Redwood City, CA — The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $1M contract for whole genome, whole exome, and SNP Chip DNA data analysis to Bina Technologies, Inc., as part of the VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP), which aims to enroll 1 million veterans over the next years. Bina Technologies will provide […]

Berlin, Germany, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Boulder, CO, USA — Marine toxins can have serious implications for both public health and the economy. As a result, routine monitoring for a number of recognized marine toxins in edible shellfish is a regulatory requirement in many areas worldwide. Animal-based assays have historically been used to indicate sample […]

CHICAGO, IL -– BioForce Nanosciences, Inc. (BioForce) recently completed the installation of the newest version of its groundbreaking Nano eNabler Benchtop Molecular Printer. With increased optical resolution, state of the art computer hardware and Windows 8.1 operating system, the Nano eNabler will provide expanded capabilities for the research market. The Nano eNabler is the only […]

Hologic, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostic products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that Tepnel Pharma Services (Tepnel), a subsidiary of Hologic, has become an authorised Affymetrix Service Provider and has launched the Affymetrix OncoScan FFPE Service. Tepnel’s […]

LE PERRAY-EN-YVELINES, France — tebu-bio, a European-based services provider in genomics, proteomics and cell-based assays, announced this week that it will be offering Toray’s 3D-Gene® microRNA and mRNA profiling technology to European researchers. Philippe Fixe, Marketing Manager at tebu-bio, indicated that this collaboration enables tebu-bio to provide a full set of services in the field […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Mike McMullen, senior vice president, Agilent, and president of the company’s Chemical Analysis Group (CAG), will succeed William (Bill) Sullivan as CEO on March 18, 2015. Sullivan will remain as an advisor through the end of the company’s fiscal year, Oct. 31, 2015, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the 10-year anniversary of its SurePrint Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) Microarray, a market leader for cytogenetics research applications. Microarray CGH is a molecular technique that enables exon-level detection of gains and losses in DNA copy number across the genome, providing resolution an order of magnitude […]

HERCULES, CA -— Eureka Genomics, a leader in Next Generation Genotyping (NGG), announced that it has been awarded a $450,000 grant from The National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Institute is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Eureka Genomics was awarded this grant to commercialize a second generation NGG assay focused […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that Jeff Huber has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Huber is Senior Vice President at Google Inc. where he works at Google[x]. Mr. Huber joined Google in 2003 and led development for Google Maps (2011-2013), Google Apps (2005-2010), and Google Ads (2003-2011). Prior to Google, […]

Sunnyvale, CA — SciGene today introduced the CytoBrite Slide Oven, a 60-slide convection incubator for performing extended or overnight FISH/ISH probe hybridizations. The CytoBrite Slide Oven has the capacity of five Thermobrite instruments in 60% less bench space. The oven has five pull-out drawers that each receive two 6-slide removable trays from the CytoBrite Slide […]