ProxiMeta™ Metagenome Deconvolution Platform Empowers Researchers to Discover Novel Phages and Connects them with their Hosts without the Need for Culturing SEATTLE — Phase Genomics, the global leader in proximity-ligation based genomic solutions, today announced the launch of a new platform aimed at the discovery of viral genomes from complex microbiome samples. The newly released […]

SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) announced today that Richard Shippy has joined the company as its Chief Business Officer. Richard was one of the transformational leaders at Affymetrix who brought microarrays into the clinic and paved the way for the first FDA-cleared application of microarrays in cytogenetics with the CytoScan HD Array […]

— Population Genetics Sequencing Panel Incorporates Global Genetic Variations for Superior Study of Disease and Target Discovery — 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 it collaborated with Regeneron Genetics Center LLC (RGC), […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced it has completed product design lock for the HTG Transcriptome Panel and announced three Early Adopter Program (EAP) collaborators. HTG continues to progress in its development of a planned transcriptome panel using the HTG […]

This open access tool, powered by data supplied by GISAID, provides virologists and COVID-19 test developers insight to the latest viral variants and primer designs used around the world. IPSWICH, MA — New England Biolabs (NEB®), a leading supplier of reagents for the life sciences, today announced the launch of a web-based tool for monitoring […]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — GenapSys Inc. (GenapSys), a company developing a highly accurate and scalable electronic sequencing platform, today announced the appointment of Fredrik Eliasson, Diana McKenzie, and Loretta Cecil to its Board of Directors. “I am delighted to welcome our new Board members during this exciting phase of transformation and growth for GenapSys,” said Jason Myers, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer […]

— New Storage Technologies Needed to Address Emerging Data Oceans — — Dense, Stable, Low Power Data Storage in DNA Provides Option to Traditional Storage — SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —  The DNA Data Storage Alliance, an organization of more than 25 leading companies formed by Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) […]

MINNEAPOLIS and LONDON — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH), a leader in developing innovative tools and technologies for cell and gene therapy research and manufacturing, has partnered with Autolomous to implement a first of its kind electronic batch record system, AutoloMATETM, at Bio-Techne’s GMP cellular manufacturing center. Through this partnership Bio-Techne will be able to offer […]

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced over $20 million in funding to help strengthen global capabilities to detect and respond to pandemic threats by strengthening organisations’ ability to sequence and share genomic information alongside other data, rapidly. Oxford Nanopore is one of 20 organisations collaborating with the Rockefeller Foundation to shape their new Pandemic Prevention Institute and expand […]

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 that it has started shipping its synthetic RNA reference controls for the SARS-CoV-2 Kappa (B.1.617.1) variant strain. The company is also working on controls for the […]