To support genomic clinical research, being undertaken to prepare the local area for personalized medicine, the Institutional Biobank of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland) has invested in 2D sample storage consumables from Micronic to safeguard its valuable samples. The Institutional Biobank of Lausanne (BIL) was created to support clinical research and more specifically research in genomics. After […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, today announced it has been awarded a £200K phase one development contract by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) healthcare competition. The contract is to develop whole genome Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis software to increase the accuracy, and enhance the analysis of genomic sequence data. This […]

SUNNYVALE, CA –– Optra Health, an ISO-certified global organization specializing in medical devices, lab automation, life science informatics and healthcare IT, today announced the availability of its ‘Automation of Knowledge’ solution, a uniquely innovative and powerful web-based text mining and annotation tool for dealing with the sheer volume and complexity of biological information. Using the […]

A drop of human blood is presumed to have 10e11 specific antibodies that recognize different immunogens (natural antigen epitopes and antigenic mimics, mimotopes). Although the potential size of the human immunoglobulin repertoire has been estimated, the understanding of its overall involvement in the immune response has remained elusive, mainly because researchers are not yet able […]

Austin, TX — Bioo Scientific’s NEXTflex™ 16S V1 – V3 Amplicon-Seq Kit simplifies bacterial metagenomics studies for sequencing on the Illumina® MiSeq platform. This kit allows users to go from sample to sequence in two hours, making it the fastest library prep kit available. Up to 384 barcodes are available with this kit, offering extreme […]

This software is designed for easy-to-use analysis of FCS files (including list mode data files) obtained on standard flow cytometers. The wizard takes you step-by-step to help you get meaningful data from your experiments rapidly and easily. A USB dongle, which comes with each LEGENDplex™ kit, is required for full access. Each dongle provides 2600 […]

FREMONT, Calif. -— WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBSD) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ivan Trifunovich, the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman of the Board. Joel Kanter, a director of the company since 2007, will serve as lead independent director. Alnoor Shivji, the company’s Chairman since 2002, resigned from […]

LANSING, Mich. -— Neogen Corporation (Nasdaq: NEOG) announced today that Stephen Snyder, Neogen’s chief operating officer and president, has resigned, effective July 31, 2014. The company said he will work as a consultant going forward on special projects. His resignation is for personal matters. Snyder has been in this position since September 2013. On an […]

Besançon, France and Hørsholm, Denmark– Digital Surf, a leading provider of surface imaging and metrology software for microscopes and profilers, and Image Metrology, a leading provider of nano- and microscale image processing software, have announced that they are joining forces. Digital Surf has acquired a 100% interest in Image Metrology. Both companies will continue to […]