A pioneer in the development of DNA and RNA library preparation kits for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) systems Swift Biosciences announces the addition of Bruce Zhang, Director of Sales and Marketing, APAC to its global commercial team.  Bruce comes to Swift with ten years of rich experience and has led efforts in increasing product adoption in his previous companies […]

— Team Promotions and Appointments Reflect Corporate Growth — 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 several senior management promotions and team expansion. “Twist is growing at a significant rate, meeting and exceeding […]

John C. Spinosa, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the executive management team as our Chief Medical Officer. “We are fortunate to have attracted Dr. Spinosa to join us,” stated Jay Goth, CEO. “John’s background and experience with companies large and small will be critical to our future success helping genomic sequencing companies revolutionize the healthcare, agriculture […]

BOSTON, MA and PARIS, FRANCE – Stilla Technologies is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philippe Mourere as its new Chief Executive Officer. Former CEO and FounderDr. Rémi Danglahas beenappointed Chief Technology Officer and remains a member of the Board of Directors. Stilla technologies was founded in 2013 and is a global leader in […]

Partners Announce Sequoia Capital China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator, Powered by Illumina SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), the global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and Sequoia Capital China, a leading investment firm, today announced a collaboration to catalyze the startup ecosystem in China with the launch of the Sequoia Capital China […]

Mobile COVID-19 testing laboratories containing Oxford Nanopore’s LamPORE test are now being deployed in a pilot programme, to support testing efforts, including in remote locations. There are four mobile LamPORE units, currently located in Aberdeen, Telford, Brent and Newbury — where they are being used to support local testing services. This week the first unit […]

ITHACA, N.Y. — Rheonix Inc. today announced the appointment of Roy Proujansky, M.D., and Irving Nachamkin, DrPH, MPH, to its board of directors. “I’m honored to welcome Drs. Proujansky and Nachamkin to our board,” said Greg Galvin, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Rheonix. “They join Rheonix at an exciting time as we provide critical testing solutions to […]

Assay quickly identifies mutation found in U.K. SARS-CoV-2 N501Y PASADENA, Calif. — SeqOnce Biosciences, Inc., announced today the launch of its new AzureSeq One-Step Universal RT-qPCR kit for the detection of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 N501Y variant. The AzureSeq One-Step Universal SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR N501Y kit uses a single-tube reaction targeting the N1 nucleocapsid gene, both […]

The funding is led by VisVires New Protein (Singapore), with EIT Food (Belgium) joining the round Renens (VD) – Swiss biotech company SwissDeCode has closed its first venture round, raising CHF 3.7M from VisVires New Protein (VVNP) and EIT Food (Europe’s leading food innovation initiative). The new funding comes after a recent award of €2.5M […]

Digital PCR for COVID-19 wastewater testing overcomes limitations of traditional PCR Wastewater surveillance testing can quantify COVID-19 in populations and track mutations Custom QIAcuity One-Step Viral RT-PCR Kit supports wastewater testing applications Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN today announced the addition of kits for wastewater testing to its growing portfolio of COVID-19 products. The […]