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 […]

New library prep kits enhance research in rare genetic diseases When diagnosing children with a rare genetic disease, speed is essential. Shaving a few hours off the diagnostic testing process means parents get answers and children may be treated faster. That’s why the new Illumina DNA PCR-Free Prep kit is such an important milestone for rare disease […]

Saphyr’s extremely sensitive structural variation detection technology will be used to analyze samples from COVID patients from dozens of clinical sites throughout North America and Europe Initial target for recruitment is 1,000 patients The consortium includes more than 40 world-renowned scientists and institutions SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) announced today that a recently formed international consortium of clinical […]

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 the appointment of Erin Smith to the newly created position of senior vice president of government affairs and public policy. “With the government and legislative landscape […]