NORCROSS, GA. – Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, releases an automation-ready, prefilled DNA extraction kit for magnetic processors to purify DNA faster and easier than before. The convenient Mag-Bind® Blood & Tissue DNA HDQ Prefilled 96 Kit comes prefilled with magnetic beads, reagent plates, and tip combs and aims to simplify […]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — GenapSys, Inc. (GenapSys), a company developing a highly accurate and scalable electronic sequencing platform, today announced the appointment of Ryan Walters, Ph.D. as Chief Product Officer. Ryan will oversee product development of the company’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform, which aims to increase access to genomic data with an affordable solution. “Ryan’s proven track record […]

CytoCell University offers extensive FISH expertise and reaffirms commitment to customer support and training Oxford, UK – OGT™, A Sysmex Group Company, has today revealed the expansion of support activities with CytoCell® University – an initiative that promises to partner with scientists to provide innovative and expert training on the basics of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). CytoCell University’s […]

Customers will benefit from reduced delivery time for next generation sequencing (NGS) products SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that is has established in-country manufacturing for its SureSelect portfolio at its facility in Hangzhou, China. Agilent is a leading provider of next-generation sequencing assays, and customers often develop custom panels for […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB) (“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, announced today that it acquired Circulomics Inc. (“Circulomics”), a Maryland-based biotechnology company focused on delivering highly differentiated sample prep products that enable genomic workflows. Scientists recognize Circulomics as a leader in extracting high […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has donated $1 million in sequencing capabilities to the Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Kasturba Hospital, in the Municipal Corporate of Greater Mumbai, to help expand SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capabilities in the region and support the broader genomic surveillance effort across India. Kasturba Hospital was the first hospital in […]

Cambridge, UK  – Abcam plc (“Abcam”, “the Company” or “the Group”) (AIM LSE: ABC; Nasdaq: ABCM), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioVision, Inc. (“BioVision”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Boai NKY Medical Holdings Ltd. (“NKY”), for $340 million (the […]

TriLink enables Chula VRC to take its Covid-19 vaccine into a First in Human (FIH) phase 1 clinical trial in Thailand with mRNA manufacturing process development and its proprietary mRNA capping technology, ushering a much-needed vaccine into economically developing countries SAN DIEGO — TriLink BioTechnologies (“TriLink”), a Maravai LifeSciences company (Nasdaq: MRVI) and a leader in […]

NEW YORK & BOULDER, Colo. —CM Life Sciences II (NASDAQ: CMIIU) and SomaLogic, a leader in AI-data driven proteomics technology, today announced the appointment of Shaun Blakeman as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. “We are thrilled to welcome Shaun Blakeman to the SomaLogic team,” said SomaLogic Chief Executive Officer Roy Smythe, M.D. “His depth of […]

HELSINKI, Finland —  Finnish bioinformatics software company Euformatics has been awarded funding through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Diagnostic Development Initiative to deliver a revolutionary COVID-19 variant surveillance software tool. SYNLAB has agreed to be the first customer of the solution developed under the program. The funding also covers broader deployment of cloud-based tools around human […]