Biota Sciences offers an innovative suite of technology services built around our core technology know as RAD – Restriction site Associated DNA. RAD is a patented sample preparation process developed at the University of Oregon and licensed exclusively to Floragenex/Biota Sciences for applications in plant, animal, and human bioscience research.

Technical Briefs

Each project is unique, each genome represents a new challenge. Biota Sciences has worked with a variety of animal, bacterial, fungal, and other genomes; developing a unique understanding of how to apply our technology to the needs of plant researchers. Please download and review our technical briefs. If you’ve got questions, we’re happy to answer them. Please contact us.

RAD Single Read sequencing - For researchers working in species with an available reference genome.

RAD LongRead sequencing – de novo sequencing and marker development in any species.