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Researchers developed and evaluated an automated protocol for the Illumina library preparation kit using a liquid handler robot, aiming to streamline and standardize the process for bacterial whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Their automated workflow, implemented on the flowbot ONE robot, consistently produced high-quality DNA libraries with yields comparable to manual processing.
Last year, high concentrations of the agricultural toxin dinoterb, banned since 1998, were measured in Heemskerk, not far from where the water supplier PWN purifies the water in the dunes. The Hollands Noorderkwartier Water Board is investigating whether the limit values were exceeded and is including the data in its ongoing investigation into the source of the pollution.
In an effort to curb the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases, some schools in Noord-Holland will begin asking parents about their children's vaccination status. This initiative comes as the Netherlands grapples with a recent whooping cough outbreak that has so far resulted in four infant deaths, and a measles outbreak affecting about 30 people in the Eindhoven region.
The arrest of six people in Amsterdam as part of a major cybercrime investigation in January led to the discovery of a database containing 7.3 million email addresses. About 5 million of them belong to either Dutch citizens or people in the Netherlands, police said in an update on Thursday.