Company Announcements

ATLAS Biolabs GmbH joined Roche NimbleGen’s certified service program for targeted enrichment.

In February, RainDance Technologies named S. Roopom Banerjee president and CEO. Recently, he was director of Healthcare Investment Banking at Leerink Swann. Former CEO Christopher McNary now serves as COO.

RainDance Technologies partnered with Ambry Genetics for sequence enrichment and targeted resequencing validation for diagnostics and genomics services.

RainDance Technologies and Applied Biosystems entered into a strategic agreement to comarket their respective RDT 1000 sequence enrichment and SOLiD systems.

Olink Genomics named Dr. Fredrik Dahl as CTO. He held a senior R&D position at Complete Genomics.

Product Introductions

Epicentre Biotechnologies introduced Nextera sample preparation kits, which utilize in vitro transposition to simultaneously fragment and tag DNA in a single-tube reaction.

Büchi introduced the SpeedDigester K 439, an infrared digestion system, which combines a high level of automation and precise temperature control.

SCP Science launched the NOVAWAVE microwave digestion system, which can process 12 samples simultaneously and features a Transporter attachment for preparing up to 14 racks of 12 samples at a time.

Sigma-Aldrich Supelco released a new configuration of its HybridSPE-Precipitation technology, a small-volume 96-well plate, for protein precipitation and SPE.

In February, Caliper Life Sciences introduced the LabChip XT, an automated nucleic acid fractionation instrument for next-generation sequencing applications.

Agilent announced that its SureSelect Target Enrichment System supports multiplexed DNA sequencing of 12–16 samples per lane, depending on the next-generation sequencing platform.

Dionex released the SolEx family of SPE cartridges, which is offered in on-line and off-line configurations.

Phenomenex introduced the Clarity OTX Extraction Kit for the isolation of RNA and DNA-based therapeutics and their metabolites from biological matrices.

Biotage introduced Evolute WCX, weak cation exchange mixed-mode resin-based SPE sorbent for the extraction of strongly basic analytes and quaternary amines from aqueous samples.

Diagenode launched the two new models of its Bioruptor sonicator: the Bioruptor-UCD500 for high-throughput labs; and the digital UCD300, optimized for use in next-generation sequencing.

PerkinElmer introduced the Sample Preparation Blocks and accessories for low- to medium-temperature sample digestion for inorganic analysis.