TATAA Biocenter and Yikon Genomics announce strategic partnership to distribute Yikon’s MALBACTM products for single cell profiling and YK-PGSTM Solutions in Europe

Göteborg, Sweden, and Shanghai, China, February 9, 2016 – TATAA Biocenter, the

world´s foremost organizer of hands-on training in molecular diagnostics and Europe´s leading

provider of genomic services, has partnered with Yikon Genomics to advance its Next Generation

Sequencing (NGS) and single cell profiling offerings. As part of the partnership, TATAA Biocenter

will distribute and support Yikon’s MALBACTM products in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany,

Austria, Slovak and Czech Republics.TATAA is also going to use MALBACTM in its popular NGS

training courses. “We pioneered single cell transcriptomics over ten years ago and have the

broadest product and services offerings in the field in Europe. Yikon’s MALBACTM technology

developed at Harvard is a perfect complement to our current portfolio allowing us to offer also the

best technology for single cell genomics.” says Mikael Kubista, CEO of TATAA biocenter. “We are

happy to establish this strategic collaboration with TATAA Biocenter on the MALBACTM and YKPGSTM

products. Yikon Genomics has developed streamlined YK-PGSTM solutions tailored to

different requirements from our customers. Yikon will continue to advance the field of single cell

genomics and work with our partners to provide accurate and streamlined solutions for analyzing

single cell samples.” says Sijia Lu, CEO of Yikon Genomics”

About TATAA Biocenter

TATAA Biocenter is world’s largest organizer of hands-on training in molecular analyses, Europe’s

leading provider of nucleic acid analysis services, and Scandinavia’s most comprehensive

distributor of products for nucleic acids analysis. TATAA Biocenter offers hands-on training in all

aspects of molecular analyses, biomarker research, and validation from experimental design,

sample preparation, quality control, analysis and modelling. Through its laboratories in Göteborg,

Sweden, and Prague, Czech Republic, and sales office in Saarbrucken, Germany, TATAA

Biocenter supports its clients with products for full range of nucleic acid and protein analyses and

services in compliance with ISO17025 standard. In 2013 TATAA Biocenter was presented the

Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership as Best-in-Class Services for Analyzing

Genetic Material. For more information, see www.tataa.com or contact us on services@tataa.com

About Yikon Genomics

Yikon Genomics is a leading solution-based single cell sequencing company. Based on the

patented MALBACTM technology, Yikon provides complete solutions in the fields of reproductive

health and tumor liquid biopsy. The YK-PGSTM and YK-PGDTM solutions offer the most accurate

and comprehensive embryo testing results for physicians to choose the best embryo with balanced

chromosomal copy numbers, as well as to avoid inheriting the disease-associated allele. The YKPGSTM

and YK-PGDTM solutions have helped thousands of couples achieve healthy pregnancies.

For more information, please see www.yikongenomics.com or contact us by emailing:

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