BioNano Genomics Announces One Human : One Chip : One Day
October 20, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- BioNano Genomics announced today achievement of a major milestone for the Irys system: the ability to collect human data at 30X depth, sufficient for a genome map, in 24 hours on a single chip. This new capability was established and demonstrated for the IrysChipTM V2, the high-throughput chip for the IrysTM System [...]
New Orbitrap-Based Mass Spectrometer Makes High-Resolution Accurate-Mass Analysis Widely Accessible
October 20, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Laboratories performing food and environmental testing, clinical research, forensic toxicology, pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical measurements, and other applied analyses can now benefit from the performance of high-resolution accurate-mass (HRAM) Orbitrap mass spectrometry using a new instrument designed for cost-per-sample-sensitive workflows. The new Thermo Scientific Q Exactive Focus LC-MS/MS is designed to make the qualitative [...]
October 19, 2014
AUSTIN, TX –– Lab7 Systems, Inc., today introduced theLab7 Enterprise Sequencing Platform (ESP), the industry’s only comprehensive sample-to-answer data management software for next-generation genomic sequencing (NGS) laboratories. Targeting all of the major stakeholders in the genomic data management and analysis process, the Lab7 ESP approaches the sequencing lab from an enterprise software perspective combining all [...]
October 19, 2014
AUSTIN, TX –– Lab7 Systems, Inc., today introduced theLab7 Enterprise Sequencing Platform (ESP), the industry’s only comprehensive sample-to-answer data management software for next-generation genomic sequencing (NGS) laboratories. Targeting all of the major stakeholders in the genomic data management and analysis process, the Lab7 ESP approaches the sequencing lab from an enterprise software perspective combining all [...]
The NextCODE Exchange: The first global, real-time system for sharing full-resolution genomic data
October 19, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- NextCODE Health, which enables clinicians and researchers to use full power of the whole genome in real time, today announced the launch of its new genomic data analysis and collaboration service, the NextCODE Exchange, at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in San Diego. To learn more, sign up [...]
October 19, 2014
Tokyo and Gaithersburg -— Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation and OpGen, Inc., a leading genetic analysis company, today announced the introduction of an Early Access Program for its upcoming Human Chromosome ExplorerSM, human chromosome mapping analytical service for clinical research and life science research applications. The companies entered a development agreement in October 2013 to develop the [...]
DNA Sequencing Analysis Kits Added to HIPAA Compliant Maverix Analytic Platform
October 19, 2014
SAN MATEO CA -- Maverix Biomics Inc., a leading genomic analysis software company, today announced the availability of Analysis Kits for analyzing variants in whole genome, exome, and targeted resequencing data produced by high throughput next generation sequencing systems. These new DNA sequencing Analysis Kits, along with initial scientific results from researchers who have used [...]
Appistry Appoints Rare Disease Expert Cornelius Boerkoel as Chief Medical Officer
October 17, 2014
ST LOUIS, MO -– Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of tools, software, and services that bring the power of genomics to next-generation medicine, today announced that Cornelius (Neal) Boerkoel, M.D., Ph.D., has joined Appistry’s management team as the company’s first chief medical officer. A former laboratory director at the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program and co-founder [...]
October 17, 2014
San Diego, California, and Hilden, Germany -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a number of new capabilities for its Ingenuity® Variant Analysis™ and CLC Cancer Research Workbench solutions that accelerate the workflows for researchers to move from sample to insight with next-generation sequencing (NGS). The company is demonstrating the latest [...]
Mediso unveils the new MultiScan LFER 150 PET/CT research tool
October 17, 2014
Gothenburg, Sweden –– Mediso announces the MultiScan LFER 150 PET/CT, the first member of the MultiScan product line dedicated to research applications for both clinical and pre-clinical imaging. The LFER 150 (Large Field of view Extreme Resolution) with 20 cm axial and 15 cm transaxial field of view (FOV), sub-mm PET resolution and 5% sensitivity [...]

