Roche announced today the launch and immediate availability of a new software package (v2.8) that significantly improves long-read shotgun sequencing performance on its GS FLX+ System. This system is the first high-throughput sequencing platform to deliver one million reads with accuracy and length that are comparable to traditional Sanger-based methods. The improvements will allow researchers […]

Redwood City, CA –– Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of biomedical information and analysis solutions, and Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) today announced a long term collaboration for LabCorp to license and deploy Ingenuity’s clinical content and applications to rapidly review and annotate clinically relevant sequence variations. The new solution will leverage the comprehensive, […]

MENLO PARK, Calif., — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer, today announced the latest enhancements to its DNA sequencing system, the XL release featuring new chemistry and software for extraordinarily long read lengths that average 5,000 bases. Pacific Biosciences’ Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) sequencing generates reads […]

BIOBASE GmbH announced today that it has been selected by Cypher Genomics to aid in whole genome interpretation. Researchers at Cypher Genomics will incorporate the knowledgebase in Genome TraxTM to assist in their interpretation of next generation sequencing variants to provide rich genomic knowledge from sequencing data. Cypher Genomics provides comprehensive automated software solutions for […]

San Francisco, California, and Hilden, Germany, – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the first product launches in its initiative to advance routine workflows in next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications. At the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in San Francisco, QIAGEN will present four new products that […]

NEW YORK, NY, – Enzo Biochem Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) reported yesterday that the jury in the Enzo action entitled Enzo Biochem, Inc. et al. vs. Applera Corp. and Tropix Inc. in New Haven, CT Civil Action No. 3:04cv929 (JBA), has rendered its verdict that Applera Corp., now Life Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIFE), infringed Enzo’s patents covering pioneering […]

EMERYVILLE, Calif — High-speed file transfer innovator expands EMEA team to drive European expansion. On the back of unprecedented triple-digit growth, Aspera, Inc. (https://www.asperasoft.com/), creator of patented fasp™ transport technology that moves the world’s digital assets at maximum speed, has announced a series of strategic appointments to support further EMEA expansion across a range of […]

WALTHAM, Mass.– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. The Company reported GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.25, compared to $0.25 in the third quarter of 2011. Revenue […]

WOBURN, Mass., — Covaris Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation enabling Life Technologies to offer the Covaris M220 Focused-ultrasonicator system to users of Ion Torrent Next-Generation Sequencing platforms. Compact, cost effective, easy-to-use, and quiet; the M220 Focused-ultrasonicator is the ideal fragmenting system for PGM™ and Proton™ users. The M220 […]

Shenzhen, China – BGI-Shenzhen (“BGI”) announced today that it, through its wholly- owned subsidiary Beta Acquisition Corporation, has extended its all cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Complete Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNOM) (“Complete”) to 12:00 midnight (New York City time) on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. The Offer […]