Penzberg, Germany – The two German-based sister companies, IMGM Laboratories GmbH and the Center for Human Genetics and Laboratory Medicine Dr. Klein and Dr. Rost, have announced their plans to use the GS FLX System and GS Junior System from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) company, for the joint development […]
Complete Genomics announced today that it has raised $39 million in its Series E funding round. New investor Sands Capital led this round of financing and was joined by existing investors Essex Woodlands, OVP Venture Partners, Prospect Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, Highland Capital Management and Enterprise Partners. Complete Genomics also reported that it is evaluating […]
Ion Torrent’s First to Market PostLight(TM) Sequencing Technology to Expand Life Technologies’ Leadership Position in Sequencing – Complements Existing Sequencing Solutions Portfolio CARLSBAD, Calif. & GUILFORD, Conn. – Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ion Torrent for $375 million in cash and […]
HOUSTON ? SeqWright Inc., a world-wide leader in custom genomic and molecular biology services, announced today that it has acquired the Illumina HiSeq 2000 Next Generation Sequencing System. Addition of the HiSeq 2000 platform enables SeqWright to perform the largest and most complex sequencing studies at the lowest possible cost to its customers. The ability […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, England – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Human All Exon 50 Mb Target Enrichment kit for next-generation DNA sequencing. The kit enables researchers to streamline experiments by sequencing the expressed genome while discarding regions that are not of interest. The new kit was developed in collaboration […]
License offers Ion Torrent access to DNA Electronics’ intellectual property LONDON – DNA Electronics Ltd., an innovator of semiconductor solutions for healthcare, announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive, worldwide license agreement to provide Ion Torrent, the semiconductor sequencing company, access to DNA Electronics’ intellectual property. No further details about the agreement were disclosed. […]
Terry Pizzie Appointed Vice President, Europe; UK-based Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Becomes Early Access Customer Menlo Park, Calif. – Pacific Biosciences, a private company developing a disruptive technology platform for real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution, today announced it has expanded its operations into the European Union with the appointment of Terry […]
New Kit Helps Paint Truest Picture of Genome With Longer Reads and Enhanced Data Quality SAN DIEGO – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of its TruSeq SBS Sequencing kit that will enable high-quality paired end reads of 150 base pairs (bp), increase the output of high-quality base calls, and enhance throughput to greater […]
SAN DIEGO – Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the appointment of B. Melina Cimler, Ph.D., as Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, reporting to Christian Henry, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager, Life Sciences. Dr. Cimler will lead Illumina’s quality and regulatory organizations to support the development, manufacture and distribution of products […]
Joint services offered for human exome targeted re-sequencing based on Roche NimbleGen format Eurofins MWG Operon, an expert in next generation sequencing (NGS) and Certified Service Provider for Roche NimbleGen sequence capture, together with Genomatix Software GmbH, a leading company in complex analysis and interpretation of such NGS data, announce that they have developed a […]
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