Customers and Partners Enthusiastically Embrace Next Gen Data Analysis Capabilities SEATTLE–Geospiza, Inc. today announced the release of FinchLab Version 3.2, the new version of the company’s acclaimed genetic analysis workflow and data management system. This new version of FinchLab provides powerful new analytic capabilities, including secondary analysis for Next Generation Sequencing. FinchLab provides the only […]

BRANFORD, Conn.–Researchers led by the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany have published the complete Neanderthal mitochondrial genome sequence. The mitochondrial genome was generated using the 454 Sequencing technology to 35-fold redundancy, facilitating a detailed comparison against known human mitochondrial genomes and an analysis of recent human evolution. The study, entitled “A complete […]

BRANFORD, Conn.–AGOWA genomics, part of the international science-based company LGC (www.lgc.co.uk), has added a Genome Sequencer FLX System from Roche to its technology portfolio. The acquisition of the Roche GS FLX enables AGOWA genomics to meet the growing market demands for higher capacity and higher throughput. AGOWA genomics’ customers can now take advantage of the […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ:HLCS – News) today announced that a leading U.S. cancer research center has placed an order for a Helicos™ Genetic Analysis System for use in a cutting-edge research program involving cancer stem cell biology. The Helicos Genetic Analysis System was chosen because of its unique capability of true direct DNA measurement […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ:HLCS – News) today announced a scientific collaboration with a respected genomics research group at Sweden’s Uppsala University aimed at gaining new insights into how genome structure plays a key role in the ways genes are regulated within cells. The Uppsala team, led by Claes Wadelius, will work with Helicos scientists […]

BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands, July 22 — InteRNA Genomics B.V. and Applied Biosystems Inc. announce signing of a Software Community Commercial Membership Agreement regarding the exchange of InteRNA’s information and software tools related to Applied Biosystems’ SOLiD(TM) technology, InteRNA and Applied Biosystems will co-market InteRNA’s small RNA bioinformatics pipeline, miR-Intess(TM), for users of Applied Biosystems’ SOLiD(TM) […]

Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI) today announced the addition of new members to its Software Development Community by forming relationships with InteRNA Genomics B.V. and Biotique Systems, Inc. The commercial software solutions offered by these companies are intended to advance data analysis and management for researchers utilizing Applied Biosystems’ SOLiD(TM) System, the company’s ultra-high-throughput platform for […]

Geospiza, Inc., the market leading developer of genetic analysis software, today announced that the University of Florida has selected Geospiza’s FinchLab(TM) to manage its systems for the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) Next Generation DNA Sequencing Laboratory. “When we adopted Geospiza’s products to solve data management challenges with our Capillary Sequencing eight years ago, […]

FOSTER CITY, Calif.–Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI – News) today announced that it has expanded its Software Development Community to include new software analysis tools that are expected to help drive innovation and speed the development of bioinformatics solutions that will enable researchers to realize the full potential of ultra-high-throughput genomic analysis. These new analysis tools […]

Applied Biosystems SOLiD(TM) System Used to Survey RNA Landscape of Mouse Stem Cells; Study Expected to Help Scientists Better Understand Genetic Basis of Complex Diseases FOSTER CITY, Calif.–Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia and Applied Biosystems Inc. (NYSE:ABI – News) have teamed together to conduct the most comprehensive analysis to date of a mammalian […]