Expanded Marker Density and Add-On Content Capabilities Provide Unprecedented Genomic Discovery at Lower Prices SAN DIEGO – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced its next generation of iSelect custom genotyping products that allow researchers to design custom arrays containing from 3,000 up to 1,000,000 markers, with the flexibility to add supplemental content to their array designs. […]

Gaithersburg, MD, United States – Gene Logic announced the release of ASCENTA System Version 4.0, which incorporates a number of significant changes in functionality reinforcing its position as a valuable research tool to the academic, biotechnology and pharmaceutical markets. ASCENTA is a reference software product for use in gene expression studies. In the continuous quest […]

Goal Is Highly Scalable Pharmacogenomics Research MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – 23andMe has launched a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which is aimed at validating 23andMe’s highly-scalable platform for pharmacogenomics research. The company received $190,000 in stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for “Web-based Phenotyping for Genome-Wide […]

ISCA CNV atlas Leuven, Belgium – Cartagenia announced today that it has signed an agreement with the International Standards for Cytogenomic Arrays (ISCA) Consortium to set up an automated data acquisition pipeline based on Cartagenia’s BENCH data management solution. The CNV Atlas project aims to build a database of abnormal regions of the genome – […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its SureSelect Target Enrichment System now supports the 454 Life Sciences next-generation sequencing platform, boosting efficiency and cost-effectiveness of research by enabling users to sequence just genomic regions of interest rather than entire genomes. “The SureSelect Target Enrichment Kits are now optimized and […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) (the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (the “Court”) has granted the company’s motion for summary judgment that Affymetrix does not infringe the patents held by Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), and has directed that the patent infringement lawsuits brought against […]

Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India – Ocimum Biosolutions today announced its growth plans after having closed funding worth $8 million from multiple sources, including founders and existing shareholders, in order to cater to the growing demand for its integrated genomic services and to provide unparalleled, hassle-free user experience by enhancing its RaaS […]

Genefficiency™ aCGH microarray service to process extensive sample set linking CNVs to disease susceptibility Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), provider of innovative clinical genetics and diagnostic solutions to advance molecular medicine, has today announced details of a major project with the University of Virginia Center for Public Health Genomics. In a groundbreaking study, Professor Stephen Rich, […]

Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, today announced the launch of the 6th generation of miRCURY LNA™ microRNA Arrays for expression profiling of microRNA from human, mouse and rat. The new microRNA arrays have 2361 unique capture probes covering all mature human (1223), mouse (1055), rat (680) […]

RayBiotech, Inc., announced today it will renew its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program for 2011 and will accept applications for restricted pilot grants of $5,000 to $20,000 worth of RayBiotech products and/or services beginning in early 2011. RayBiotech, Inc., the Protein Array Pioneer Company, announced today it will renew its Biomarker Discovery Pilot Grant program […]