Founded in 2001 by a group of pioneers who established collaborations with leading biotech industry to arrange training in real-time PCR, TATAA Biocenter is now one of the leading research and service providers and organizers of hands-on training courses in real-time PCR in Europe.

TATAA Biocenter offers a full range of real-time PCR services including high throughput real-time PCR analysis, primer and probe design and validation, data analysis, testing and evaluation of kits and instruments, and contract research to Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies among others. TATAA Biocenter is also partners in several EU funded research projects and national R&D efforts.

The center develops and performs a broad spectrum of hands-on courses in real-time PCR world-wide covering all aspects, from basic introductory courses for users entering the field of real-time PCR to advanced application based courses including sample preparation, biostatistics, immuno qPCR, single cell studies, and expression profiling.

Specific products tailor-made for real-time PCR applications are available all over the world through carefully chosen distributors.

TATAA Biocenter has permanent facilities in Gothenburg, Sweden, Sunnyvale, California, and Prague, Czech Republic. The TATAA Biocenter collaborates with leading universities and biotech companies further developing real-time PCR technology and applications thereof.

About real-time PCR
PCR is a key technology in life science research and molecular diagnostics in which a segment of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) is copied or "amplified" so that it can be more readily analyzed. Real-time PCR is a modification of standard PCR and provides greater accuracy in applications such as the quantification of gene expression, proteins, viruses and bacteria in human, food and soil samples, and for analysis of mutations (SNP), detection of gene modified organisms (GMO) and forensic testing. The process involves cycles of alternative heating and cooling of a small sample containing the nucleic acid. Throughout this process, copies of targeted DNA molecules are produced and the amount of the amplified DNA is measured during the PCR process in real-time. This ensures very accurate and precise quantification of the nucleic acid.