MENLO PARK, Calif., and ANKENY, Iowa, – Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) and Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc., (AATI) announced the companies have signed an agreement to jointly promote their technology solutions for long-read DNA sequencing. The PacBio® RS II and Sequel™ Systems are based on PacBio’s proven Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) technology and are […]

Mountain View, CA, and Coralville, IA — Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., and Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) announced a new collaboration to support targeted RNA sequencing. This relationship will leverage IDT’s unrivalled proficiency in the manufacture and quality control of long oligonucleotides and […]

SAN DIEGO, CA — Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI), the genomics-based, technology-driven company working to revolutionize the practice of medicine, announced today a 10 year deal with AstraZeneca to sequence and analyze up to 500,000 DNA samples from AstraZeneca clinical trials. The genomic insights from the collaboration will be added to the HLI Knowledgebase™, building upon […]

SHANGHAI, China, – Solvay Specialty Polymers, a leading global supplier of high-performance thermoplastics, announced that its KetaSpire® polyetheretherketone (PEEK), one of the highest performing semi-crystalline thermoplastics commercially available, has been chosen by BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization based in Shenzhen, China, for use in its next-generation sequencing platform, BGISEQ-500. This is a milestone development […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & NEW YORK – DNAnexus Inc., the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, announced a partnership with SolveBio, the global provider of Genomics Intelligence, to integrate the two platforms and provide seamless access to SolveBio’s curated data and analysis services. Researchers globally will have the ability to move quickly from […]

New York, NY — Researchers from Columbia Engineering, with colleagues at Genia Technologies (Roche), Harvard University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report achieving real-time single molecule electronic DNA sequencing at single-base resolution using a protein nanopore array. DNA sequencing is the key technology for personalized and precision medicine initiatives, enabling rapid […]

MILFORD, Mass., – SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, announced at the American Association for Cancer Research the launch of an expanded product line to support Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based somatic tumor profiling assay development, validation, and QC performance monitoring. The Seraseq™ Solid Tumor Mutation Mix family of […]

Ranomics, a Toronto based biotech startup with a mission to resolve Variants of Unknown Significance (VUS) in genetic testing results, launches Ranomics RING-Domain., Ranomics RING domain is a first-in-class database of functional studies for 2,000 variants of BRCA1, a commonly mutated gene in hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. The database will hugely impact VUS resolution […]

New Orleans, LA and Ann Arbor, MI –– Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of pre-analytical library preparation kits that increase the accuracy, efficiency and speed of genomic analysis, announced an agreement with MDL Asia to expand its presence in the Chinese market. MDL Asia will leverage its extensive knowledge of the life science and […]

Cambridge, – Genestack, the developer of a next generation enterprise platform for genomics research and development, has partnered with the Cancer Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (CMDL), an organisation involving the National Institute for Health Research, Cancer Research UK, the University of Cambridge, the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Medical Research Council, to bring advanced […]