Rapid growth and global research facilities expansion over last 12 months necessitated a next-generation life science technology platform AUSTIN, Texas -- Inari, a seed company revolutionizing plant breeding by tapping into natural genetic diversity, selected L7 Informatics, the leader in life + crop science informatics platforms, to integrate Inari's global research data, processes and bioinformatics. Founded in 2016 by [...]

Spanning Duke University and Duke Health, the Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies will use homegrown tools and techniques to discover potential therapies for human diseases from autism to cancer to schizophrenia The Duke Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies aims to investigate and re-engineer the inner workings of cellular gene regulation machinery and networks In an [...]

Syrris has upgraded the touchscreen firmware for its popular Atlas HD jacketed reactor systems to offer many of the advanced automation features previously only available using the system’s PC-based control software. These enhanced automation options – such as pH-controlled and temperature-dependent dosing – add to the system’s existing functionality to offer even greater flexibility in protocol design. The firmware upgrade expands the system’s touchscreen functionality, allowing users to review reaction protocols at a glance, monitorreactions with real-time data and graphing, and change reaction conditions [...]

Porvair Sciences has launched a new range of Liquid Handling Pipette Tip Filters that provide unmatched capabilities to block out aerosol and liquid contaminants. Hilary Bishop, Product Manager for Porous Products commented “Using our proprietary Vyon® porous plastics, the new pipette tip filters are fully compliant with FDA, USP Class VI and European Pharmacopoeia statutory regulations [...]

Collaboration Aims to Combine the Benefits of GATK Suite and DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform To Create Best-in-Class Open-Source Software for Secondary Genomic Analysis SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard today announced they have entered into a collaboration for the co-development of secondary genomic analysis algorithms and software. Top data scientists [...]

Glenmark signs full commercial-use license for Horizon’s gene-edited CHO cells Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, today announced the full commercial licensing to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a global innovative pharmaceutical company, of its gene-edited Glutamine Synthetase (“GS”) [...]

Wädenswil/Zurich, Switzerland – Creoptix AG, a Switzerland-based company focused on next-generation bioanalytical instruments, today announced that is has raised CHF 8 million in the first closing as part of a Series C financing round. The round was led by Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank and joined by Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) as well as existing private investors. Robert [...]

More mutations, better annotations The Fall 2019 Release of the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) Professional is available, expanding the world’s largest collection of human inherited disease mutations to over 269,000 entries–that’s 6,278 more than the previous release. HGMD Professional is the de facto standard resource for comprehensive coverage of published germline mutations in nuclear [...]

New SCAPE 2.0 system can serve as a critical tool to advance science and medicine The Columbia team behind the revolutionary 3D SCAPE microscope announces today a new version of this high-speed imaging technology. In collaboration with scientists from around the world, they used SCAPE 2.0 to reveal previously unseen details of living creatures — [...]

The “command central” dashboard helps clinicians identify and prioritize patients who would benefit from genetic testing and implement a simplified genetic testing workflow LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- GenomeSmart, a Silicon Valley-based company delivering the first AI-powered genetic risk assessment and test recommendation platform that simplifies and reduces the burden of providing genetic assessment at scale, [...]