Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ:HLCS) today announced the launch of the HeliSphere™ Technology Center, an open access Web site (https://open.helicosbio.com/) for sharing Helicos data sets and bioinformatics software tools. Launched during the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, the open source site showcases single molecule sequence reads from whole genome resequencing and […]
An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. A team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz characterized a novel species of cyanobacteria by sequencing the metagenome of an ocean sample with the new GS FLX Titanium […]
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has purchased 11 additional Genome Analyzers, increasing the organization’s total number of the Illumina sequencing platform to 37. The continued scale up on the Genome Analyzer will support the Sanger Institute’s many initiatives, such as its contribution to the 1000 Genome Project, which requires […]
Victoria, British Columbia – November 12, 2008 – GenoLogics today announced that Geneus, their lab and data management system for genomics, was selected by Illumina to provide a combined solution offering with the Illumina sequencing platform, Genome Analyzer. “We went to market to find a lab and data management partner that complemented our next generation […]
RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today officially introduced its Sequence Enrichment Solution for targeted sequencing applications of the human genome. RainDance unveiled the solution at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) in Philadelphia, Penn. “The RainDance Sequence Enrichment Solution […]
Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced during the 58th Annual American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Meeting that it has expanded its suite of application-specific bioinformatics solutions to include de novo assembly of small organisms on the SOLiD 3 System, the company’s high-performance next-generation sequencing platform that enables the comprehensive analysis of genomes, transcriptomes and […]
Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that the November 6, 2008 issue of Nature published sequencing results of the first Yoruban human genome. The study was completed by Illumina scientists and collaborators at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and generated greater than 30x average coverage of the genome. Four million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), including one million […]
BRANFORD, Conn.–Using the Genome Sequencer System from 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, French scientists have identified a small virus that can actually be parasitic to a larger one. The 50 nm virus, named Sputnik, is associated with a new strain of the giant Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) and is believed to represent a currently […]
As part of its commitment to promote basic research in the life sciences, Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced the creation of a grant program for genomic, epigenomic and transcriptome studies. The $10K Genome Grant Program is based on the concept of sequencing an entire genome for $10,000. Applied Biosystems is launching this program to […]
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the broad availability of mRNA-Seq, a new product for full-length, complementary DNA (cDNA) sequencing on the Genome Analyzer. In contrast to tiling and exon arrays, researchers can use mRNA-Seq to obtain a more in-depth, comprehensive view of the transcriptome, revealing aspects previously unseen using array-based or expression sequence tag (EST) […]
Pay Invoice
Latest Blogs
-
New Report Details Higher Education Science R&D Spending
February 27, 2026 3:23 pm
-
Single Use Leads Bioreactor Market Growth
December 30, 2025 6:04 pm
Sitemap
Your Data and Privacy
About Us
IBO (Instrument Business Outlook) is a twice-monthly newsletter aimed at providing decision-makers with the latest and most complete information available on the life science and analytical instrument industry, and lab product markets. IBO delivers the latest curated industry news, information and trends, as well as SDi data and analysis to deliver the maximum in industry insight with a minimum time investment for executives and investors.
