MELBOURNE, Australia -- Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that the Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus genomes of all positive COVID-19 tests in Australia and track COVID-19 using genomics across the country, rather than state by state, under a ground-breaking initiative spearheaded by Australia’s public health laboratory organisations and leading industry [...]

DUBLIN, Ireland: ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property held by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, has today provided comment on the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO/PTAB) rulings in the motions phase of the ongoing patent interference between the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Dr. [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced the appointment of Susan G. Kim as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 28, 2020. “I am delighted that Susan is joining the company at a time where we have [...]

Agreements with AstraZeneca and the University of Nebraska Medical Center showcase new workflows to improve the throughput, robustness and standardization of clinical biomarker analysis CAMBRIDGE, Mass – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced new collaborations of the Thermo Fisher Precision Medicine Science Center (PMSC) with AstraZeneca and the University of [...]

HERCULES, Calif.– Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of StarBright Violet 515 (SBV515) Dye, the first of a new range of unique fluorescent nanoparticles, for use in flow cytometry. StarBright Dyes are conjugated to a growing range of antibodies [...]

Whole Transcriptome Atlas Service Based in NanoString’s Seattle Labs Premier Access Sites to Offer the Cancer Transcriptome Atlas Service from Labs Across the Globe SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational research, today announced the establishment of the GeoMx Premier Access Sites, a global service network [...]

Total planned investment is around 500 million USD over five years to raise manufacturing capacity Continues long-term strategy of increasing capacity to respond to growing industry demand and new market opportunities Cytiva hiring nearly 1,000 personnel in Austria, China, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States New manufacturing lines, 24/7 shift patterns, and increased automation [...]

Strengthens Bruker in Targeted Multi-Omics and High-Plex Biomarker Imaging  Adds Innovative ChipCytometry Tools for Multi-Dimensional Immune Profiling  BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the acquisition of Canopy Biosciences, LLC, a leader in high multiplex biomarker imaging for immunology, immuno-oncology and cell therapy. This acquisition enhances Bruker’s offering in targeted multi-omics and fluorescence-based imaging techniques. [...]

CORALVILLE, Iowa  – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading comprehensive genomics solutions provider, announced that Novogene, a world leader in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) services, has joined the IDT Align℠ Preferred Sequencing Provider Program. The combination of Novogene’s leading bioinformatics and analysis services with IDT’s high quality and flexible products offers researchers an invaluable resource for their genomics [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and HYDERABAD, India --  Sai Life Sciences, one of India's fastest growing Contract Development & Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs), today announced the addition of state-of-the-art cellular analysis platforms at its Discovery Biology facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Coinciding with its first anniversary in Cambridge, the expanded suite of capabilities include the Opera Phenix high content screening platform, FACSCelesta flow cytometer and FACSMelody flow [...]