MADISON, Wis.–Roche NimbleGen (Pink Sheets:RHHBY) (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) has announced that imaGenes GmbH, a Berlin-based genomics & proteomics specialist, has achieved status as a Certified Service Provider (CSP) of NimbleGen microarrays for Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP-chip). imaGenes GmbH has passed a rigorous ChIP-chip certification to officially become part of the Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider Program. As […]

Show Promise for Genetic Characterization of Leukemia BRANFORD, Conn.–This week at the 51st American Society for Hematology Annual Meeting, a team of researchers from the MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory presented results from a series of groundbreaking studies which explore alternative, high-throughput 454 Sequencing methods for distinguishing and characterizing the many forms of leukemia and myeloproliferative […]

EL SEGUNDO, CA – BioDiscovery, Inc. a global leader in integrated software solutions for microarray-based research, announced today a number of license renewals and expansions of its Nexus Copy Number product at leading cancer research centers. These include renewal of multi-user license at the Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Keystone Program in Blood Cell Development and […]

Agilent Technologies Adds Genetic Association and Copy Number Variation Analyses to Bioinformatics Software, Expanding Systems Biology Suite SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:A) introduced GeneSpring GX 11, the latest generation of its popular desktop software for visualizing and analyzing microarray data, and GeneSpring Workgroup 11, the enterprise version of the GeneSpring desktop software. Designed to […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) announced today the addition of Andrew J. Last, PhD, to its management team as Chief Commercial Officer. “Andy is a proven leader in our core business as well as in the downstream markets of validation and routine testing,” said Kevin King, president and CEO of Affymetrix. “He will drive […]

MADISON, Wis.–A team of scientists from Iowa State University, the University of Florida, the University of Minnesota, and Roche NimbleGen (SWX:RO)(SWX:ROG)(Pink Sheets:RHHBY) have recently announced their research has uncovered a previously unknown level of diversity, complexity and structural variation in the maize genome as well as between strains of the crop. The results of this […]

HybSelect’s target region enrichment enables cost-effective, automated and massively parallel sequencing for target regions from the genome LEXINGTON, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany — febit’s HybSelect has been recognized as one of the winners of the “Top 10 Innovations of 2009” by The Scientist magazine. The company’s automated sequence capture technology for high-throughput sequencing was selected […]

febit’s HybSelect(TM) assay for targeted Next-Generation Sequencing and microRNA (miRNA) profiling technology advances cancer research on several levels LEXINGTON, Mass., and HEIDELBERG, Germany — PRNewswire — The Cancer Genomic Microarray Facility at the Kimmel Cancer Center of the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, selected febit’s Geniom® RT Analyzer to advance its biomedical research by proceeding targeted […]

Agilent’s Next-Generation Sequencing Target Enrichment System SANTA CLARA, Calif. & GENEVA–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and Fasteris SA today announced that Fasteris has been named the first European Certified-Service Provider (CSP) for Agilent’s SureSelect Target Enrichment System for next-generation sequencing. SureSelect, introduced in February 2009, has been shown to greatly increase the speed and cost-efficiency of […]

Medical Center Uses Arrayit Protein Microarray Platform to Identify Biomarkers for Autoimmune Diseases SUNNYVALE, CA — Arrayit Corporation (OTC.BB:ARYC – News) announced today that the new High Throughput Biology Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland purchased Arrayit’s proprietary technology to create a Human Proteome Chip to discover biomarkers for autoimmune […]