Bioo Scientific Increases Multiplexing Capabilities for Illumina Sequencing with >2,000 Single-Index Barcodes

Bioo Scientific announced the launch of the NEXTflex-HT™ Barcodes, single-index barcodes for Illumina sequencing, which significantly increase throughput for next generation sequencing. The NEXTflex-HT Barcodes each contain 12 nt unique index sequences with Hamming Distances of five or greater, permitting dual error correction to enable proper differentiation between samples by preventing ambiguity from PCR errors [...]

Oxford Nanopore announces £70 million ($109 million) fundraising21st July 2015

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, the UK-based technology company that has designed and produced the world’s first DNA sequencer based on nanopore sensing, making it commercially available in 2014, has raised £70 million ($109 million) in new funding through a private placement of ordinary shares. Both new and existing investors in the UK, US and mainland [...]

James Flaws to Retire as Corning Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

CORNING, N.Y.-- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced today that James B. Flaws, vice chairman and chief financial officer, will retire on Nov. 30 following 42 years of exceptional service with the company. Flaws will remain vice chairman and a member of Corning’s Board of Directors until his retirement. Flaws will step down as CFO on [...]

45 Implant Sciences Explosives Trace Detectors Sold to Czech Republic International Airports

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation(OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced that it has sold 45 QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors across international airports in the Czech Republic. The selection of Implant Sciences' QS-B220 by international airports in the Czech [...]

Cytox and Affymetrix form strategic partnership to develop and commercialize blood-based genetic assay for Alzheimer’s disease risk assessment

Oxford, UK. Cytox Ltd, an innovative developer of assays for risk assessment and prediction of dementia, and Affymetrix (Nasdaq:AFFX), a leading provider of translational research and diagnostic solutions, announce a strategic partnership where the two companies are to collaborate on developing and commercializing a blood-based genetic assay for research in diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer’s [...]

Cytox and Affymetrix form strategic partnership to develop and commercialize blood-based genetic assay for Alzheimer’s disease risk assessment

Oxford, UK. Cytox Ltd, an innovative developer of assays for risk assessment and prediction of dementia, and Affymetrix (Nasdaq:AFFX), a leading provider of translational research and diagnostic solutions, announce a strategic partnership where the two companies are to collaborate on developing and commercializing a blood-based genetic assay for research in diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's [...]

IDBS takes Silicon Valley approach to global R&D software delivery

Boston, US & London, UK – IDBS today announced the appointment of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Peter Murray. Responsible for the long term direction of IDBS’ vision and technology ambitions, Peter brings a fresh, start-up mindset to global research and development (R&D) software design and creation. This agile approach, combined with deep domain expertise, reflects [...]

Meridian Bioscience Receives FDA Clearance for New Molecular Amplification Test: illumigene® HSV 1&2

CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has received FDA clearance for two new molecular assays for the detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and Type 2 (HSV-2), to be run on its illumigene® molecular platform. The illumigene® HSV 1&2 assays, launched earlier this year in Europe, are now [...]

Illumina Names Sanjay Chikarmane as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Informatics

SAN DIEGO - Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced that Sanjay Chikarmane has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Illumina’s Enterprise Informatics business. Chikarmane will lead the development and commercialization of products and services aimed at turning genomic data into actionable information for researchers and clinicians. He will report to Illumina President, Francis [...]

Macrogen Named PacBio Certified Service Provider

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced that Macrogen Inc of Korea has been named a PacBio Certified Service Provider. The PacBio Certified Service Provider Program is a global network of validated service organizations utilizing PacBio's sequencing technology. PacBio Certified Service Providers [...]

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