Technology Provides Pregnant Women Widespread NIPT Access WALTHAM, Mass.–PerkinElmer, Inc., (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that PerkinElmer Genomics will begin processing samples with the Vanadis® fully automated non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) system at its state-of-the-art CLIA and CAP-certified clinical laboratory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its PerkinElmer Lab Services affiliate […]

13,000-square-foot training facility is the first East Coast location for Illumina, a California-based global leader in genomics BALTIMORE — Illumina, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems, celebrated today the grand opening of its new training facility in the University of Maryland (UM) BioPark. The 13,000-square-foot Illumina Solutions Center provides training lab […]

IPSWICH, MA – New England Biolabs (NEB®) announces an expansion of its RNA depletion product portfolio to support more-sensitive an d cost-effective RNA sequencing via next generation sequencing platforms. The NEBNext RNase H-based RNA depletion protocol offers efficient and specific depletion of the abundant RNA species that interfere with the analysis of both coding and […]

Funding led by ATW Partners and SJF Ventures with follow-on Investment from Health Catalyst Capital, RTI International, and Inova Health Systems ST. LOUIS–PierianDx, the leading clinical genomics informatics company, today announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B funding round led by ATW Partners and SJF Ventures that also includes existing investors Health […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC), part of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG;OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced the appointment of Matthew Sause as President and Chief Executive Officer, North America, effective November 4, 2019. The position is based at RDC’s North American headquarters in Indianapolis. Sause joins Roche Diagnostics from Gilead Sciences, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of […]

Accelerating portable, intelligent and flexible genetic sequencing SHENZHEN, China — At the 14th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-14) held in Shenzhen on October 25, MGI released its new one-stop sequencing solution, including the portable “express” sequencing system DNBSEQ E series, the modular “digital biolab” DNBelab D series for use with the sequencing system, and a new single “cell” DNBelab C series, a handheld single-cell laboratory that can […]

The proposed merger of 2 DNA sequencing system firms, Illumina and PacBio, raises competition concerns, an in-depth CMA review has provisionally found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its provisional findings as part of a Phase 2 merger investigation of the proposed $1.2 billion takeover by Illumina, Inc. (Illumina) of Pacific Biosciences of […]

Newly Allowed Patent Covers use of the CertainT ® Platform in Cellulosic Fibers and Materials including Rayon; Company Currently in Discussions with Leading Manufacturers STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (“Applied DNA” or the “Company”) a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing for product authenticity and traceability solutions, announced today that […]

SAN DIEGO — BIONANO GENOMICS, INC. (NASDAQ: BNGO), a life sciences instrumentation company that develops and markets Saphyr, a platform for ultra-sensitive and ultra-specific structural variation detection in genome analysis, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 20,937,558 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock in lieu thereof) […]