Landmark Scientific Results Published in the Journal Nature CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS), a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies, today announced the publication of a landmark study in which Helicos’ True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS)™ technology was used to directly sequence individual molecules of RNA. The paper appeared yesterday in […]

SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq:ILMN) today announced that it has been served with a complaint filed on September 21, 2009 in the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware naming Illumina as a defendant. The complaint names as plaintiffs Life Technologies Corporation; Applied Biosystems LLC; a Russian research institute; two individuals listed as inventors on the asserted […]

RainDance Expands Sequence Enrichment Solution Capabilities with 20,000 Amplicon Library and Whole Genome Amplification Protocol PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A. — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for health and human disease research, announced today it has expanded the capabilities of its Sequence Enrichment Solution to enable the resequencing of up to […]

Agilent Technologies Adds Human Exon Kit to Next-Generation-Sequencing Target Enrichment Portfolio Support of Paired-End Protocol Further Increases Sequencing Efficiency PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) has chosen the Cambridge Health Institute’s Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis conference today to introduce its SureSelect Human All Exon Kit for target enrichment prior to next-generation DNA sequencing. This catalog kit extends […]

Agilent Technologies, Life Technologies Co-Market Target-Enrichment System for Next-Generation Sequencing SANTA CLARA, Calif. & CARLSBAD, Calif — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE), today introduced the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System, which is optimized for the SOLiD™ System, a next-generation advanced genomic analysis sequencing platform. As part of […]

CHI Next Generation Sequencing Meetings CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS) provided updates on recent scientific findings and progress on Helicos’s technology initiatives. Speaking at the Personal Genomes conference in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, and the CHI Next Generation Sequencing conference in Providence, RI, Patrice Milos, Ph.D. Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer provided an […]

Company Names Pat Brooks as VP of Sales and Randy Livingston as Board Member 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 provided a number of updates to its commercial strategy and progress. First, the company announced that it is […]

GenomeQuest, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a free Basic Account to researchers in genomics moving to next generation sequencing (NGS). Providence, RI (Vocus) — GenomeQuest, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a free Basic Account (https://www.genomequest.com/basic-registration.html) to researchers in genomics moving to next generation sequencing (NGS). The GenomeQuest 6.0Beta sequence data management […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I.–NABsys Inc. announced today that industry veteran and serial entrepreneur, Stan Rose, Ph.D., has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Dr. Rose is the most recent addition to the leadership team at NABsys, which recently raised $4 million in venture capital to further develop its proprietary electronic, solid-state DNA sequencing platform. “Stan […]