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Last Updated: 09/13/19

MoCha NCLN Assays

Assay Method and Platform Capabilities

Whole Exome Sequencing (WES)

  • Tumor Only or
  • Tumor/Normal Paired analysis

Hybrid Capture Technology

  • Customized KAPA Biosystems Hyper Prep Automated library preparation (Perkin Elmer Sciclone)
  • Agilent SureSelect Capture Baits (V6+COSMIC)
    • 80 MB reportable region
  • Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing platform

Tumor Only:

  • SNV and Indels calling
  • Copy Number
  • Microsatellite Instability (MSI)
  • Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH); HLA typing
  • Mutational Signature; All mutation burden

Tumor/Normal Paired:

  • SNV and Indels calling
  • Somatic copy number; Ploidy estimation; Cellularity
  • Microsatellite Instability (MSI)
  • Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH); HLA typing
  • Neoantigen prediction
  • Mutational Signature; Somatic mutation burden

RNA Sequencing (RNASeq)

Transcript-based Probe Capture Technology

  • Illumina TruSeq RNA Exome Automated library preparation (Perkin Elmer Sciclone)
  • Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing platform
  • Gene expression analysis
  • RNA variant calling
  • Gene fusion calling, including intragenic fusion events

ctDNA Sequencing

Hybrid Capture Technology with unique molecular indices (UMIs) and error correction algorithms

  • Illumina TruSight Oncology 500 cfDNA (TSO500) library preparation
    • Interrogates 523 genes
  • Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing platform
  • SNV and Indels calling
  • Clinically relevant fusions
  • Copy Number Variations (CNVs)
  • Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB)
  • Microsatellite Instability (MSI)
  • Explore mechanisms of response and resistance without the need for matched baseline and on-study tumor biopsies

Targeted NGS assay (DNA and RNA)

Targeted Amplicon Gene Panel Technology

  • Oncomine Comprehensive Assay (OCAv3)
    • Detects more than 8000 variants in 161 cancer-related genes across all major cancer types
  • Ion AmpliSeq library preparation
  • Ion Torrent Ion S5 sequencing platform
  • SNV and Indels calling
  • Gene fusion calling
  • Copy Number Variations