Newark, California — DNA2.0, Inc., the leading California-based bioengineering company, today announced the opening of its European branch office in Basel, Switzerland. The expansion is part of DNA2.0’s long term commitment to better serve its clients in both domestic and international markets. “We are thrilled to see more and more customers in Europe have utilized […]

Rochester, N.Y. ST LOUIS, MO – Adarza BioSystems, Inc. a leading next generation innovator in label-free, multiplex assays announced that it has closed a $5 M Series B financing. Proceeds from the financing will be used to expand production capacity in its St. Peters, MO manufacturing facility and launch its first immunoassay product consumable and […]

Denville, NJ — Diagenode, a leading global provider of complete solutions for epigenetics research, announced the launch of its new epigenetics services offering. The services include both ChIP-sequencing and reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS). “The new services offering is perfect for both newcomers to epigenetics as well as high-throughput labs that want to utilize Diagenode’s […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) Affymetrix announced that it has reviewed the proposal made by Origin Technologies Corporation, LLC (“Origin”) on March 18 for a transaction in which the stockholders of Affymetrix would receive $16.10 per share in cash. In reviewing the proposal, the Board of Directors notes that Origin appears to […]

OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO) announced the launch of its EGFR C797S Mutation Detection Assay based on the company’s ICE COLD-PCR™ (ICP) technology. This new test detects the presence of the EGFR C797S mutation that is associated with resistance to new third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapies in development for non-small cell lung […]

Enschede, The Netherlands – Micronit Microfluidics B.V. (Micronit) and iX-factory GmbH announced today they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Micronit has acquired iX-factory. Both companies are experts in the development and manufacturing of innovative microfluidic and MEMS components. iX-factory will continue under the name of Micronit GmbH. “Both companies have unique […]

Austin, TX, Bioo Scientific announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. patent US9255291 entitled Oligonucleotide ligation, barcoding and methods and compositions for improving data quality and throughput using massively parallel sequencing. The granted claims describe a method for improving small RNA NGS library prep by reducing bias, formation of […]

Uppsala, Sweden and Tucson, AZ, – Gyros AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays, and Protein Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of peptide synthesis instrumentation and reagents, announced the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement, to form Gyros Protein Technologies AB (the “Company”). The merger is expected to be completed within the next […]

InSphero AG, the leading supplier of easy-to-use solutions for production, culture, and assessment of organotypic 3D cell culture models, announced the launch of 3D InSight™ Multi-donor Human Liver Microtissues, further expanding the company’s catalog of organotypic 3D models produced using their patented hanging-drop production technology. The newest liver model is being introduced at the Society […]