Swift Biosciences, Inc. has announced the launch of an early access program for Accel-NGS™ Amplicon Panels for use with Illumina Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) systems. The assays are compatible with FFPE and circulating cell free DNA from 10 ng of genomic DNA. The underlying technology enables hundreds of primer pairs to be amplified in a […]

MADISON, Wis. — Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) (Nasdaq:ICEL), today announced that Susan A. Willetts was elected to the company’s board of directors, effective November 6, 2014. Ms. Willetts also will serve as a member of the CDI board’s audit committee. Ms. Willetts has been an advisory director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. since July […]

Boston, MA — The global leader in core facility management software, iLab Solutions, recently announced Herbert Auer as the new Director, European Business Operations. In this leadership position, Herbert will be overseeing the day-to-day business operations of iLab’s Europe-based team ensuring its alignment with the company’s mission to provide innovative and effective solutions to support […]

San Carlos, CA -— NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of solutions which make biological samples accessible for genomic analysis, has announced the winner of the NuGEN 2014 Genomics Grant Challenge. The winning study proposal, entitled “Identifying novel gene rearrangements in sarcoma biogenesis”, was submitted by Dr. Bastiaan Tops of Radboud university […]

Compact and robust, this easy-to-use system enables tool-free assembly of glass, quartz or polymer resealable chips, allowing the user to deposit reagents, sensors, biosensors or cells onto the chip base layer and then flow fluids over the deposited sensors or reagents. Resealable Chip Interface System The modular and flexible system includes a Resealable Chip Interface […]

Era7 Bioinformatics is proud to announce that it has recently become member of The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (https://genomicsandhealth.org/). Global Alliance is an international coalition formed to facilitate the sharing of genomical and clinical data, with the intention of promoting potential advancements in medicine and science. It brings together over 220 leading institutions […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — — Sage Science, a developer of life science products for improving sample preparation processes in molecular biology applications, today introduced the PippinHT, a high-throughput version of the popular Pippin line of automated DNA size selection instruments for use with next-generation sequencers. The instrument will be particularly useful for scientists conducting large-scale genomic […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — — An update to SRI International’s BIoCyc Database Collection offers mobile access and an expanded number of databases to researchers studying genomes and metabolic pathways. Researchers now have access to 5,500 genomes from all domains of life, and information about connections between genome sequences and biological function. BioCyc 18.5 links the […]

WILMINGTON, Mass. -– Kapa Biosystems announced today that the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system has selected the KAPA hgDNA Quantification and QC Kit to assess the quality of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples prior to targeted amplicon next-generation sequencing (NGS). The team determined that the KAPA kit is able to accurately predict sequencing performance and can be […]

BOULDER, Colo. & BEVERLY, Mass. — Today, Enzymatics launches two new targeted next generation sequencing assays for detecting and identifying fusions in NTRK and FGFR gene families. The FusionPlex™ NTRK and FGFR assays use Enzymatics’ proprietary NGS-based fusion detection technology, Anchored Multiplex PCR (AMP™), to detect and identify fusions and mutations without prior knowledge of […]