New synthetic genome may accelerate discovery and development for diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics for COVID-19 pandemicSAN DIEGO — Codex DNA, Inc. (NASDAQ: DNAY), a pioneer in automated benchtop synthetic biology systems, today announced the release of its first full-length synthetic genome for the highly infectious Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (B.1.617 lineage). The genome […]

Earlier collaboration, starting with a multiyear, global agreement, may speed development and introduction of targeted precision medicine therapies for patients CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific’s clinical sequencing business and AstraZeneca today announced they will co-develop next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based companion diagnostics (CDx) to support AstraZeneca’s expanding portfolio of targeted therapies. The companies will collaborate under a […]

SAN DIEGO AND SHANGHAI — NuProbe Global, a global molecular diagnostics company based in Shanghai, China and Houston, Texas, and Bionano Genomics, based in San Diego, California, have entered into a procurement and collaboration agreement, where NuProbe will integrate their Quantitative Amplicon Sequencing (QASeq) and Blocker Displacement Amplification (BDA) technologies with Bionano’s Saphyr system for research and product development in the fields […]

Mills Provides Global Life Sciences Experience as IDT Continues Unprecedented Growth CORALVILLE, Iowa – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading comprehensive genomics solutions provider, announced today that Demaris Mills has been appointed President of the Company, succeeding Trey Martin, who was promoted to a new position in Genomic Medicine within Danaher, IDT’s parent company. The leadership transition […]

Rolle – SOPHiA GENETICS, a world leader in data-driven medicine, today announced the opening of new offices in Rolle (VD). These new facilities will allow the growing company to expand its capacity to accommodate a new office space and a new R&D laboratory. SOPHiA GENETICS, a flagship company in Lake Geneva’s Health Valley, was founded […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Alithea Genomics, a rapidly growing player in the transcriptomics field, has announced today the launch of its first MERCURIUS BRB-seq kits, which enable high-throughput and cost-efficient RNA-seq library preparation from a wide range of RNA samples. BRB-seq is Alithea’s flagship technology and is based on early sample barcoding and pooling. With BRB-seq, […]

BC|GENOME X-10 provides a complete solution for high quality, high throughput NGS laboratory operations. BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management and analytics, and US-based Sentieon, ​a developer of highly optimized algorithms for bioinformatics applications, today announced the launch of its new integrated next generation sequencing (NGS) genetic analytics software, known as BC|GENOME X-10. BC|GENOME X-10 has been […]

The two companies join forces to develop tools and software compliant with the ISO/IEC 23092 MPEG-G international open standard for genome sequencing. Lausanne –GenomSys has signed a multi-year development and license agreement with Philips, a global leader in health technology, to develop tools and software compliant with the ISO/IEC 23092 MPEG-G international open standard for […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher”) announced today the completion of its acquisition of Aldevron. As previously announced, Aldevron will operate as a standalone operating company and brand within Danaher’s Life Sciences segment. ABOUT DANAHER Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping its customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life […]

WOBURN, MA — SeqLL Inc. (“SeqLL” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:SQL; SQLLW), a development-stage life sciences instrumentation and research services company engaged in the development of scientific assets and novel intellectual property across multiple “omics” fields, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 3,060,000 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up […]