FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), an emerging genomic analysis company, today announced organizational changes to strengthen domain leadership and enhance commercialization expertise required to increase the adoption of its SmartChip System. As an initial step, the company has engaged Steve Lombardi, formerly President and a director of Helicos BioSciences Corporation, as a consultant […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that it has been recognized in Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on comparing percentage revenue growth over five years from 2006-2010. “We are pleased to […]
Geneticists at Emory University School of Medicine have demonstrated a method that enables the routine amplification of all the genes on the X chromosome. The technology allows the rapid and highly accurate sequencing and identification of novel genetic variants affecting X chromosome genes. The method, developed in cooperation with RainDance Technologies, is described in the […]
Madison, WI USA: Promega Corporation announced today that it has launched GoTaq® 1-Step RT-qPCR System for quantitative analysis of RNA. The reagent system gives a brighter signal for earlier quantification of low and high copy RNA targets, using a one-step reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) protocol in a single tube format. The system incorporates BRYT Green® […]
St. Louis, Mo. – Sigma-Aldrich®, today announced that Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business, released a new version of OligoArchitect™, the comprehensive, easy-to-use online tool for automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays. Powered by the industry standard Beacon Designer™ platform from PREMIER Biosoft, OligoArchitect is […]
FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, announced that its SmartChip Real-Time PCR System was chosen by a German consortium to advance their research toward developing a reliable blood test for detection of cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. The results of the multicenter study were published in Nature […]
INDIANAPOLIS and MONTREAL — Roche announced today the U.S. launch of the latest addition to the company’s real-time PCR portfolio of LightCycler® instruments for use in research, the LightCycler Nano real-time PCR system. Roche Applied Science made the announcement in conjunction with the start of the 61st annual meeting of the American Society of Human […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation today announced the Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ 12K Flex Real-Time PCR system, a highly versatile genetic analysis instrument that enables cost-effective and efficient interrogation of hundreds of target genes over thousands of samples in a single run. The growing demand of biomarker screening experiments, particularly in the early research phases […]
Lucigen Corporation is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded two separate SBIR Phase I grants to fund additional research and development. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen a total of $350,000 in Small Business Innovation Research grants to be used to develop research tools with the potential to improve human […]
FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, will demonstrate the success of its SmartChip Real-time PCR System in enabling new research applications at the premier human genetics meeting, the combined 12th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) and the 61st American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting, in […]
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