Aarhus, Denmark — With the intention to better support education and academics, CLC bio today announced that the prices of its world leading DNA, RNA, and Protein sequence analysis software packages are reduced by 50% for academic customers. The four workbenches affected by this reduction are CLC Main Workbench, CLC DNA Workbench, CLC RNA Workbench, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & LEIPZIG, Germany & COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y.–Researchers from the Max Planck Institute (MPI), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A – News), and other prestigious institutions worldwide have shown that DNA capture techniques can greatly enable the sequencing of ancient Neandertal DNA, providing new insight into the nature of […]

BALGACH, Switzerland & AARHUS, Denmark–Today, the leading provider of high-throughput sequencing data analysis solutions, CLC bio, announced its collaboration with the premier Swiss service provider in molecular biology and sequencing, Microsynth, to support the Swiss market of high-throughput sequencing analyses. As from today, Microsynth will provide all customers receiving high-throughput sequencing data with a license […]

NewswireToday – /newswire/ – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, – Ocimum Biosolutions, a leading global integrated genomics company, today announced that it has partnered with Jivan Biologics to provide sequencing-based transcriptome profiling services. With this partnership, Ocimum will venture into RNA based services, especially transcriptome profiling, leveraging Jivan Biologics’s industry-leading bioinformatics infrastructure, experience and technology. Ocimum […]

Emily Winn-Deen as Vice President, Diagnostics Development SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the appointments of Elizabeth Brady as vice president, Global Supply Chain, and Emily S. Winn-Deen, Ph.D., as vice president, Diagnostics Development. “Elizabeth has an outstanding background as a senior leader with extensive global experience in supply chain management spanning the electronics and […]

MADISON, Wis.–DNASTAR® and Scarab Genomics, sister companies founded by genomics pioneer Fred Blattner, announce the launch of a next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing services business. Using their combined expertise, the companies will be offering a full range of sequencing services including library preparation, coordinating the most appropriate sequencing technology and platform, assembly, analysis, annotation, and […]

Arrays and Sequencing in a Single System Enables Wide Breadth of Applications SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced shipment of HiScanSQ, the first instrument to integrate microarray analysis and next-generation sequencing in a modular design that can evolve with changing research needs. HiScanSQ is designed for smaller core labs that don’t want to purchase separate […]

MADISON, Wis.–Sequence Capture technology was pioneered by Roche NimbleGen (Pink Sheets: RHHBY) (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG) with the initial products focused on human research. Subsequent developments have enabled the technology to be successfully transferred to rice and then adapted to maize. In January 2009, Roche NimbleGen and Biogemma announced their collaboration to develop a NimbleGen Sequence Capture […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of a protocol for the Access Array™ System that enables sequencing of amplicon libraries using GS FLX Titanium Series reagents on the 454 GS FLX sequencing system. The Access Array integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) automatically generates emPCR-ready libraries by simultaneously combining 48 samples and 48 primer […]

BRANFORD, Conn.–As part of a semester-long course which aims to investigate the health of California sea lions and their environment, a group of undergraduate students at San Diego State University are experiencing first-hand the sequencing technology that is revolutionizing life science research. Led by SDSU Professor Elizabeth Dinsdale, the university students are learning how to […]