BEVERLY, Mass. — Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC), a pioneer in genomics that improves the yield, safety, and transparency of cannabis, has been signed as a US Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Agilent, a global leader in the life sciences, applied diagnostics, and chemical markets. “We’re very pleased to add MGC to our cadre of Value Added […]

First study to be based in Wuhan, China; European and North American studies expected to follow SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics announced the launch of a global network of studies aiming to identify genomic variants that influence COVID-19 disease resistance, sensitivity, disease progression and drug response. The first study will focus on the Wuhan, China […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced that industry veteran Christian Henry has been appointed to serve as Chairman of its Board of Directors. As part of its annual review of the leadership structure of Pacific Biosciences, the Board […]

DENVILLE, N.J.— Diagenode, a leading global provider of complete solutions for sample preparation and epigenetics research, and MGI Tech (MGI), a subsidiary of global genomics leader BGI Group, today announced a co-marketing agreement for Diagenode’s innovative NGS library preparation product line in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, the two companies have […]

New assays for Campylobacter, STEC, Vibrio and Staphylococcus aureus enable more comprehensive pathogen testing for all food manufacturers BASINGSTOKE, England — Thermo Fisher Scientific today released five new Thermo Scientific SureTect PCR Assays and enhanced software to test food and related samples for: Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. lari detection and identification E. coli O157:H7 and STEC screening STEC […]

New tool significantly increases HDR rates by providing optimized donor template design and simplified Cas9 guide RNA selection  CORALVILLE, Iowa – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading comprehensive genomics solutions provider, has launched the Alt-R™ HDR Design Tool and Templates, an intelligent and easy-to-use design tool that significantly increases homology-directed repair (HDR) rates by simplifying guide […]

Enabling Low-Cost, High-Volume Sequencing of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Hospital Infection Control and Surveillance SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and HINXTON, United Kingdom — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an industry leader in microfluidics technology, and Next Gen Diagnostics (NGD), a Wellcome Sanger Institute-based leader in the automation of pathogen bioinformatics, today announce an exclusive agreement that enables NGD […]

Delivering up-to-date content for cytogenetic testing needs SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced three new microarrays to meet the needs of cytogenetic laboratories conducting both prenatal and postnatal research. The new Agilent GenetiSure Cyto microarrays include updated, clinically relevant content from respected databases. The probes on the Cyto microarrays provide high-resolution detection of copy […]

·        Series B investment led by west-coast investor Foresite Capital, with all existing investors participating in the round ·        Funds will be used to accelerate development of the Company’s gene synthesis platform, through to introduction of first products CAMBRIDGE, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene […]

The UK genomic tools developer, RevoluGen Ltd., has entered into a global manufacturing arrangement with GE Healthcare Life Sciences which will ensure the supply chain for its world leading Fire Monkey / Fire Flower High Molecular Weight DNA (HMW-DNA) extraction and purification product. Under the non-exclusive agreement, GE Healthcare Life Sciences will manufacture RevoluGen’s Fire […]