Reno, Nevada. — Hamilton Robotics, as part of its co-marketing partnership with Illumina, is developing automated solutions for NGS sample preparation that reduce hands-on time, minimize operational variability, and deliver consistent results. Illumina is providing input on the protocols and assay performance. Solutions will include an NGS workstation and methods for Illumina’s sample prep kits. […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (NASDAQ:PACB) today announced the appointment of Uniscience do Brasil as its exclusive Brazilian distributor for the PacBio® RS II —its new Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) DNA Sequencing System that provides the industry’s highest consensus accuracy and longest read lengths. Uniscience is the first distributor for PacBio […]

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, medical and technical products and services, announces the launch of the Genomics Data app in collaboration with Illumina, a sequencing and array-based solutions provider for genetics research. The app allows researchers to share large data sets in Illumina’s BaseSpace cloud, where they can easily be reviewed and included in […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and BEVERLY, Mass.,– Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB), provider of the PacBio® RS II DNA Sequencing System, and Sage Science, a developer of life science products for improving sample preparation processes in molecular biology applications, today announced a co-marketing partnership to provide customers of the PacBio RS II the ability to […]

LEXINGTON, Mass –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™Company, has announced several high-profile additions to its commercial leadership team. Industry veterans Jay Therrien, Ph.D., Roger Schaller, and Yafei Liu, Ph.D. have joined the company to further accelerate growth in the Digital PCR and Targeted Sequencing product areas. These hires complement the company’s global expansion of […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it is collaborating with leading providers of liquid handling robotic platforms to develop automation methods for its best-in-class TruSeq and Nextera Sample Preparation kits. Initial partners in this effort are Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Eppendorf, Hamilton Robotics, PerkinElmer, and Tecan. These partnerships, and the resulting methods, reflect […]

CARLSBAD, Calif., — Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) today announced that Ion PGM™ now significantly outperforms its competitor on the major performance metrics for benchtop sequencing. It offers the simplest and fastest workflow, lowest cost-per-sample, and highest sensitivity for multiple basic and clinical research applications—all on a sequencer that is a fraction of the cost […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (OTCBB: WGBS) today announced the launch of its new SmartChip TE product – a PCR-based target enrichment solution for sample preparation prior to targeted re-sequencing on Next-Gen platforms. As clinical Next-Gen sequencing rapidly expands into the mainstream molecular testing market, the growth of this market segment is expected to […]

San Francisco, CA and Boston, MA – CollabRx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRX), a data analytics company focused on informing the clinical interpretation of molecular diagnostic testing, and GeneInsight LLC., a leading developer of software to support knowledge management and reporting for genetic testing laboratories, today announced an agreement to deliver a unique medical informatics solution to […]