Research study results may have potential implications for therapy selection in HIV patients in the future BRANFORD, Conn. & MONTREAL–New data from two studies, presented last week at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montreal, Canada demonstrate that ultra-deep sequencing with the Genome Sequencer FLX System from 454 Life Sciences, in […]

BOZEMAN, Mont.–Golden Helix announced today the public availability of new technologies that enable faster, more complex genomic SNP and copy number variation (CNV) research and pave the way for association studies on next-generation sequence and microarray data. Marking significant advances in capability and architecture, the company’s SNP & Variation Suite version 7 (SVS 7) was […]

A research study published online this week in the Journal of Infectious Disease reports that HIV resistance mutations present in as little as 1% of the viral population have a significant impact on clinical outcomes. The paper outlines the results of a collaborative study between 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, and a Yale School […]

Investing in Groundbreaking Mass Spectrometry Technology Allows Contract Research Organization to Offer Pharmaceutical Clients Comprehensive Pre-Clinical Study Data MILFORD, Mass., Feb. 16– Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today that XenoTech (Lenexa, KS) has begun offering new metabolite profiling services made possible in part by its recent acquisition of a Waters(R) Synapt(TM) High Definition Mass Spectrometry(TM) […]

LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A., February 16, 2009 — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, has appointed Patrick Kelly to the newly created position of European Sales Director, effective immediately. “Mr. Kelly’s appointment represents an important step in the geographic expansion of our commercial efforts with the first […]

SOLiD System Generates More Than 400 Gigabases of Mappable Sequence Data for Project CARLSBAD, Calif.–Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE – News), and scientists from the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC), today summarized their collective contribution to the first data release of the 1000 Genomes Project. As a commercial […]

In a press conference held on February 12 in Leipzig, Germany, and simultaneously at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and 454 Life Sciences announced the completion of the 1X draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome. The announcement draws closure to an ambitious sequencing project initiated […]

AARHUS, Denmark–CLC bio just launched their new enterprise level product line, consisting of CLC Science Server and CLC Genomics Server. With CLC Genomics Server, CLC bio releases the world’s first user-friendly, cross-platform, three-tier enterprise solution with high-performance computing based analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data. The enterprise solution consists of CLC bio’s workbench clients and […]

Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, previews new capabilities for GeneSifter Lab Edition and GeneSifter Analysis Edition at the Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) in Memphis this week. GeneSifter Lab Edition will now support Microarray instruments from Affymetrix and Illumina, enabling management, distribution and storage of microarray data to complement […]

Center Announces Plan to Acquire 21 Additional Genome Analyzers SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN – News) announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle for the Genome Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to acquire 21 genome analyzers over the next several months to support the Center’s expanding research initiatives. […]