The University of Alabama at Birmingham today announced that Illumina Inc. has licensed the rights to a DNA sequencing technology developed by a UAB microbiologist and a University of Washington physicist. The patent-licensing deal revolves around nanopores first studied as potential chinks in the armor of the tuberculosis bacteria, but now part of efforts to […]
SINGAPORE — Life Technologies Corporation( https://www.lifetechnologies.com/us/en/home.html ) today announced that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has launched its DNA Sequencing Core Facility equipped with a genetic analysis workflow system by Life Technologies, including the 3730xl DNA Analyzer, Ion PGM(TM)and Ion Proton(TM)Systems for sequencing genes to genomes, Ion AmpliSeq(TM) Gene Panels and a 7500 Fast Real-Time […]
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, the UK-based technology company specialising in nanopore-based electronic molecular analysis systems, has raised £40 million in new funding through a private placement of ordinary shares. The investment was received from new and existing investors in the US, UK and mainland Europe. New investors include Odey Asset Management. Funds will be used […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) welcomes scientists and students to attend the 2nd annual Ion World 2013 next-generation sequencing conference, Oct. 20—21, in Boston, MA preceding the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) conference. Scientists from around the world will present their latest basic and clinical research and discoveries in areas including […]
ST. LOUIS, MO. –– SAGE Labs Inc., a leading provider of In vivo products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that it will begin offering RNA-sequencing services as part of its SAGEspeed Custom Model Creation Platform. The sequencing and analysis portion of the RNA-seq studies will be performed by Cofactor […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announces that, due to increased demand for Ion AmpliSeq™ exome sequencing, the Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider program, an organization of some of the world’s top service providers that sequence and analyze human exomes, is expanding with 11 new members. Using the Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome […]
SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of the TruSight One Sequencing Panel, the industry’s broadest sequencing panel that targets 4,813 genes with known associated clinical phenotypes. Clinical research laboratories can use this panel to expand existing menus, streamline workflows, or create an entire portfolio of sequencing options, with benefits including increased […]
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – GENEWIZ, Inc., leading global genomic service provider, has now become an Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider. Administered by Life Technologies, “[the] Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider Program is a network of validated service providers that enables any researcher to get high quality exome sequence, using small amounts of input […]
Intel, imec and five Flemish universities (UA, UGhent, KULeuven, UHasselt, VUB) announced the planned foundation of the ExaScience Life Lab on the imec campus in Leuven, with which Janssen Pharmaceutica will collaborate in the future. The ExaScience Life Lab will combine Intel’s supercomputing expertise with Flanders’ extensive expertise in life sciences and biotechnology. The objective […]
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — Boreal Genomics, a privately held provider of technology for non-invasive genomic profiling of tumors from blood plasma of cancer patients, announced today the completion of an $18 million Series C financing round. The financing will be used to expand commercial operations in the translational research market, scale laboratory capabilities and launch […]
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