Today we announced the launch of the GridION X5, a new system that can drive up to five MinION Flow Cells and process all the data produced within a single benchtop device.  GridION X5 can be used to offer nanopore sequencing as a service. Why GridION X5?  Recent releases for the portable MinION device, such […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — LexaGene Holdings Inc. (TSX-V:LXG) (the “Company”). LexaGene is pleased to announce that the Company has started trading on the OTCQB Venture Market in the United States under the symbol LXXGF. The OTCQB is equivalent in Canada to the TSX Venture Exchange for early-stage and developing companies. Lexagene is also pleased to […]

Sophia Genetics reports adoption of its AI SOPHiA by over 250 health institutions in 45 countries By the end of Q1 2017, the company will cross the strategic threshold of 100K patients’ genomic profiles analyzed by its artificial intelligence Strategic milestones underline SOPHiA’s traction and confirm it is now clinicians’ technology of choice for analyzing […]

SAN DIEGO, CA. — Molecular Assemblies Inc., a company developing a proprietary enzymatic DNA synthesis technology designed to power the next generation of DNA-based products, today announced that it has appointed Floyd E. Romesberg, PhD, a renowned scientist and professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, to its scientific advisory board. “We are extremely […]

First Genomic Reference for 1,000 Traditional Medicinal Plants to Standardize Chinese Pharmacopeia Illumina and the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD) have signed a deal to create the world’s first catalog of genomic references for medicinal plants used as sources in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM).  TCM has evolved over thousands of years to combine modern […]

WAKEFIELD, Mass. & CLARKSBURG, Md.–ZS Genetics, Inc. and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (HTA) announced today a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize ZS Genetics’ DNA sequencing platform. ZS Genetics’ proprietary technologies, based on high-resolution electron microscopy (EM), will allow the scientific community for the first time to sequence very high-quality long reads (50,000+ base-pairs) […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Unlike other CRISPR/Cas9 vector-based systems, the transEDIT-dual vector system expresses two gRNAs from the same lentiviral vector, allowing researchers to target one gene with two different gRNAs for greater efficacy. The vectors are also designed to allow the gRNAs to be shuffled between vectors, enabling one vector to target two different genes […]

– Amplification and validation service based on SYGNIS’ proprietary DNA amplification technologies TruePrime and CovCheck – Targeting single cell and liquid biopsy NGS applications – Supporting NGS users with upstream sample preparation and validation – Unique service facilitating wider customer access to NGS Madrid, Spain, and Heidelberg, Germany – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; […]

The MagCore® nucleic acid extraction and purification system is now available through Parallel Devices, a supplier of life science sample preparation products. Chicago, IL — RBC Bioscience of Taipei, Taiwan, manufacturer of the MagCore® nucleic acid extraction and purification system and Parallel Devices, a supplier of life science sample preparation products, together announce at PITTCON […]

Hayward, CA – Biolog, Inc. announced today that MediLoc Laborsysteme GmbH has been appointed as the newest distributor of Biolog’s innovative product lines for characterization and identification of diverse cell types, from bacteria to human cells. MediLoc is based in Minden, Germany and will represent Biolog in Germany and Austria. More information on MediLoc can be […]