Experienced senior leader brings blend of strategic and operational skills to support company’s continued growth MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in biomedical informatics and data management, today announced the appointment of Scott Gibson as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Gibson will lead finance, legal, human resources, and administration. “Scott’s diverse background and skill […]

Former MedImumune executive hired to grow company’s precision health initiatives and drug discovery programs   MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in biomedical informatics and data management, today announced the appointment of David Fenstermacher, PhD, as Vice President of Precision Medicine and Data Services. Dr. Fenstermacher will be responsible for overseeing the company’s data management […]

Oversubscribed round led by LSP will fund accelerated product development and commercial operations in the U.S. PARIS – DNA Script today announced an oversubscribed Series B fundraising of $38.5M led by LSP, one of Europe’s largest and most experienced healthcare investment firms. Bpifrance, through its Large Venture fund, joined the round, alongside existing investors Illumina Ventures, […]

RNA is an inevitable object of study to use in investigating biological molecular mechanisms. Intracellular RNA contains a wealth of information, including sequence, abundance, structure and so on. Due to the temporal and spatial specificity of RNA expression, sample acquisition is difficult, and accurate analysis of RNA in samples after sampling is particularly important. Current […]

SYDNEY Longas Technologies Pty Ltd (‘Longas’), a developer of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, today emerges from stealth mode, unveiling its Morphoseq™ technology and announcing the appointment to CEO of Nick McCooke, who built and led the team at Solexa that pioneered NGS prior to the company being acquired by Illumina. Morphoseq is a disruptive […]

Extended validation scope means more streamlined rapid pathogen testing for food-testing laboratories BASINGSTOKE, England — Thermo Scientific SureTect PCR Assays are now validated to run on the Applied Biosystems SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler and Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 5 Food Safety System, which means a streamlined workflow that requires fewer touchpoints. Laboratories can now work more efficiently and release products […]

A comprehensive solution for cell lysis, RNA removal and purification of intact genomic DNA from a wide variety of biological samples, including, but not limited to, cultured cells, blood and mammalian tissues. Ipswich, MA, USA — New England Biolabs® (NEB®) today announced the release of its Monarch Genomic DNA Purification Kit. The kit offers extremely […]

SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it has filed another patent infringement suit against one of BGI Group’s subsidiaries, BGI Europe A/S. Illumina filed suit in the Maritime & Commercial High Court of Denmark. “As we have previously stated, Illumina will continue to vigorously protect our patented technology and file patent suits where appropriate when our […]

SHENZHEN, China — BGI Genomics and digital health start-up, Pryzm Health (Pryzm), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today for collaboration to advance precision public health in Australia. With their complementary expertise and technology, BGI Genomics and Pryzm will develop foundational capabilities to drive equitable access to precision medicine approaches across the health system. This movement, termed precision public health, will […]

Andrew Alliance and Arcis Biotechnology today announce a co-marketing relationship for deploying protocols that automate sample preparation for nucleic acid analysis on Andrew Alliance platforms. Under the terms of the agreement, Andrew Alliance and Arcis will promote the use of Arcis reagents for DNA and RNA preparation in conjunction with Andrew Alliance platforms such as […]