Budapest, Hungary; Cambridge, MA & Richmond, VA — Global biotechnology company Omixon, headquartered in Budapest with US offices in Cambridge, MA, has announced a collaboration with Global Genomics Group (G3) to validate its Target HLA™ software to determine HLA genotypes from whole genome sequencing (WGS) datasets. G3 is providing the WGS datasets and the corresponding […]

Boston, Mass., – Intellimedix announced today that it is introducing a new exome product for the research market that will incorporate and leverage the exome sequencing service of BGI Tech Solutions Co., LTD, a subsidiary of BGI, the world’s largest genomics organization, along with Intellimedix’s proprietary analysis algorithms. The product, to be called “Enhanced Accelerated […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and SEOUL, Korea — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II DNA Sequencing System, and Macrogen, a global leader in genome sequencing services, announced today that Macrogen has selected the PacBio Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing platform to create high-quality de novo human genome references for the […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass –– Knome announced today that it has joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, an alliance working to accelerate world-wide efforts to responsibly share and analyze large amounts of genomic and clinical data. Partners in the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health offer important perspectives and expertise and are pooling their intellectual […]

BILLERICA, Mass. —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Frederick (Fritz) L. Eibel as its new Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. Mr. Eibel brings more than two and a half decades of broad-based in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and life science experience […]

BOSTON, MA and TUSCON, AZ — — Sunquest Information Systems and Partners HealthCare are establishing a strategic alliance to accelerate genomic-based medicine. The relationship involves a strategic investment by Sunquest into GeneInsight, Inc., an IT platform company that streamlines the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of complex genetic test results. Partners is a majority shareholder in […]

Woburn, MA — SeqLL Inc., the owner of the True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS™) technology, announced today the closing of a $1M Series-A funding round. This round of investment, led by Genomic Diagnostic Technologies, will increase the power of tSMS™ technology for scientific and diagnostic applications. Founded in March 2013 by Daniel Jones, a former […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, in partnership with the Sepsis Alliance, has extended its sepsis awareness outreach to Spanish-speaking communities. The Company provided funding to enable translation and subtitling for the Sepsis Alliance video “Sepsis: Emergency” as part of its Sepsis Awareness Month initiative. “We are also proud of our partnership with Sepsis Alliance, […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — “Its purpose is to inspire San Diego-based scientists to innovate and collaborate on research projects that ultimately will drive science and technology forward to better understand human disease. These are foundational principles that Duane worked hard to promote in Southern California.” Thermo Fisher Scientific and the UC San Diego Office of Research […]