SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) announced today that Jason Priar has joined the company as its Chief Commercial Officer. Jason is a seasoned sales leader with experience scaling businesses from early stage to hundreds of millions in revenue. He has a deep understanding of how to penetrate clinical and research markets including […]

Dublin, Ireland and Lyon, France: ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, and genOway, a leader in conceiving and developing genetically engineered preclinical research models, today announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting genOway past and future access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent […]

NGS library prep for low input and strong coverage Swift Biosciences, pioneers in the development of library preparation and targeted sequencing solutions for next generation sequencing (NGS) in research applications, has announced the release of Swift 2S™ Turbo v2 DNA Library Kits for whole genome and whole exome studies. Swift 2S™Turbo v2 includes a specially formulated PCR […]

Shoreline Biome’s microbiome products now available in Sub-Saharan Africa FARMINGTON, Conn.— Shoreline Biome, a microbiome research company that develops complete solutions for characterizing microbiome populations down to the strain level, has entered into a partnership with Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd for product distribution and StrainID services in Sub-Saharan Africa. Inqaba Biotechnical Industries (Pty) Ltd, […]

Design provides comprehensive content and flexible exome options SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of SureSelect Human All Exon V8 – a new exome design that provides comprehensive content and up-to-date coverage of protein coding regions from RefSeq, CCDS, and GENCODE. It also covers the TERT promoter and hard-to-capture exons that […]

Shimadzu Corporation (hearafter “Shimadzu”) and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (hereafter “Shionogi”) announced that we have concluded the basic agreement of business partnership to target an early social implementation of wastewater surveillance for viruses in the field of infectious diseases, including the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Shimadzu and Shionogi will progress to discuss of establishing a consortium […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Apton Biosystems, Inc., a developer of Super-Res™ sequencing instruments for large-scale clinical applications such as early cancer detection and population sequencing, today announced the appointment of John W. Hanna as chief executive officer and board director. Mr. Hanna has more than 20 years of senior healthcare management experience, including ten years at genomic diagnostics company […]

Nostos Genomics Integrates Mastermind Genomic Search Engine into AION Variant Interpretation Platform Genomenon® announced a partnership with Nostos Genomics, which includes integration of the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine into their cloud-based AION variant interpretation platform. This integration will allow users of AION to preview the number of published articles related to their search and easily link out to view the evidence […]

Targets DNA variants and RNA fusion genes for blood cancers, including challenging variants CALR, CEBPA, ASXL1, FLT3 Boston, MA, USA, and Lausanne, SWITZERLAND — SOPHiA GENETICS, the creator of a global data-sharing network that advances data-driven medicine, today released SOPHiA DDM™ for Blood Cancers, novel blood cancer testing solutions across the entire workflow from setup, genomic testing, […]

LA JOLLA, Calif. — Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (“Singular Genomics”), a company focused on delivering genomic technologies for the advancement of science and medicine, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 11,730,000 shares of its common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 1,530,000 additional shares of […]