Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has joined the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain established in 2015 by scientists from IBM Research (NYSE: IBM) and Mars, Incorporated. The consortium is combining advanced genomics with […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), the global leader in sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the newest addition to its industry-leading next-generation sequencing (NGS) portfolio with the launch of the MiniSeq Sequencing System. During its presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Illumina also introduced Infinium XT, and previewed Project Firefly, which will […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), a pioneer and leader in long-read sequencing using its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Technology, today announced progress demonstrating customer demand for the company’s new Sequel™ System, which was launched in October 2015. During the fourth quarter of 2015, orders were received for 49 units of […]

Ann Arbor, MI –– Rubicon Genomics, Inc. today reported a 40% increase in year-over-year sales in 2015. Rubicon also announced the addition of new distributors in India and Poland. Rubicon is a leading provider of pre-analytical library preparation kits for the research market that increase the accuracy, efficiency and speed of routine genomic analysis. Rubicon’s […]

HERCULES, Calif. & SAN DIEGO — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) (NYSE: BIOb) andIllumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced an exclusive partnership to develop the most comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for single-cell analysis. The end-to-end commercial solution will enable high-throughput sequencing of thousands of individual cells, traditionally a challenging, costly and time-consuming process. Most […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — 10x Genomics today announced the launch of a new single-cell analysis product. 10x Genomics CEO Serge Saxonov, PhD, will introduce this new product in detail and discuss the company’s strong performance over the past year at 10 a.m. PT, Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the 34th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. This broad […]

PierianDx, the leading provider of genomic software and services to enable data-driven personalized medicine, announced that it closed $9.25 million in Series A financing led by New York-based Health Catalyst Capital Management (HCCM). Joining HCCM in the investment round is a venture investing affiliate of Ocean Road Advisors, Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI), and ARUP […]

NESS ZIONA, Israel — NRGene has signed a co-marketing agreement with Illumina to promote NRGene’s proprietary de novo assembly informatics solution exclusively using Illumina sequencing technology. Under this agreement, Illumina’s global sales channel will promote NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM assembly technology. Together, Illumina’s sequencing technology and NRGene’s DeNovoMAGIC deliver the most practical, rapid, and cost-effective solution for […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) a pioneer and leader in long-read sequencing using its Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Technology, and BGI, one of the world’s largest genomics organizations, today announced that BGI has ordered its first Sequel System and plans to purchase additional units in order to further integrate SMRT […]

Bethesda, Maryland, USA – The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) has announced the production of a whole genome assembly of bread wheat. Based on Illumina short sequence reads assembled with NRGene’s DeNovoMAGICTM software, the project goal was to produce a whole genome assembly of the bread wheat variety Chinese Spring. The most widely grown […]