MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced it has released a set of key updates for the Sequel™ System, the company’s latest product based on its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing technology. The new release provides performance improvements via updated sequencing chemistry, optimized sample clean-up protocols, and associated software that […]

HEAT-Seq Target Enrichment Systems help provide fast, accurate detection of human genetic variants PLEASANTON, Calif. — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX:RHHBY) today announced the global launch of the new HEAT-Seq¹ Target Enrichment Systems that provide rapid and accurate enrichment methods designed to improve the detection of variants in human genetics and cancer research. Roche’s HEAT-Seq […]

San Carlos, CA – NuGEN Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of the Ovation Fusion Detection Application, providing a data analysis tool for the Ovation Fusion Target Enrichment System V2 that enables a complete sample- to-analysis workflow for fusion discovery and detection. The Ovation Fusion Panel Target Enrichment System V2 allows the comprehensive interrogation of […]

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Philip W. Schiller has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Schiller is currently Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and is a member of Apple’s executive team responsible for the company’s product marketing, developer relations, business marketing, education marketing, international marketing and App Store […]

Santa Cruz, Calif. – SomaGenics Inc. today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Rubicon Genomics, Inc. for commercialization of SomaGenics’ RealSeq®-AC library preparation technology for sequencing small RNAs, including micro-RNAs and small fragments of large RNAs. Further terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The RealSeq®-AC platform is a novel technology that […]

SYDNEY & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia has selected the DNAnexus Platform to power its new Genome.One clinical whole genome testing company. “Our vision at Garvan is to make genomic information available and beneficial to […]

Sophia Genetics unveils SOPHiA, the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) for Data-Driven Medicine SOPHiA continuously learns from thousands of patients’ genomic profiles, and experts’ knowledge, to improve patients’ diagnostics and treatments SOPHiA revolutionary technology will shortly be made available to the member hospitals of Sophia Genetics’ community with the upcoming new 4.0 version of […]

QIAseq Targeted NGS panels deliver highly sensitive, unbiased and accurate NGS insights Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of a comprehensive portfolio of novel QIAseq NGS panels based on a new and proprietary “Digital NGS” technology allowing unbiased, accurate quantification of DNA, RNA […]

MILFORD, Mass. — SeraCare Life Sciences, a leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, announced today that the company’s precision medicine business unit has launched a groundbreaking new laboratory QC software specifically for clinical laboratories running next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based assays. The iQ NGS QC Management Software is a cloud-based software tool, […]

TOMA Biosciences holds U.S. patent for their innovative sample preparation process and next-generation sequencing technology — including their simple, highly efficient, single-stranded library preparation method based on oligo selective sequencing. Foster City, CA TOMA Biosciences has received a U.S. patent for their unique DNA next-generation sequencing technology. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued to […]