Welcomes Vice President of Research and Development, Vice President of Marketing and Vice President of Sales to fuel innovation and growth SAN DIEGO, Calif. —  Jumpcode Genomics, a genome technology platform company focused on enabling genomic analysis, today announced the appointment of three new key hires to its growing team. Jon Armstrong joins the company […]

Pioneering next-level sample processing with connectivity, simplicity, and unmatched flexibility Building on the success of EZ1 technology, three versions offer application area tailored value Integration with QIAsphere digital infrastructure allows for optimized lab productivity GERMANTOWN, Md. & HILDEN, Germany — QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the upcoming launch of the […]

Supporting families of children with developmental differences SEATTLE and GAITHERSBURG, MD. – The University of Washington’s School of Medicine Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine is collaborating with Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) and GeneDx, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company, to study early detection of developmental differences in […]

SAN DIEGO –Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has committed US $60 million in sequencing capabilities to a global pathogen genomics initiative, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other public and private entities. The initiative expands on the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) announced in October 2020, and will help create a […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & FRANKFURT — Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and Vivlion GmbH, a company providing next-generation CRISPR gRNA libraries and screening services for the global R&D market, today announced a collaboration for the generation of […]

Shoreline Biome’s microbiome products now available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. FARMINGTON, Conn.— Shoreline Biome, a microbiome research company that develops complete solutions for characterizing microbiome populations down to the strain level, has entered into an exclusive distribution partnership with BioCat GmbH, a leading provider of life sciences solutions, for the promotion, sale and support […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, announced today that Dr. Hannah Valantine has been nominated for election to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class II director at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Dr. Valantine is currently a Professor […]

Company will receive up to $5 Million in grant funds from DARPA as part of the agency’s Nucleic Acids On-Demand World-Wide Program to plan for and prevent the next viral pandemic SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS — DNA Script today announced a partnership with Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA) to develop a prototype for rapid mobile manufacturing of […]

Company Plans Commercial Operations in 2021 MURRIETA, Calif. — Murrieta Genomics, the launch pad for genomic sequencing startups, has announced that simplSEQ, an incubator company, has completed its seed round funding, having received $2 million in total. Funds are to be used to validate the company’s novel sample preparation technology with external labs, further protect its patent-pending intellectual property and […]

HiFi Sequencing and Software v10.1 Release on the Sequel II and IIe Systems Increases Scalability, Improves Usability, and Unlocks Additional Sample Types to Extend the Value of HiFi Reads MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a global leader offering a comprehensive view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced the availability of […]