New York, NY,(Marco Island, FL) – New York Genome Center (NYGC), in collaboration with Illumina, today announced at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) annual meeting the initiation of a large-scale whole genome sequencing project with the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, an Institutional Founding Member […]

SAN DIEGO, Illumina, Inc. today announced the launch of a Cancer Analysis Service from the Illumina Genome Network (IGN) that leverages the high accuracy of Illumina technologies to provide cancer researchers with easily interpretable tumor/normal sequencing data to quickly move their research forward. IGN is designed to link researchers needing large-scale, whole human genome sequencing […]

SAN DIEGO,Illumina, Inc. announced today that Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a Claim Construction Order in the litigation brought by Illumina against Complete Genomics, Inc. Illumina has accused Complete Genomics of infringing U.S. Patent No. 6,306,597. Judge Laporte’s February 8 Order provides the […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., Complete Genomics Inc.,the whole human genome sequencing company, today introduced its Genomic Discovery Software Partners Program. Ingenuity® Systems, Golden Helix and DNAnexus have been chosen as initial partners because they have offerings that complement the information supplied with Complete Genomics’ sequencing service and can expedite the genetic research of its customers. “Researchers […]

WALTHAM, Mass., PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR), the largest cell and DNA biobank in the United States, has adopted the Company’s technologies for automation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sample preparation. Next […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nabsys, Inc., a life sciences company pioneering development of solid-state single-molecule positional sequencing technology, today announced that data demonstrating the first direct electronic re-sequencing and mapping of DNA will be presented at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting, February 15 to 18, on Marco Island, Fla., and the Omics […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISO, Calif., Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) will unveil a new custom assay design service for high-sample throughput amplicon resequencing on Illumina platforms at this week’s Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting. The Access Array™ Target-Specific Primers, when used with the Fluidigm Access Array System, allow for fast, simple, and inexpensive preparation of […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., DNAnexus, a DNA data management and analysis platform, today announced agreements with leading institutions – Geisinger Health System (GHS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – to develop clinically relevant workflows to provide new insights into the use of DNA sequencing in medicine. As part of these relationships, key laboratories […]

PLANEGG, Germany, Biomax Informatics announces a new cloud-based online sequence analysis service. Starting today, the PEDANT™ Cloud Service offers the proven accuracy of the Pedant-Pro™ Sequence Analysis Suite as a subscription service enabling researchers to easily load sequences and receive a complete genome analysis online. The service is available at https://www.biomax.com/cloud. Building on the proven […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISO, Calif., Fluidigm Corporation today announced the availability of the Access Array™ Barcode Library for the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM) sequencer. This barcode library allows multiplexing of up to 96 different samples in a single sequencing run. “The Access Array Barcode Library for the Ion Torrent PGM enables the growing base […]