SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the opening of a new center for life science research in partnership with Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The Carleton Mass Spectrometry Center, located in the university’s department of chemistry, is equipped with state-of-the-art mass spectrometers, gas and liquid chromatography systems, and bioinformatics tools from [...]

Austin, TX -- Bioo Scientific announces the availability of the MaxDiscovery™ Homocysteine Enzymatic Assay Kit, which uses a novel enzymatic technology for spectrophotometric detection of total homocysteine levels in serum from rodents and other mammals. Hyperhomocysteinemia, or elevated levels of total homocysteine (tHcy) in the blood, is an independent risk factor for neural tube defects, [...]

London, UK -- Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced the successful delivery of an important milestone in its collaboration with Bayer Pharma AG to create an advanced security-hardened research data platform to manage, process and analyze exploratory NGS and other omics data from patients [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that Mr. Balaji Venkateswaran has been named Chief Technology Officer of the growing bioinformatics company. Venkateswaran brings more than twenty years of experience building highly-scalable global software products, many with a focus on security. Most recently he was Co-Founder [...]

SAN DIEGO & VILLEJUIF, France -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), the global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced it has joined the Worldwide Innovative Networking (WIN) Consortium. Founded on the recognition that greater success can be achieved through collaboration than any organization can achieve alone, the WIN Consortium is a global network [...]

MILFORD, Mass. -- SeraCare Life Sciences, a leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, announced today that the company's new precision medicine business unit has launched Seraseq™ HIV-1 Reference Materials; a portfolio consisting of 12 individual high-titer HIV-1 viral isolates that have been characterized by next-generation sequencing (NGS). These products are intended for use [...]

Denville, NJ -- Diagenode, Inc., a leading global provider of complete solutions for epigenetics research, recently launched the industry’s first polyclonal antibody targeting CRISPR/Cas9 validated for chromatin immunoprecipitation. The antibody has been raised against the N-terminus of the Cas9 nuclease, extensively validated and optimized for excellent specificity and high yields in chromatin IP. It can [...]

MILFORD, Mass.-- At a ceremony at The Ohio State University, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) officially welcomed the University’s Campus Chemical Instrument Center into the Waters Centers of Innovation Program. Headed by Prof. Vicki Wysocki, an Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Center is widely renowned for fundamental research into ways of characterizing [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Affymetrix (Nasdaq: AFFX) announces the extension of its QuantiGene® Singleplex Assay for PCR-free gene expression measurement to include a 384-well format that is easily automatable for high-throughput compound screening. The easy-to-use, high-sensitivity assay measures gene expression with minimal sample preparation, using branched DNA for signal amplification. A key feature of the [...]

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of its new Opal® Multicolor Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Research Kits. These offerings enable researchers, oncologists and pathologists to understand the mechanics of cancer. Opal kits are part of PerkinElmer's new Phenoptics™ workflow solutions for quantitative [...]