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Innovative single-cell RNA-seq kit to support large democratization of insgle-cell analysis

Project description

An ultra-sensitive kit for single cell RNA sequencing

In the past decade, RNA sequencing technology has been used to study gene expression patterns of cells. The advent of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has made it possible to dissect gene expression at single cell resolution. However, given the low amount of starting material, it has significant limitations in terms of cell capture. Funded by the European Innovation Council, the DEEP-IN-CELL project proposes to develop an easy-to-use kit that employs barcode hydrogel beads and improves the rate of cell capture. It is combined with a cloud software analysis suite, offering unprecedented sensitivity at a low cost. The DEEP-IN-CELL product will also help obtain important transcriptomic information from rare cells.

Objective

This project will develop and perform the industrial scale-up of a game-changing scRNA-seq tool named DEEP-IN-CELL. This solution, in a kit format plus a cloud software analysis suite, will use the proprietary hydrogel-based RevGel technology of Asteria kit as a basis for a new generation of kit that ambitions to dramatically simplify access to single-cell studies with a shorter time to result, far easier, robust and authentic transcriptome-preserving technology multiplied by reducing cost per sample. This new generation of kit shall bring a similar revolution to the single-cell market as did the Qiagen RNA extraction kit in its time to the genomic market, while providing performances at par with that of the market gold standard and monopolistic costive instrument-based single-cell technology 10xGenomics.
This next generation of single-cell RNAseq kit is expected to first launch in late 2024 with first applications to the international single-cell research market and to generate sales exceeding €50M by 2029. It is foreseen to become the quintessencial single-cell RNAseq kit that will open access to single-cell studies to a much broader research community.

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HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

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€ 2 417 259,25
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17 RUE DE LA VANNE
92120 Nanterre
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SME

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Yes
Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 3 453 227,50
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