Toray Industries Inc., announce the European release of its groundbreaking 3D-Gene* products, a range of three dimensional DNA chips for use in microarray analysis. The new microarrays utilise several unique features to enhance assay sensitivity, providing the perfect platform for working with low abundance targets such as microRNAs or troublesome samples such as formalin-fixed paraffin […]

Madison, WI – Roche NimbleGen (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is pleased to announce that São Paulo-based genomic services provider Helixxa has officially joined the Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider (CSP) Program. Helixxa has been certified to process customer samples for NimbleGen Gene Expression arrays in their lab outside of São Paulo. Helixxa is the […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and DANVERS, Mass. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Beckman Coulter Genomics, Inc. today announced that Beckman Coulter Genomics has achieved Certified Service Provider (CSP) status for the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System, including new SureSelect XT which combines sequencing library preparation and gDNA preparative reagents. Through its acquisition of Cogenics, […]

Santa Clara, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a solution for exon analysis based on SurePrint G3 Exon Microarrays. The solution provides a major expansion of Agilent’s portfolio of gene expression reagents, microarrays and bioinformatics systems. This new system, available in mid-November, enables researchers to examine alternately expressed exons according to recently […]

These Variants Will Empower Future Genotyping Studies and Genetic Characterizations of Human Disease and Health SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that it will contribute genotyping data for a large set of validated rare and common genomic variants to the 1000 Genomes Project. This powerful data consists of genotyping information from more […]

Santa Clara, Calif. – Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today continued its rapid pace of product introductions for next-generation sequencing by launching the Agilent SureSelect XT Target Enrichment System. SureSelect XT combines sequencing library preparation and gDNA preparative reagents with the proven SureSelect target enrichment system. This, together with Agilent’s automation portfolio, adds an unprecedented […]

DURHAM, N.C – Expression Analysis today announced that it and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) are jointly funding a Cancer GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Study) and Data Analysis Grant program to support cutting-edge projects that show promise in identifying genetic elements important to cancer research and treatment. Individual researchers, academic and nonprofit institutions, and corporations worldwide are eligible […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC) announced today that it has sold a third advanced microarray manufacturing system to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The NanoPrint LM60 Microarrayer equipped with Arrayit’s Patented Microarray Manufacturing Technology (US Patent 6,101,946) is a computer-driven robotic microarray manufacturing system that enables the screening of […]

Jena, Germany – SCHOTT has added a 96-well nitrocellulose-coated microplate to its extensive line of Nexterion® microarray substrates. The product combines nitrocellulose, the surface of choice for protein microarrays, with the high-throughput 96-well microplate format; making automated parallel assays a reality. The MTP-NC96 conforms to the SBS standard microplate format commonly used for high-throughput screening […]

Arrayjet this week announced that protein-array technology researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology will use the company’s Marathon inkjet microarrayer. As part of the deal, financial details of which were not disclosed, KTH will also serve as a reference site for Arrayjet, and the two organizations will work together on publications and technology […]