CARLSBAD, Calif.–Helixis, Inc., developer of nucleic acid analysis tools, announced today that Jay Flatley, CEO of Illumina, Inc., has joined the company’s board of directors. Under Flatley’s leadership Illumina has become the market leader in genotyping and next-generation sequencing systems, and has completed numerous strategic technology acquisitions. Recognizing the company’s record of growth, Forbes magazine […]
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 25 — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art gene expression, genotyping, cell biology and stem cell research systems, today announced positive data on the company’s SmartChip(TM) Real-Time PCR System. These validation results were presented today by WaferGen scientists and collaborative researchers from the University of Pittsburgh […]
BioTrove, Inc. today announced the launch of the OpenArray® DLP Real-Time qPCR platform, providing the first fully licensed high-density qPCR platform for use with customers’ TaqMan® chemistries. The launch is the latest addition to BioTrove’s real-time qPCR product offerings, rounding out the company’s suite of genomics research tools, which include custom OpenArray Real-Time qPCR panels […]
Law Enforcement Agencies Utilize Technologies From Applied Biosystems to Improve Investigations of Non-Violent Crimes CARLSBAD, Calif.–Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE – News), today announced that its forensic DNA solutions are successfully being used for a broader range of criminal investigations that include non-violent crimes, such as burglaries, auto thefts and other property […]
The Fluidigm 48.48 Dynamic Array from Fluidigm Europe provides a highly efficient solution for single cell gene expression quantification studies using off-the-shelf TaqMan® PCR assays and reagents. Historically, single-cell gene expression experiments have been difficult and expensive to perform. Fluidigm has introduced a new single-cell gene expression technique that, when used with the BioMark™ System, […]
LEXINGTON, Mass.–RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the commercial release of its Sequence Enrichment Solution for sales in North America. In an announcement at the 2009 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology Conference (AGBT), the company said it has begun accepting orders for the […]
Evogen, Inc., announced today the launch of its first molecular diagnostics and detection instrument providing innovative ultra-rapid PCR amplification and analysis. The compact EvoCycler™ HD12 is significantly more affordable than comparable instruments with numerous performance advantages. In conjunction with the highly sensitive and specific HyBeacons® PCR chemistry, recently licensed from LGC, Ltd., Evogen now offers […]
DxS Ltd, a personalized medicine company and leader in the provision of companion diagnostics, has granted DuPont Qualicon, a developer of innovative, science-based diagnostic products that can reduce the impact of pathogens and other unwelcome organisms in food and pharmaceuticals, a license to use its novel Scorpions® diagnostic platform to develop tests for use by […]
Kapa Biosystems, a provider of next-generation engineered polymerases, announced the adoption of its KAPA2G™ Fast HotStart DNA Polymerase by industry and academic leaders in the fields of resequencing and SNP detection including Agencourt Bioscience, a Beckman Coulter Company, energy crop company Ceres, Inc., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). […]
Rotor-Gene(tm) Q Now Fully ‘Licensed Real-Time Thermal Cycler’ for All Molecular Research and Diagnostic Applications — Corbett, QIAGEN (NasdaqGS:QGEN – News) (Frankfurt:QIA.F – News), ltf Labortechnik GmbH & Co. KG, and Applied Biosystems, LLC, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NasdaqGS:LIFE – News) today announced a settlement of their disputes concerning infringement by Corbett’s Rotor-Gene(tm) Real-Time […]
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