Agreement includes development of a China-based joint venture and an equity investment by the iCarbonX ecosystem in SomaLogic BOULDER, Colo. – SomaLogic announced today that it has agreed to join the “Digital Life Alliance” established by iCarbonX, the China-based company founded in 2015 to build a “Global Digital Health Ecosystem that can define each person’s ‘digital [...]

NRGene’s GenoMAGICTM Software Makes Genomic Selection and Trait Mapping More Efficient Raleigh, North Carolina, & Ness Ziona, Israel – Syngenta, a leading global agrochemical and seed company, has chosen NRGene’s GenoMAGICTM cloud-based software package for more comprehensive evaluations to accelerate trait discovery and breeding across diverse crops. NRGene is the leading genomic big data company. “We [...]

LOS ANGELES & SINGAPORE Tribogenics, a leader in triboluminescence based spectroscopy, announced today that it has signed HORIBA Scientific to distribute the company’s new line of Watson™ hand-held XRF metal analyzers throughout Southeast Asia. HORIBA Scientific is a global leader whose vast range of scientific products encompass for Raman, Elemental analysis, Steady state and Lifetime [...]

Heptagon’s RF Digital, GreenTropism, and Spectral Engines Team Up to Deliver Complete Spectrometer Solution for Consumer and Industrial Applications SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Heptagon (www.hptg.com) today announced the company’s new Smart Handheld Spectrometer solution, the first in Heptagon’s family of Smart Spectral Solutions targeting both demanding industrial uses as well as consumer applications. The solution reliably detects [...]

Applications Expand Genomics Workflow Support for Research and Clinical Labs Branford, CT – Core Informatics today announced the release of two new genomics workflow solutions for use on the Platform for Science. The apps provide new capabilities for researchers and technicians executing microarray genotyping and Sanger sequencing workflows, and complement Core’s existing solutions for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows. [...]

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today announced the retirement of Dr. William Bachrach, President of MTS’s Test business, effective January 13, 2017. In conjunction with Dr. Bachrach’s retirement, given the growth in demand and sophistication of testing needs across the primary markets served [...]

FactBio has secured a distribution agreement with Filgen, a Japanese based distributor of life sciences products. The agreement will see Filgen granted exclusive distribution rights in the Japanese market for two years to sell the full range of FactBio products, including <a=". products.html"="">Kusp, FactBio’s novel data curation and data discovery platform. Financial terms were not [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Synthetic Genomics, Inc., announced today that it has entered a research and licensing option agreement with Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to apply Synthetic Genomics' proprietary replicon RNA technology toward the design and development of novel RNA-based medicines for specific infectious diseases. The deal [...]

Company CEO to update industry in presentation at the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced two significant additions to the company’s executive leadership team. Brady Davis has joined the company as vice president, strategy and marketing, and John Ellithorpe, Ph.D. [...]

Investment by Strategic Industry Partners Would Enable GRAIL to Expand Clinical Validation of Blood Test for Early-Stage Cancer Detection SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), today announced that GRAIL has received indications of interest to invest approximately $1B for its Series B financing, primarily from undisclosed private and strategic investors. GRAIL intends to raise additional capital [...]