SYDNEY & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & LA JOLLA, Calif.– The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, DNAnexus, and AllSeq, today announced that they are sponsoring free access to the world’s first publicly available datasets generated using the Illumina HiSeq X Ten DNA sequencing platform. The goal for this project is to provide researchers with sample data […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.– In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology this week, UC San Francisco and Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) scientists have demonstrated that shallow single-cell mRNA sequencing (approximately 50,000 reads per cell) is sufficient for unbiased classification of cell identities. The study shows shallow sequencing of single cells provides enough data to distinguish cells […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — DNAnexus, a leader in enterprise solutions for networked genome informatics and data management, today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the appointment of David Shaywitz, M.D., Ph.D. as the company’s first Chief Medical Officer. Shaywitz joins DNAnexus from Theravance Biopharma and will focus on leveraging the company’s pioneering […]

Wilmington Massachusetts — Kapa Biosystems Strengthens Investment across Asia Pacific Region by Extending Exclusive Japanese Distribution Agreement with Nippon Genetics Latest agreement builds on continued commercial success of Kapa’s genomics product portfolio over the past seven years in the Japanese market WILMINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kapa Biosystems announced today that it has signed a new three-year exclusive […]

LONDON — The UK is set to become the world leader in ground-breaking genetic research into cancer and rare diseases, which will transform how diseases are diagnosed and treated, thanks to a package of investment worth more than £300million, the Prime Minister will announce today. The four year project will allow scientists to do pioneering […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that Jeff Huber has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Huber is Senior Vice President at Google Inc. where he works at Google[x]. Mr. Huber joined Google in 2003 and led development for Google Maps (2011-2013), Google Apps (2005-2010), and Google Ads (2003-2011). Prior to Google, […]

SEATTLE –– Today, Providence Health & Services announced that Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a physician, surgeon and scientist known globally for applying collaborative science and technology to improve the health of patients battling life-threatening disease, will serve as the health care system’s new global director for cancer services and bioinformatics. In this role, Dr. Soon-Shiong will […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA –– 23andMe, the leading personal genetics company, has received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a grant totaling $1,367,504 for a two-year project to support the further development of 23andMe’s web-based database and research engine for genetic discovery. Specifically, the grant supports four areas of development: •Refinement of web-based surveys to […]

SAN DIEGO — Cypher Genomics, Inc., the genome informatics company, announced today a co-promotion agreement with Illumina to facilitate the development of genomic-based biomarkers from whole genome sequence data for precision medicine and clinical trials. Cypher Genomics and Illumina will jointly offer pharmaceutical companies, through Illumina’s sales force, a solution including Illumina’s market leading sequencing […]

DOHA, Qatar & SAN DIEGO — Sidra Medical and Research Center will house a first-of-its-kind facility, the High-Throughput Genomics Center, to undertake population studies and genetic sequencing for the MENA region. The facility will provide Qatar and the region access to the latest technology to help advance genetic mapping projects. The facility’s early phase of […]