SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), has received an order from the European Commission (EC) directing the company to divest GRAIL. Receipt of the order is an important next step in evaluating divestiture options for GRAIL. Illumina is committed to resolving all issues regarding GRAIL in a timely manner, with the objective of achieving the maximum […]

Oxford, UK – OGT, a Sysmex Group Company and leading global provider of genomic research and diagnostic solutions, is delighted to announce its new partnership with Intelliseq, a genome informatics company and innovative provider of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis solutions. This collaboration combines OGT’s expansive SureSeq™ NGS portfolio with Intelliseq’s state-of-the-art iFlow™ engine, resulting in a thorough and […]

PacBio WGS Variant Pipeline Will Bring Standardization to PacBio HiFi Data Analysis MENLO PARK, Calif. — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the availability of PacBio WGS Variant Pipeline – a complete, standardized computational method for HiFi whole genome sequencing (WGS) data analysis. The new software pipeline will enable customers […]

Bionano announced today that it has priced a financing to raise an aggregate of $80.0 million in a registered offering and concurrent private placement of senior secured convertible notes due 2025 and warrants Preliminary Q3 revenue expected to be between $9.1 and $9.3 million, which would represent an estimated increase of 26% to 29% over Q3 2022 and would be […]

Corriveau brings 25 years of commercial and operational leadership experience in life sciences, biopharma, and diagnostics from Ultivue, AstraZeneca, Roche and NanoString DURHAM, N.C. — Codetta Bio, the life sciences company developing advanced multi-omic biomarker measurement tools, announced today that Jacques Corriveau has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Corriveau […]

CRISPR screening libraries for chicken and pig allow the study of gene disruptions in a single experiment to enable improved breeding and more. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Cellecta, Inc. today announced the release of new pooled, single-module, CRISPR genome-wide knockout libraries for chicken (Gallus gallus) and pig (Sus scrofa). These new CRISPR libraries, with 4 guide […]

Next Gen RNA fragmentomics-based diagnostics SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES — RealSeq Biosciences, Inc., a company developing RNA fragmentomics as real-time diagnostics for disease, was awarded a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for the development of a new small RNA-seq NGS technology. The SBIR Phase I grant, titled “Preparation of sequencing libraries for […]

Story Highlights Unveils breakthrough CRISPR CascadeTM platform Platform delivers best-in-class accuracy without need for target amplification, resulting in analytical turnaround time of < 1 minute and massive multiplexing capabilities Company’s leadership team includes renowned experts in research tools, diagnostics and protein engineering SAN DIEGO, Calif. — VedaBio, the biotechnology company leading a paradigm-shift in molecular […]

IPSWICH, Mass. — Named in honor of the founder and first Chief Executive Officer of New England Biolabs (NEB®), Donald Comb, this annual lectureship recognizes those who have pioneered basic research, with substantial impact on molecular biology, to address issues affecting the world at large. This year’s honoree is Jo Handelsman, the Director of the Wisconsin […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced an antibody discovery, option and license agreement with Bayer. Under the terms of the agreement, Twist Biopharma Solutions, a division of Twist Bioscience, will leverage its Library of Libraries to […]