Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today released the latest addition to its range of CytoSure™ ISCA microarrays for reliable and standardised genomic aberration detection. The new patent pending CytoSure ISCA +SNP (4x180k) array combines array comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) probes, endorsed by the […]

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that it filed its definitive proxy statement and sent a letter to shareholders of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) urging them to tender their shares into Roche’s offer and vote for Roche’s independent director nominees and other proposals at the 2012 Illumina annual meeting to be held on […]

Irvine, CA — Quantiscientifics LLC, an Irvine, California company has selected BioDot Inc to co-market and sell their A2® MicroArray System. The A2® (pronounced “A-Squared”) product, originally developed out of Beckman Coulter allows for multiplexing in a proprietary 96-well plate format. To reduce complexity, the technology utilizes DNA attached to the plate surface to link […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, announced today that it filed definitive proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held on April 18, […]

BELMONT, Calif., Phalanx Biotech Group, a global genomic products and service provider, announces today the commercial availability of its OneArray® microRNA expression profiling microarrays based on the latest miRBase release 18. As compared to miRBase release 17, 234 novel mature microRNA sequences from the human, mouse and rat species have been added. The OneArray® microRNA […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif Agilent Technologies Inc. Today introduced Agilent SureFISH probes, the next generation of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assays, delivering a comprehensive menu of the industry’s highest resolution probes for a wide range of molecular analysis applications. Agilent SureFISH probes deliver dramatically better performance compared to existing FISH products. SureFISH probes enable users […]

CHICAGO – NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Systems Division is pleased to announce that the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy in the Department of Materials at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich) in Switzerland purchased a DPN 5000 System – a dedicated, versatile instrument capable of patterning a variety of materials with nanoscale accuracy and precision. ETH Zurich intends […]

SAN DIEGO -Illumina, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today issued the following statement regarding Roche’s decision to extend its unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Illumina for $44.50 in cash per common share: “The extension […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the release and immediate shipment of its Axiom Exome Genotyping Arrays, which provide the highest coverage of novel, putatively functional coding variants available. The exome, comprising the protein coding regions of the human genome, is the site of over 85% of causal mutations in single gene disorders. […]