BETHESDA, Md. & BOSTON — BioDatomics today introduced the company’s first commercial product, BioDT™, an open source suite of next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis software and services. The new platform addresses the shortcomings found with current data analysis offerings by delivering much higher performance and an intuitive interface, thereby enabling genomic and biomedical researchers […]
Redwood City, CA — Bina Technologies, the genomic big data science company accelerating personalized medicine, today announced the general availability of its all-new RNA-Seq analysis capabilities. This new application delivers fast, accurate and scalable analysis of RNA-Seq datasets on top of the company’s Bina Genomic Analysis Platform. Recent advances in utilizing Next-Gen Sequencing (NGS) for […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) and BGI, the world’s largest genomics center and service provider, jointly announced that BGI has purchased 37 Ion Proton™ Sequencers and plans to add at least a dozen more by the end of the year, strengthening the organization’s leadership position in the genomics industry. BGI also signed […]
BOSTON, Oct. — Claritas Genomics, together with partners Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Claritas a $9 million contract for exome sequencing of Veteran samples, including those from the Million Veteran Program (MVP) over the next 12 months. The project is one […]
CAMBRIDGE, England — University of Cambridge, Genomics England Ltd., and Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the start of a three-year project that will sequence 10,000 whole genomes of children and adults with rare genetic diseases. The project represents a pilot for Genomics England Ltd., which will provide 2,000 samples, and marks the beginning of the […]
Mountain View, CA — Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of the SMARTer Stranded RNA-Seq Kit for strand-specific RNA-Seq from low-input RNA samples. This kit integrates Illumina® library preparation with SMART™ cDNA amplification to create indexed libraries in less than four hours and provides high-quality stranded data, […]
University of Cambridge, Genomics England and Illumina, Inc. today announced the start of a three-year project that will sequence 10,000 whole genomes of children and adults with rare genetic diseases. The project represents a pilot for Genomics England, which will provide 2,000 samples, and marks the beginning of the national endeavor to sequence 100,000 genomes […]
Ann Arbor, MI –– Swift Biosciences, Inc., a Michigan-based life sciences company, today announced the recent completion of a $7 million Series B financing led by Fletcher Spaght Ventures. Also joining in the B round of investment was Renaissance Venture Capital Fund and the Series A investors, including the Mercury Fund, Michigan Accelerator Fund and […]
Victoria, BC, Canada –– GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) announced today the availability of three new cloud-based lab management products: Clarity Run Manager, Clarity Run Manager Plus, and the early access availability of Clarity LIMS Silver. These editions are sized and priced to fit any genomics laboratory’s […]
Redwood City, California, and Hilden, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the Empowered Genome Community, which is a first-of-its-kind initiative to help people who have had their genomes sequenced share, explore, and interpret their data with researchers and each other. To highlight how the community can spark new biomedical […]
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