Genomics Veteran to Lead Company Which Has a Commercial-Ready Novel Technology Platform that Can Realize the Largely Untapped Contribution of Epigenetics to Human Health CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom — Cambridge Epigenetix (CEGX), a life sciences tools and technology company which is revolutionizing genome sequencing, today announced the appointment of Peter J. Fromen as Chief Executive Officer […]

BOSTON, United States and LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a leader in data-driven medicine, today announced from the ESHG Conference in Vienna that it has achieved CE-IVD certification for the analytical functionality supported by its cloud-based SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, an accessory to diagnostic applications. With this certification, the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform is now IVD-ready […]

BeginNGS™ to accelerate newborn screening by rapid whole genome sequencing to help diagnose and treat genetic diseases with available therapies SAN DIEGO — Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM®) today announced a novel program to advance and evaluate scalability of a diagnostic and precision medicine guidance tool called BeginNGS™ (pronounced “beginnings”) to screen newborns for approximately 400 genetic diseases […]

Dublin, Ireland: ERS Genomics Limited (‘ERS’) is pleased to report that India Patent No. 397884 was granted on May 27, 2022. This patent covers methods and compositions for use of CRISPR/Cas9 and chimeric Cas9 in all cell types including eukaryotic cells. ERS, co-founded by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, 2020 Nobel Prize winner for gene-editing, provides access to this foundational CRISPR/Cas9 […]

Cambridge, UK: EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company bringing semiconductor technology to DNA synthesis, today announced the appointment of Colin McCracken as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Colin’s appointment will support the next phase of the Company’s development and the commercialisation of its semiconductor-based DNA synthesis platform. Colin brings over 20 years’ experience in commercial and […]

Armed with the world’s largest virus-bacteria interactome repository, Phase Genomics to engineer a predictive engine for the development of new therapies against drug-resistant biothreats SEATTLE —Phase Genomics, Inc., a leading developer of proximity ligation-based genomic solutions, today announced $5.5MM in combined non-dilutive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Institute of […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced Joydeep Goswami, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, will also serve as interim Chief Financial Officer while the company conducts a search for a permanent CFO. Sam Samad will be departing Illumina on July 8, 2022, after serving […]

Automated UHMW DNA extraction can consistently yield ultra-long DNA of outstanding quality and at increased throughput without user intervention SAN DIEGO — Hamilton and Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced the collaborative development of the Long String VANTAGE for the isolation of Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) DNA for use in optical genome mapping […]

BOSTON, United States and LAUSANNE, Switzerland — SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) of Barcelona, and the Spanish Diagnóstica Longwood today announced from the European Hematology Association Congress in Vienna that they have combined their expertise to develop a new Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) solution to advance CLL […]

AMSBIO has expanded its range of top quality, high-performance assay kits, antibodies, enzymes, and substrates for cellular metabolism research.   Cell metabolism is the series of chemical synthesis (Anabolism) and degradation (Catabolism) reactions of complex macromolecules, catalyzed by enzymes that take place in living organisms to sustain those organisms. Anabolism uses energy to make macromolecules (sugars, fatty […]