Roche NimbleGen (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announces that ATLAS Biolabs GmbH, located in Berlin, Germany, has passed the certification process to qualify as a Roche NimbleGen Certified Service Provider (CSP) for SeqCap EZ enrichment. Roche NimbleGen recently launched a new addition to the SeqCap EZ product portfolio with SeqCap EZ Choice Libraries for enrichment […]

OMAHA, Neb. – Transgenomic, Inc. (OTC/BB: TBIO) today announced that it has discovered a novel sequencing technology, which the company has termed BLOCker-Sequencing (BLocking Oligonucleotides in Cycle sequencing), which enhances the limit of detection of standard Sanger Sequencing, enriches for direct sequencing of mutated DNA over wild-type (unmutated DNA) and can be run on standard […]

SAN DIEGO – Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. Under the terms of the partnership, Accelrys and Oxford Nanopore will develop software to enable complex, real-time analyses of experimental data produced by the Oxford Nanopore single […]

Fremont, Calif., and San Carlos, Calif. – WaferGen Biosystems, Inc.(OTCBB:WGBS), a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, and NuGEN Technologies, Inc., a leader in innovative genomic samples preparation, today announced they will co-develop and co-market simple, seamlessly integrated workflows for gene expression profiling and target enrichment to enable researchers to more easily achieve high-throughput, […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – RainDance Technologies, Inc., today announced the commercial availability of the ASDSeq™ and XSeq™ Research Screening Panels. Developed in collaboration with Emory University and Greenwood Genetic Center, the two comprehensive panels enable researchers to simultaneously interrogate key genes known to be linked to X-chromosome disorders and syndromic forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder […]

Redwood City, CA – Ingenuity® Systems, a leading provider of information and analytics solutions for life science researchers, today announced new features to support RNA-Sequencing workflows and microRNA research in IPA®. Processed RNA-Seq datasets can now be uploaded directly into IPA and analyzed in the context of pathways and diseases for a rich biological interpretation […]

Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, and NuGEN Technologies, Inc., the leader in sample preparation solutions for clinical samples, today announced a co-marketing agreement to develop a seamless next-generation sequencing workflow to accelerate discoveries for large disease research studies. “There is a need to speed research and discovery using methodologies such […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After a thorough head-to-head evaluation against various competing solutions, the Center for Cancer Computational Biology (CCCB) at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has selected CLC bio’s enterprise platform for next generation sequence analysis. The CCCB provides analytical support services for labs and researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Over the past two years […]

BRANFORD, Conn. & LEXINGTON, Mass. – RainDance Technologies, Inc., and 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, today announced collaboration for the development and commercialization of a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) solution for simple and cost-effective investigation of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME). As part of the collaboration, RainDance and 454 Life Sciences plan […]

Washington D.C., USA – RainDance Technologies, Inc. and Ambry Genetics, today announced a new collaboration focused on the development and commercialization of a comprehensive drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) genetic screening panel for use on next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology’s 50th Annual Meeting […]