CareDx and DNAnexus Collaborate on Cloud-Based Genomics Platform for Cell-Free DNA
August 6, 2015
BRISBANE, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW Calif.-- CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDNA), a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of actionable diagnostic surveillance solutions for organ transplant recipients, and DNAnexus Inc., the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that CareDx has selected DNAnexus' cloud genomics platform to support its ongoing [...]
BIOPTIX ANNOUNCES SIMULJECTTM APPLICATION
August 6, 2015
Boulder, Colo. —— BiOptix, a life science tools company that provides an affordable and powerful solution for drug discovery scientists that require label-free, real-time detection of biomolecular interactions, today announced their Simulject Application, a tool which allows researchers to inject two different concentrations of an analyte simultaneously on a BiOptix 404pi without the need for [...]
Hamilton Storage Establishes Subsidiary to Serve Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
August 5, 2015
Franklin, Mass. – Hamilton Storage, an affiliate entity of Hamilton Company, announces the formation of Hamilton Storage GmbH, a new company based in Malans, Switzerland. The initial staff of more than 40 employees will serve Hamilton Storage customers and prospects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These territories were formerly managed under a [...]
TacticID Utilized in Emerging Asia Synthetic Rice Crisis
August 5, 2015
Newark, Delaware – B&W Tek, Inc., an advanced instrumentation company that delivers lab quality Raman spectroscopy solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms is proud to announce that their award-winning TacticID-GP handheld spectrometer has been utilized by a Philippine federal safety agency as a critical safety tool for the identification of plastic rice – a quickly emerging [...]
DNAnexus to Deliver precisionFDA
August 5, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus, the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that the company was awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Health Informatics to build precisionFDA, an open source platform for community sharing of genomic information. precisionFDA is a new approach [...]
BioTek Readers Receive Promega DLReady™ Certification
August 5, 2015
WINOOSKI VT, USA - Several BioTek readers have just received official Promega DLReady™ certifications. Synergy™ Neo2, Cytation™ 5, Cytation 3,Synergy H1, Synergy 2 and Synergy HTX have all now met the stringent acceptance criteria. Promega’s Dual-Luciferase© Reporter System together with BioTek microplate readers demonstrate both companies’ common commitment to maximizing the success of life science [...]
August 5, 2015
LEXINGTON, MA – Quanterix Corporation, a leader in high definition diagnostics, today announced that the Journal of Clinical Microbiology has published a new study in which its Simoa (single molecule array) technology was used to develop a rapid, simple tool to allow diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with both high analytical sensitivity and clinical [...]
RURO Announces FreezerPro® 7 Integration with Top-down 2D barcode scanners by FluidX
August 5, 2015
FREDERICK, MD -- FluidX’s new Perception™ line includes the Cabriolet top-down reader, developed to aid the transition from legacy tubes, with 2D barcode labels on the lid, to modern sample storage tubes with 2D barcode etching. The Cabriolet reader decodes 100 legacy tube 2D barcodes in 1 second, using FluidX’s IntelliCode software, which deals easily [...]
August 5, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —– Gen9, Inc., a pioneer in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced the winners of its third annual G-Prize contest. Harris Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor in Systems Biology at Columbia University Medical Center, and Industrial Microbes were selected by an independent panel of judges for their forward-thinking [...]
Illumina Accelerator Invests in Second Class of Genomics Startups from US and Europe
August 5, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced Illumina Accelerator--the world's first business accelerator focused solely on creating an innovation ecosystem for the genomics industry--has selected three new startups for its second funding cycle. Selected from a competitive pool of highly qualified applicants, the new startups from across the globe are spurring genomics innovation in [...]

