Today we launched the Long SIRV module. The long SIRVs are the latest addition to the Spike-In RNA Variants (SIRVs), Lexogen’s portfolio of external RNA reference standards. The 15 RNAs in this module cover the five length categories of 4 kb, 6 b, 8 kb, 10 kb, and 12 kb, each represented by three unique transcripts. […]

Fluidigm among First Seven Companies to Advance in Historic and Rapidly Instituted Program to Support Development and Commercialization of Innovative COVID-19 Testing Technologies SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced execution of a letter contract with the […]

Diagenode expands services offering by introducing new high-throughput 3’mRNA sequencing service that utilizes MERCURIUS technology Diagenode, a leading global provider of solutions for epigenetics research and sample preparation, has partnered with Alithea Genomics to provide a novel low cost, high performance 3’ mRNA-seq service to help advance transcriptomics research. The new Alithea-powered technology, known as “MERCURIUS”, enables reliable […]

Entire HTG RUO profiling assay menu now available for use on both Illumina’s and Thermo Fisher Scientific’s NGS platform TUCSON, Ariz. — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced three of its previously released Research Use Only (RUO) assays are now available […]

University of California San Francisco (UCSF) uses Phenoptics™ platform to help with biomarker discovery Akoya, UCSF and the I-SPY TRIAL consortium collaborate to discover and validate biomarker signatures for predicting response to neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapies Akoya Biosciences, Inc., The Spatial Biology Company™, today announced a collaboration with UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. […]

Casdin Capital leads the $50M extension; funding will support commercial launch of SYNTAX™️ — the world’s first enzymatic DNA printer. PARIS and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.: DNA Script today announced a $50 million extension to its Series B financing, bringing the total investment of this round to $89 million. This oversubscribed round is led by […]

CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) announces the appointment of Anthony Bihl III to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. “We welcome Tony to the board as a new independent director and look forward to the leadership he will bring,” said David Phillips, Chairman of Meridian Bioscience.  “We were looking to add diagnostics expertise to […]

CALIFORNIA LABORATORIES CAN NOW INSTANTLY TRANSMIT COVID-19 DATA TO THE CALREDIE SYSTEM The Zymo Research Transmit Program streamlines the COVID-19 test reporting process. The software connects laboratories directly to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange, eliminating manual submission errors IRVINE, Calif. — Zymo Research recently has released a free open-source software program that allows California laboratories […]

TUCSON, Ariz. — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced the launch and immediate availability of the HTG EdgeSeq Pan B-Cell Lymphoma Panel in the United States and Europe. The HTG EdgeSeq Pan B-Cell Lymphoma Panel is commercially available for purchase in kit form or as a service in […]

Company extends program benefits to oncology laboratories and fast-tracks access to comprehensive molecular profiling on the Genexus System CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the expansion of its GlobalAccess Sequencing Program to include laboratories working in oncology. Originally introduced to accelerate multi-institutional-led studies focused on SARS-CoV-2, the expanded program now provides support to labs facing […]