San Diego, CA 10/28/13; Washington, DC 10/29/13—Illumina has acquired NextBio, a provider of clinical and genomics informatics, for an undisclosed amount. NextBio’s platforms aggregate and analyze large quantities of phenotypic and genomic data for research and clinical applications. “The combination of Illumina’s BaseSpace cloud computing environment for next generation sequencing with NextBio’s platform for integrating patient data will allow us to deliver solutions that seamlessly integrate the entire workflow from sample to result,” said Illumina President and CEO Jay Flatley. NextBio co-founder Ilya Kupershmidt and CTO Satnam Alag will join Illumina. The deal closed on October 28.