Reno, Nevada. — Hamilton Robotics, as part of its co-marketing partnership with Illumina, is developing automated solutions for NGS sample preparation that reduce hands-on time, minimize operational variability, and deliver consistent results. Illumina is providing input on the protocols and assay performance. Solutions will include an NGS workstation and methods for Illumina’s sample prep kits. […]

Penzberg, Germany and Madison, WI, USA — Roche today announced the global launch of its SeqCap EZ Pure Capture Bead Kit supporting target enrichment workflows prior to DNA sequencing. The newly introduced SeqCap EZ Pure Capture Bead Kit is designed to provide sensitive and robust methods for capture and purification of DNA sample libraries enabling […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, through a partnership with Illumina, offers automated methods to improve processes and throughput in next generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation. Under the agreement, Beckman Coulter will use its extensive experience in automated NGS sample preparation to develop, distribute and support automation for Illumina’s TruSeq® and Nextera® sample preparation kits […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and BEVERLY, Mass.,– Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB), provider of the PacBio® RS II DNA Sequencing System, and Sage Science, a developer of life science products for improving sample preparation processes in molecular biology applications, today announced a co-marketing partnership to provide customers of the PacBio RS II the ability to […]

In order to help Girlstart in its mission to increase girls’ interest and engagement in STEM, Sigma-Aldrich today announced it is awarding Girlstart a $35,000 grant to support Girlstart’s innovative, nationally-recognized, informal STEM education programs. The grant will help fund Girlstart’s summer camp and after school programs over the next year, including new programs for […]

AMSBIO offers a range of kits and reagents for the extraction (isolation) of high quality RNA from FFPE tissues and LCM samples that can be used not only for PCR but also microarray applications. Using AMSBIO ExpressArt® RNA isolation technology it is now possible to achieve high RNA yield and maximum sequence length from FFPE […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it is collaborating with leading providers of liquid handling robotic platforms to develop automation methods for its best-in-class TruSeq and Nextera Sample Preparation kits. Initial partners in this effort are Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Eppendorf, Hamilton Robotics, PerkinElmer, and Tecan. These partnerships, and the resulting methods, reflect […]

LEXINGTON, Mass –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™Company, has announced several high-profile additions to its commercial leadership team. Industry veterans Jay Therrien, Ph.D., Roger Schaller, and Yafei Liu, Ph.D. have joined the company to further accelerate growth in the Digital PCR and Targeted Sequencing product areas. These hires complement the company’s global expansion of […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today reported orders of $1.69 billion, down 8 percent compared with one year ago, and revenues of $1.73 billion for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2013, flat with one year ago. Second-quarter GAAP net income was $166 million, or $0.48 per share. Last year’s second-quarter GAAP net income […]