly involves a method of analyzing whether a difference exists in the chromosome number between amniotic cells and standard cells by a sequencing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Xiuqing Zhang, Zhaoling Xuan, Fang Chen, Fuman Jiang, Jingrong Lin, Peipei Li
  • Patent number: 6090280
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for high-throughput identity confirmation, quantitation and purity determination of a compound of interest in a mixture of compounds is disclosed. According to the method, a chemical mixture, such as may be obtained from a chemical library, is processed to obtain a stream having a time-varying composition, such as by using a high pressure liquid chromatograph. The stream is split into two portions or streams for substantially contemporaneous detection in a compound-identifying device, such as a mass spectrograph, and in a compound-quantitating device, such as an evaporative light scattering detector. A peak in a chromatogram obtained from the compound-quantitating device is identified as the compound of interest by cross-correlation, via elution time, with chromatographic results obtained from the compound-identifying device. Once the peak is identified as corresponding to the compound of interest, the corresponding peak area is used for quantitation and purity determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacopeia, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Connelly, Linda O'Brien, Sue Xiuqing Zhang, Ning Zhao
  • Patent number: 5938932
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for high-throughput identity confirmation, quantitation and purity determination of a compound of interest in a mixture of compounds is disclosed. According to the method, a chemical mixture, such as may be obtained from a chemical library, is processed to obtain a stream having a time-varying composition, such as by using a high pressure liquid chromatograph. The stream is split into two portions or streams for substantially contemporaneous detection in a compound-identifying device, such as a mass spectrograph, and in a compound-quantitating device, such as an evaporative light scattering detector. A peak in a chromatogram obtained from the compound-quantitating device is identified as the compound of interest by cross-correlation, via elution time, with chromatographic results obtained from the compound-identifying device. Once the peak is identified as corresponding to the compound of interest, the corresponding peak area is used for quantitation and purity determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Pharmacopeia, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Connelly, Linda O'Brien, Sue Xiuqing Zhang, Ning Zhao