SANTA CLARA, Calif. & TOKYO — Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) and MTI Ltd. (TSE:9438), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, EverGene Ltd., (MTI/EG) announce that the two companies will collaborate in genetic research and personal genomics services in Japan. With the support of leading academics and through this collaboration, MTI/EG plans to further expand their business in the healthcare […]

Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), the molecular genetics company, today announced that it has signed a license agreement with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute for access to data from the Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) study. The DDD study has successfully identified new areas of the genome as responsible for developmental disorders1, 2. OGT plans to use […]

SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Arrayit Corporation (ARYC), a life sciences and molecular diagnostics leader, announces today that the company is debuting major new products and services for the billion dollar genomics and proteomics markets in the company’s new full color, image-rich 2015/2016 catalog. Arrayit High-Seq(TM) genomic labeling kits, HuProt(TM) v2.0 19K human proteome microarrays, InnoScan(R) 910 and […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Affymetrix (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced that Founder and Chairman, Stephen Fodor, Ph.D., will retire from the company’s Board of Directors effective January 30, 2015. He has served on the Board since the Company’s inception, and has been Chairman since 1999. The Board of Directors elected Jami Nachtsheimas Chairwoman of the Company’s Board […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has expanded the world’s most comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) portfolio with the launch of the HiSeq X Five System and HiSeq 3000/4000 Systems. Over the last five years, the HiSeq Sequencing System family has been established as the platform of choice for high-throughput, production-scale sequencing laboratories. […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the GenetiSure Pre-Screen Kit, a high-throughput oligonucleotide microarray for screening aneuploidy and other genomic aberrations in the 5- to 10-Mb range from single cells in three- and five-day embryos. Agilent’s kit allows for a turnaround time of less than eight hours from DNA extraction […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) will be highlighting several new genotyping arrays at the 2015 Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAGXXIII) for applications in breeding and routine analysis. Affymetrix now offers the largest catalog of arrays for research and applied agriculture markets. The newest arrays, Axiom® Porcine Genotyping Array and Axiom Equine […]

SAN DIEGO — BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a world leader in genomics, has signed a 15-year lease for a new 360,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, build-to-suit campus in Foster City, CA. This agreement represents one of the largest life science lease transactions in the country over the […]

SANTA CLARA, CA. — Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced the addition of Francis A. deSouza, technology industry veteran and president of Illumina, a leading biotechnology company, to its board of directors, effective immediately. deSouza began his career at IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center and went on to consult on technical and change management projects […]

Sunnyvale, CA — Arrayit Corporation (ARYC) announces that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) entitled “Rapid and Cost Effective Detection Technologies for Noroviruses and other Foodborne Pathogens.” Under the terms of the agreement, Arrayit and the USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) will […]