Macrogen Selects GenoLogics’ Clarity LIMS to Strengthen X-Genome and Clinical Sequencing Services
October 21, 2014
Seoul, South Korea and San Francisco, USA - The personalized medicine biotechnology company Macrogen (www.macrogen.com) has announced it has licensed Clarity LIMS from GenoLogics Life Sciences Software (www.genologics.com), a leading provider of LIMS specifically designed for omics labs, to support its whole-genome sequencing and clinical sequencing services. Clarity is GenoLogics’ laboratory information management system built [...]
October 21, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- BioNano Genomics, the genome mapping company, announced today the latest genomics research centers to purchase an Irys™ System. Among them are the Salk Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) and Genoscope (The French National Sequencing Center). Before Irys, obtaining a comprehensive view of a genome was a [...]
Gen9 Expands Global Market Development Team with New Senior Appointments
October 21, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– Gen9, Inc., a pioneer in synthetic biology and leader in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced the appointment of Leda Notchey as Vice President of Marketing and Matt Marano as Senior Director of Business Development. “We are pleased to welcome Leda and Matt to the Gen9 [...]
Shimadzu Releases QuantAnalytics Open Access LCMS Software Package for Clinical Applications
October 21, 2014
Columbia, Md.-- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces its Open Solution QuantAnalytics(TM) software package, an LC/MS/MS data tool for the pain management and clinical markets. The software increases the speed and efficiency of data processing and review by allowing users to highlight and review results that are of specific importance to clinicians. QuantAnalytics allows analysts to filter [...]
RoosterBio Selects BioLife Solutions CryoStor® to Commercialize Human Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells
October 21, 2014
BOTHELL, WA — — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary clinical grade hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and precision thermal shipping products for cells and tissues (“BioLife” or the “Company”), announced today that Frederick, MD based RoosterBio, Inc., has adopted the Company’s CryoStor clinical grade cryopreservation freeze [...]
Laser focus on electron microscopes helps doctoral student win first fellowship
October 21, 2014
CLEMSON — A doctoral candidate will receive $20,000 as part of a new annual fellowship available to Clemson University graduate students who use electron microscopes that magnify with atomic resolution. Yunsong Zhao, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering, is the first recipient of the Hitachi High Technologies America Electron Microscopy [...]
Novel Enzyme Enables Highest NGS Accuracy for Amplicon Sequencing
October 21, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Thermo Fisher Scientific today introduced three new innovations to enhance genetic research: a novel enzyme intended to enhance single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and insertion and deletion (indel) performance on the Ion PGM System, a panel for genetically inherited deafness, and enhancements to its popular AmpliSeq Designer website. The new offerings were unveiled [...]
Eurofins Genomics Extends Its Genomic Business Into Austria And Czech Republic
October 21, 2014
Ebersberg, Germany -- Merger of Eurofins Genomics and VBC-Biotech into Austria to further grow the business in Europe. Eurofins Genomics, the genomics division of the Eurofins Scientific Group and international market leader in genomic services, has now established its own subsidiary in Austria. Customers will be served directly through Eurofins Genomics AT GmbH located in [...]
PerkinElmer ShowCases OmicsOffice® Software at qPCR & Digital PCR Congress in London
October 21, 2014
WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it will display its innovative new OmicsOffice software at the second annual qPCR & Digital PCR Congress in London. Powered by TIBCO Spotfire®, OmicsOffice software helps scientists in the areas of genomics and proteomics [...]
Seven Bridges selected to develop a Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilot for the NCI
October 21, 2014
Cambridge, MA -- Seven Bridges Genomics, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a 5.8 million dollar contract as a part of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilot Initiative. The goal of the project is to increase the speed of biomedical discovery by democratizing access to the world's largest cancer genomics datasets. [...]

