SAN CARLOS, Calif.– NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a market leader in the development of solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications, has announced the release of a novel targeted enrichment method that, in a single assay, will detect all possible fusion events involving 446 cancer fusion genes as curated by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s Catalog […]

Salem, NH — Horizon Technology (USA) is pleased to work with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an undergraduate summer intern, Elizabeth Krantz, to put coursework theory into practice with current laboratory automation, consumables, and techniques. Food safety is an increasingly important initiative around the world, with specific attention to mycotoxins in food and agriculture products. […]

The Ion PGM is a fast and cost-effective platform for next generation sequencing applications. The release of the Ion TrueMate™ Library Kit will expand the platform’s capabilities by allowing long mate pair libraries up to 8 kb to be run on the PGM. Mate pair libraries are critical for de novo genome assembly, chromosomal rearrangement […]

MADISON, WI — Promega Corporation announces its expansion into India with a 16th branch that serves the country’s scientific community with wide product availability, efficient delivery and technical support services. Promega Biotech India Private Ltd., a subsidiary of Promega Corporation, became fully operational on August 1, 2014. Located in New Delhi, India, the branch provides […]

Ipswich, MA, USA — New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®) today announced that NEB has exclusively in-licensed rights from Genomic Health, Inc. to its technology for the depletion of abundant RNAs, which is instrumental to performing sensitive RNA-seq experiments at a lower cost. Ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are extremely abundant, constituting approximately 90% of total RNA. For […]

Pleasanton, CA, USA — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research today announce a collaboration to develop new technologies for targeted epigenomic analysis using DNA sequencing. Genomics is a rapidly evolving field with a focus on realizing the potential use of sequencing information in patient diagnosis and treatment. More […]

WOBURN, Mass.– Covaris, Inc. announced the introduction of the patent-pending microTUBE LV, its latest product designed for low volume, high performance DNA Shearing for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications. The Covaris microTUBE LV allows researchers to process samples as small as 15 microliters using Adaptive Focused Acoustics (AFA™) which has become the “gold standard” in […]

Bioo Scientific launched the patent pending NEXTflex™ Small RNA Sequencing Kit v2, which utilizes randomized adapters to significantly reduce ligation bias from library preparation, resulting in the most accurate data available, as illustrated in a number of published papers. The NEXTflex Small RNA Sequencing Kit v2 provides an easy, flexible, cost-effective solution for generating small […]

Matsudo, Japan – Precision System Science, Co., Ltd. (PSS) has agreed with Roka Bioscience, Inc., (Roka) on an OEM Agreement for developing automated molecular diagnostics system and disposables which are used with the instrument. According to this agreement, PSS will develop and manufacture the fully automated molecular detection system. “We, both PSS and Roka, understand […]

Eningen – As of 1 August 2014 Stefan Stemmer is the new CEO of Berghof GmbH, taking over in the post from Nikolaus Rombach, who was previously in charge of the holding company and the five subsidiaries (Berghof Auftragsanalytik + Umweltengineering, Berghof Automation, Berghof Fluoroplastic Technology, Berghof Membrane Technology and Berghof Products + Instruments). Although […]