Ansa Biotechnologies today announced that it has raised $7.9 million in an oversubscribed Seed round of funding led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from Mubadala Capital, Humboldt Fund, and additional investors. Combined with a Pre-Seed round raised in December 2018 led by Fifty Years, the company has raised $9.2 million to date. The new investment […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that the Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus genomes of all positive COVID-19 tests in Australia and track COVID-19 using genomics across the country, rather than state by state, under a ground-breaking initiative spearheaded by Australia’s public health laboratory organisations and leading industry […]

DUBLIN, Ireland: ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property held by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, has today provided comment on the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO/PTAB) rulings in the motions phase of the ongoing patent interference between the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Dr. […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced the appointment of Susan G. Kim as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 28, 2020. “I am delighted that Susan is joining the company at a time where we have […]

Whole Transcriptome Atlas Service Based in NanoString’s Seattle Labs Premier Access Sites to Offer the Cancer Transcriptome Atlas Service from Labs Across the Globe SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational research, today announced the establishment of the GeoMx Premier Access Sites, a global service network […]

Strengthens Bruker in Targeted Multi-Omics and High-Plex Biomarker Imaging  Adds Innovative ChipCytometry Tools for Multi-Dimensional Immune Profiling  BILLERICA, Mass.– Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced the acquisition of Canopy Biosciences, LLC, a leader in high multiplex biomarker imaging for immunology, immuno-oncology and cell therapy. This acquisition enhances Bruker’s offering in targeted multi-omics and fluorescence-based imaging techniques. […]

CORALVILLE, Iowa  – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading comprehensive genomics solutions provider, announced that Novogene, a world leader in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) services, has joined the IDT Align℠ Preferred Sequencing Provider Program. The combination of Novogene’s leading bioinformatics and analysis services with IDT’s high quality and flexible products offers researchers an invaluable resource for their genomics […]

Collaboration will fast track the development and scale-up of Evonetix’s desktop DNA writer towards commercialisation and first product Technology will help facilitate the rapidly growing multibillion-dollar synthetic biology industry CAMBRIDGE, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced a collaboration with leading, […]

  London, UK — PCR Biosystems has today launched RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor. Already an important component of several PCR Biosystems kits, this robust and reliable RNase inhibitor is, for the first time, available as a standalone product. RiboShield™ RNase Inhibitor is a recombinant protein that blocks the activity of a wide range of ribonucleases to […]

New laboratory tool promises analytical power in a small footprint CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — miniPCR bio, a manufacturer of scientific tools for educators and researchers, today announced the launch of the GELATO™, an integrated DNA analysis system. GELATO™ combines gel electrophoresis with transillumination technology, allowing for simultaneous nucleic acid separation and visualization in a single, compact system. GELATO™ […]