Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for agribusiness, industrial biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and related life science research, today announced the release of Genedata Selector 4.0. This latest version of the industry’s leading genome knowledge management solution provides groundbreaking new capabilities for reference-independent genome sequence comparisons while reducing data processing and analysis […]

SAN DIEGO – Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that Sanjay Chikarmane has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Illumina’s Enterprise Informatics business. Chikarmane will lead the development and commercialization of products and services aimed at turning genomic data into actionable information for researchers and clinicians. He will report to Illumina President, Francis […]

Boston, US & London, UK – IDBS today announced the appointment of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Peter Murray. Responsible for the long term direction of IDBS’ vision and technology ambitions, Peter brings a fresh, start-up mindset to global research and development (R&D) software design and creation. This agile approach, combined with deep domain expertise, reflects […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher ScientificThrough a successful partnership with the Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed an advanced software solution that enables global public health laboratories to directly access the CDC’s MicrobeNet online virtual reference lab database. Now, researchers can more quickly […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.– DNAnexus, the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that it has worked with Intel Corporation, the world’s largest semiconductor company, to deploy elPrep, a high-performance software tool for the preparation of genomic data for large-scale sequence analysis. The first use is by Janssen Research & Development, a division […]

LUND, SWEDEN — Qlucore, a world leader in the development of bioinformatics software, has announced a three year license contract with Actelion, one of Europe?s leading biopharmaceutical companies. Actelion is a leader in the science and medicine of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and its understanding of the complex pathways and molecular mechanisms of this disease […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN –– Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BASI) has entered into an agreement with PDS Life Sciences (PDS) to fully upgrade its laboratory information management system (LIMS) to Ascentos™. The new Ascentos software represents the next generation of preclinical research LIMS and is a fully integrated software solution that includes toxicology, clinical pathology, toxicokinetics and […]

Molecular genetics Ag Biotech company KeyGene and biomedical big data solutions company GENALICE, jointly mark the significant mutual benefits of their first two years of partnership, running GENALICE MAP in full production as their preferred tool for primary (Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis. KeyGene supports its customers and partners with cutting edge breeding technologies and […]

San Diego, CA — Rancho BioSciences, the Data Curation Company, today announced that they will work with BT to provide cloud-based data curation services to their joint customers. Data curation is important for life sciences companies and academia to be able to extract important information from massive amounts of data. Rancho BioSciences curates life science […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., announced today the release of GeneCards® Version 4.0 with a new technology platform and redesigned user interface. The new release is available now at www.genecards.org. GeneCards is a database that provides comprehensive information on all known human genes, and is available via the cloud […]