BEVERLY, Mass.—— Sage Science, a developer of products for improving sample preparation processes in life science applications, today announced the release of its new SageELF technology for DNA and protein fractionation. This sample prep instrument will be especially useful for preserving precious samples and has applications in next-generation sequencing as well as bottom-up or top-down […]

Madrid, Spain and Heidelberg, Germany -– SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard) today announced that its partner QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) the global leader in sample and assay technologies, launched the first two products of a series of kits based on SYGNIS’ proprietary amplification technology QualiPhi® now renamed SensiPhi®. The […]

MARCO ISLAND, Florida, and HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch plans of several novel products designed to significantly reduce the challenges of the most significant bottlenecks in next-generation sequencing (NGS): sample preparation and bioinformatics. The solutions will enable NGS users to generate more valuable insights from […]

Porvair Filtration Group, specialists in filtration and separation technologies, has announced the expansion of its UK facilities in New Milton near Christchurch. The new factory purchased this month will allow a consolidation of Porvair’s business in the UK and provides much needed manufacturing capacity to support the future growth of the business. Porvair Filtration Group, […]

WILMINGTON, Mass. & MARCO ISLAND, Fla.–Kapa Biosystems, Inc., a leading supplier of reagents for the life science market, today announced the launch of products that improve performance and workflows for genomic research. The new suite of products enables researchers to apply the latest next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies more effectively to millions of low quality and […]

Ann Arbor, MI — Rubicon Genomics, Inc. today announced the launch of its PicoPLEX™ DNA-seq Kits for use with Illumina next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. PicoPLEX’s outstanding robustness and reproducibility have made it the worldwide standard for single-cell DNA amplification for microarray and PCR-based pre-implantation genetic screening and diagnosis. PicoPLEX DNA-seq now enables researchers and clinicians […]

HATFIELD, Pa. Genisphere LLC reported today it has been granted a US patent for a novel strand-specific library preparation method for next generation sequencing based on its proven RNA amplification technology. The new patented process enables amplification and library preparation from clinically relevant RNA samples, adapts easily to a variety of sequencing instruments and systems, […]

Spark Holland B.V. is pleased to announce the publication of US patent no. US 8586382 B2 which relates to a method and an apparatus for desorption of a blood sample from a medical test sheet comprising at least one dried blood spot (DBS) for the purpose of biomedical analysis of the blood sample. The patent […]

BILLERICA, Mass — RainDance Technologies, Inc., an innovative genomics tools company ‘democratizing’ molecular testing of complex diseases, today announced that it has developed a comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for profiling actionable cancer mutations, enabling researchers to rapidly and cost-effectively analyze precious biopsy specimens. The ThunderBolts™ Cancer Panel targets 49 known cancer genes, including tumor […]

Genevac announces eXalt – an exciting new non-destructive evaporation technology developed with partners in the field of pharmaceutical small molecule crystallisation. eXalt has found application in labs that perform tasks including first time crystallisation of amorphous forms, recrystallisation of samples which have only a few known forms, removing a hydrate, solvent screening studies to find […]