Alexandria, MN USA, and Göteborg, Sweden – Douglas Scientific®, the provider of the innovative Array Tape® consumable and IntelliQube® qPCR platform announces collaboration with TATAA Biocenter, a leading global provider of qPCR services and training. Douglas Scientific has been working with TATAA since 2013, initially on software design for and performance testing of the IntelliQube […]

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has joined the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain established in 2015 by scientists from IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) and Mars, Incorporated. The consortium is combining advanced genomics with […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and United Kingdom-based Bio-Genesys Diagnostics announced that they have entered a partnership to offer commercial genotyping services. Under the terms of the agreement, the genetic testing services offered by Bio-Genesys Diagnostics for cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, and camelids will be run exclusively on Affymetrix’s technology. The partnership […]

HERCULES, Calif. & SAN DIEGO — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) (NYSE: BIOb) andIllumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced an exclusive partnership to develop the most comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for single-cell analysis. The end-to-end commercial solution will enable high-throughput sequencing of thousands of individual cells, traditionally a challenging, costly and time-consuming process. Most […]

New York, NY – Schrödinger, Inc. announced that it has entered into a research collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), in which the two companies will work together to develop a computational model for predicting key properties relevant to biotherapeutic candidates. In this collaboration, each company will perform tasks in an attempt to develop […]

Ann Arbor, MI –– Rubicon Genomics, Inc. today reported a 40% increase in year-over-year sales in 2015. Rubicon also announced the addition of new distributors in India and Poland. Rubicon is a leading provider of pre-analytical library preparation kits for the research market that increase the accuracy, efficiency and speed of routine genomic analysis. Rubicon’s […]

Metrohm USA and the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy have recently formed a mutually beneficial partnership. The alliance will bring state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and software to the School to be used by students and faculty in a variety of disciplines. The presence of Metrohm at the School of Pharmacy will foster collaboration between Metrohm […]

WALTHAM, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX), a leading provider of cellular and genetic analysis products, today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of Affymetrix for $14.00 per share in cash. The transaction […]

NESS ZIONA, Israel — NRGene has signed a co-marketing agreement with Illumina to promote NRGene’s proprietary de novo assembly informatics solution exclusively using Illumina sequencing technology. Under this agreement, Illumina’s global sales channel will promote NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM assembly technology. Together, Illumina’s sequencing technology and NRGene’s DeNovoMAGIC deliver the most practical, rapid, and cost-effective solution for […]

Oxford Instruments (OI), market leader in cryogenic equipment, and Zurich Instruments (ZI), the technical leader for digital lock-in amplifiers, announce today their joint technical collaboration primarily focused on demonstrating how the efficiency of combining equipment from both companies results in reduced time between installation and measurement. The collaboration will yield a series of joint application […]