FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WGBS) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of units for gross proceeds of $15 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company. The offering was priced at a public offering price of $1.00 per share of common stock (or […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass.– Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” and the “Company”), a leader in the development and sale of broadly enabling, pressure cycling technology (“PCT”)-based sample preparation solutions to the worldwide life sciences industry, today announced a collaborative research and development agreement with Florida International University (“FIU”). The major goal of the agreement is […]

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Kapa Biosystems today announced that it has earned ISO 13485:2003 certification for the design, development, and manufacturing of molecular biology kits and reagents for in vitro diagnostic applications. This certification is recognized as the international quality standard for medical devices. The achievement affirms that Kapa’s manufacturing process is qualified to produce safe […]

Ipswich, MA, USA — New England Biolabs® (NEB) today announced the release of the NEBNext Ultra II DNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina® next generation sequencing systems. The new Ultra II kit substantially improves upon its predecessor to produce libraries of both higher quality and higher yield from a variety of sample types, including challenging […]

Torrance, CA and Schlieren, Switzerland – Neoteryx LLC, a microsampling solutions company, and Brechbühler AG, a developer and value added reseller of analytical equipment, today announced the signing of a joint development agreement for the automation of the patent pending Mitra Microsampling Device workflow from sample preparation through analysis. This Mitra Microsampling Device, based on […]

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the relaunch of its brand identity. The fundamental revision of the visual appearance as well as the introduction of a new logo reflect the transformation into a global science and technology company. At the same time, the brand architecture at business level has […]

BOULDER, Colo. — ArcherDX, Inc., announced an addition to its target enrichment panel offering—the Archer™ Comprehensive Thyroid and Lung (CTL) Assay. This assay combines two complementary targeted NGS panels to detect gene fusions, point mutations, RNA abundance and copy number variations (CNVs) from FFPE and FNA lung and thyroid cancer samples. “The CTL Assay is […]

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Chiral Technologies, Inc., part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, is pleased to announce that Elina Golder, Ph.D., has joined the company as West Coast Sales Account Manager, Diffinity Genomics®. Her territory will cover the Western United States. Dr. Golder will be responsible for sales of Chiral […]

IRVINE, Calif. — Celemics, a global pioneer of personalized medicine genetics, today announced its expansion into the North American market with the establishment of Celemics America, Inc. – Expansion aims to provide increased accessibility to proprietary target enrichment technology to increase performance of Next Generation Sequencing applications. Celemics, the first Next Generation Sequencing test kit […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of new TruSeq® library preparation kits and Infinium® arrays that enable researchers to explore genetic variation on a more comprehensive scale. The new additions to the application-driven portfolio address a broad range of genetic studies from whole exome to population and disease specific genotyping, leveraging […]