Pleasanton, Calif.—Apton Biosystems, Inc., a developer of Super-Res sequencing and single-molecule detection systems for large-scale clinical applications, such as early cancer detection and population sequencing, today announced the close of a $24 million Series-A financing. The financing was led by Kern Capital with participation by new and existing investors including Casdin Capital and Khosla Ventures. […]

— Accelerates Conversion from Microarray to Genotyping by Sequencing– — Expands NGS Capabilities into New Markets — 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 the acquisition of iGenomX, a company offering multiplex library […]

HELSINKI, Finland —  Euformatics, a bioinformatics software company providing world-leading NGS interpretation and quality control tools has signed a distribution agreement with INSVAST, a company specialising in delivering bioinformatics solutions to Chinese NGS laboratories. The agreement covers the full omnomics Suite of products from Euformatics and provides INSVAST with a full end-to-end offering to their customers […]

Porvair Sciences has further expanded its range of high-performance microplate products for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid purification. The new KF deep well plate and tip comb plate combo are specifically designed to enhance the performance and productivity of the market-leading Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ range of nucleic acid purification systems. Krzysztof Kielmann, microplates product manager at Porvair Sciences commented “The Kingfisher Flex […]

Element Biosciences, developer of a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, today announced the close of a $276 million Series C financing. New investors Janus Henderson Investors, Logos Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley), and T. Rowe Price joined existing investors Fidelity Management & Research Company, Foresite Capital, JS Capital Management LLC, RA Capital Advisors, and Venrock. With this latest investment, Element Biosciences […]

The collaboration will empower human identification laboratories with superior tools and support needed to deliver more impactful outcomes. SAN DIEGO, Calif. & HILDEN, Germany & GERMAN TOWN, Md. – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN) (Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and Verogen Inc. today announced a partnership to provide laboratories with superior tools and comprehensive support for implementing next-generation […]

QIAGEN increases forensics market lead with solutions from sample collection to identification Collaboration will provide customers workflow tools and support for highest quality outcomes Verogen broadens reach of sequencing and analysis products for forensic and human identity samples GERMANTOWN, Md. & HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a […]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy Becker and Adrian Hennah to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors, with effect from 24th June 2021. Wendy Becker is an experienced international, public company Board director. She is currently Chair of the global technology business Logitech International SA, a Non-executive Director of Sony […]

Transaction will expand BioIVT’s in vitro diagnostic, cell and gene therapy support capabilities Westbury, NY – BioIVT, a leading provider of research models and services for drug and diagnostic development, today announced the acquisition of Valley Biomedical Products & Services, Inc. located in Winchester, VA. Founded in 1986, Valley Biomedical provides specialized biological products and services for the […]

HELSINKI, Finland. Euformatics, a bioinformatics software company providing world-leading NGS interpretation and quality control tools has entered into a collaboration with Solaria Biodata, a fellow bioinformatics software company in Mexico, with the objective of streamlining the path for local laboratories to access Euformatics’ products. NextGen Solutions, commercially known as Solaria Biodata, offers customer-specific software solutions, along […]