Ipswich, Mass. and Ann Arbor, Mich. – New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB) and Rubicon Genomics jointly announce that they have signed a distribution agreement whereby NEB will distribute a product that uses Rubicon’s proprietary amplification technology to enable the amplification of DNA from single cells or extremely low amounts of input DNA. The Single Cell […]

HANNOVER, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, will showcase its latest technological innovations in analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents within Thermo Scientific Stand G53, Hall 9 at Biotechnica 2011, being held Oct. 11-13, in Hannover, Germany. In addition, as part of the Innovation Forum during […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. & MONTREAL–RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ Company, today announced the commercial launch of its groundbreaking new ThunderStorm™ System at the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) in Montreal, Canada. The ThunderStorm System is a fully automated high-throughput targeted sequencing solution that enables researchers to determine all variation contained in any region […]

Exiqon A/S, a leading supplier of high-value products for gene expression analysis, today announced the expansion of its product offering to include LNA™ products for the research and development of RNA targeted medicine including LNA™ as the active pharmaceutical ingredient. The first new products being offered include the following: oxy-LNA™ amidites in kilogram quantities LNA™ […]

UPPSALA, Sweden – Halo Genomics AB, an Uppsala?based genomics company, announces the availability of HaloPlex™ PCR Kit with increased sample multiplexing capabilities Halo Genomics today released HaloPlex™ PCR Reagent Kit with sample barcodes designed to work with Illumina Next-Generation Sequencers. The new kit enables multiplexing of up to 96 samples per sequencing lane. This significantly […]

Washington DC – QuantaLife, one of the nation’s most promising life sciences companies, was purchased this week by Bio-Rad Laboratories for $162 million – marking another successful exit for Paladin Capital Group. Paladin helped nurture QuantaLife from a tiny startup with a great idea to a dynamic company that is helping to accelerate the search […]

Exiqon A/S, a leading supplier of high-value gene expression analysis products, and Health Research, Inc., Roswell Park Cancer Institute Division, where groundbreaking research by Roswell Park scientists has led to greater understanding of the nature of cancer and to major advances in cancer diagnostics and treatments that are now in use worldwide, today announced that […]

HERCULES, CA – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. and a multinational manufacturer and distributor of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, announced today that it has purchased QuantaLife, Inc. for $162 million in cash plus potential future milestone payments. QuantaLife has developed an innovative digital PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) system that provides quantification of target molecules […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. – RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ company, today announced that Ambry Genetics has purchased the company’s new ThunderStorm™ System for genetic testing and next-generation targeted sequencing services. Launching next month, RainDance’s ThunderStorm System is a fully-automated and walkaway high-throughput targeted sequencing solution that enables researchers to process 96 samples per day on […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced that biotech industry leader Dr. Paul Schimmel, well known for his work in biophysical chemistry and molecular biology, has joined the WaferGen Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Schimmel has been the Ernest and Jean Hahn Professor of Molecular […]