Deal provides OGT with an expanded customer base for its market-leading aCGH arrays Oxford, UK — Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the pioneer of microarraybased technologies, has today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Kreatech Diagnostics (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). The deal will enable Kreatech Diagnostics to sell OGT’s CytoSure™ products throughout France, […]

A Novel Two-Stage Sequence Capture Method with NimbleGen Arrays and 454 Sequencing Systems MADISON, Wis.–Researchers from Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, University of Florida and Roche NimbleGen (SIX:RO)(SIX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) have published a novel method to perform targeted sequencing in the highly complex maize genome. The method, which can be easily adapted to other genomes […]

Provides Unparalleled Genotyping Customization for Genome-Wide Association Studies SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today unveiled its new HumanOmniExpress+ Custom BeadChip (OmniExpress+), an enhancement to the recently announced OmniExpress BeadChip that allows for the addition of up to 200,000 custom variants for a total of >900k variants per sample. OmniExpress+ leverages the proven iSelect custom genotyping infrastructure […]

Global Sales Expansion Targets Life Sciences and Diagnostics Opportunities in the World’s Largest Country SUNNYVALE, CA–Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC – News), a global leader in life sciences and healthcare technology, announced today that the company has completed installation of its patented microarray manufacturing technology in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Arrayit Founder and Executive Vice President Todd Martinsky […]

Barabe Joins Affymetrix as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Timothy Barabe has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Barabe will lead the company’s financial functions as well as the treasury, investor relations, and information technology departments, reporting to Kevin […]

BioDiscovery, Inc. the pioneering developer of integrated software solutions for microarray-based research, announced today the release of Nexus Expression version 2 for gene expression analysis. Nexus Expression provides users an intuitive yet powerful interface for using gene expression results to associate sample attributes with gene annotations and biological processes. New features in version 2 make […]

MADISON, Wis.–Roche Diagnostics (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) has purchased assets from BioMicro Systems for all products associated with the Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow. These assets consist of key instrumentation in the comprehensive Roche NimbleGen microarray workflow including the NimbleGen Hybridization Systems (both 4- and 12-bay models). Also included in this purchase are array accessories […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) announced today that Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Nelson C. Chan have been appointed to the board of directors, effective March 8, 2010. The board appointed Ms. Nachtsheim to the Compensation Committee and Mr. Chan to the Audit Committee. “We are very pleased to add Jami Dover Nachtsheim and Nelson Chan […]

A Complete and Compact Microarray System for Easy, Affordable Whole-Genome Analysis SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced the launch of the GeneAtlas™ System, a complete, personal solution for processing Affymetrix arrays and characterizing changes in gene expression in a variety of research applications. “The GeneAtlas System gives life science researchers like me an […]

febit’s powerful biomarker discovery platform further strengthened with validated content identified with the Applied Biosystems SOLiD deep sequencing instrument LEXINGTON, Mass. (USA), and HEIDELBERG, Germany — febit today announced that an updated version of the company’s Geniom Biochip containing 58 new discovered sequences in addition to all of the Homo sapiens microRNAs (miRNA) from miRBase […]