WINNER TO RECEIVE LONG-READ WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ON THE PACBIO® SEQUEL® SYSTEM   Menlo Park, CA and South Plainfield, NJ — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, and GENEWIZ, a leading global genomics service provider, are pleased to announce that Professor Stephen Scherer, Ph.D., Co-founder and Director of the Centre for Applied […]

South San Francisco, California, USA and Zurich, Switzerland. – AI genomics company Freenome announces partnership with leading proteomics company Biognosys to enhance its broad-signal approach to early-cancer detection and precision oncology. By decoding cell-free (cf) biomarker patterns of once unthinkable complexity, Freenome’s artificial intelligence (AI) genomics platform is poised to detect cancer at its earliest […]

With the addition of three new service providers, we recap some of the work that is underway around the world by labs offering nanopore sequencing as a service. KeyGene KeyGene is the go-to AgBiotech company for higher crop yield & quality. Our goal is to help organizations with their toughest R&D challenges, combining our cutting […]

Porvair Sciences has collaborated with Persomics Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA) to develop and supply ANSI/SLAS format Arrays as an OEM product for their ImagineArray™ platform. On the Persomics ImagineArray™ platform, traditional microplate wells are replaced with contact-printed spots on a slide which is mounted into an SLAS/ANSI format frame. Each spot is a unique experiment […]

The industry leaders in specialized substrates and antibodies join with Quartzy to revolutionize digital lab supply procurement PALO ALTO, Calif.  — Quartzy, the only free online laboratory supply management and ordering platform, announced today a new authorized distributor agreement with OriGene, Advansta and Jackson ImmunoResearch. Adding these life science leaders to Quartzy’s supply chain and product portfolio marks another major […]

Beer SpoilerAlert™ assay and Encompass Optimum™ workstation enable next-day detection of spoilage organisms and hop resistance genes for brewers ITHACA, N.Y. — Rheonix Inc., a developer of fully automated molecular testing solutions, has expanded its Beer SpoilerAlert™ assay to detect more organisms that may cause spoilage in beer. The Beer SpoilerAlert assay now detects over 60 bacterial and yeast […]

Canon BioMedical signs distribution agreement for the US and Canadian markets with Molecular Biology Systems MELVILLE, N.Y. Canon BioMedical announced today that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Molecular Biology Systems (MBS) B.V. to market and sell their NEXTGENPCR instrument, consumables, and accessories in the USA and Canada. Under the terms of the […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the appointment of Brad Kreger as Senior Vice President, Global Operations. In this role, Kreger leads global manufacturing, supply chain, demand planning, and distribution for Fluidigm. As a member of the executive leadership team reporting to President and CEO Chris Linthwaite, Kreger will be responsible for driving long-term strategic changes and process […]

Merck today announced that the Chinese Patent Office has issued a notice granting Merck’s patent application for the company’s CRISPR technology used in a genomic-integration method for eukaryotic cells. DARMSTADT, GERMANY Patent in China covers integration of an external DNA sequence into the chromosome of eukaryotic cells Company to license CRISPR-related patents to interested parties, […]

Shenzhen, China—BGI launched its self-sampling NGS-based HPV genotyping product, SentisTM-HPVseq, to the global market today. This product provides detection of both high-risk and low-risk HPV types, which is recognized as an effective method for primary cervical cancer screening. The method used in this HPV genotyping sequencing assay was developed by BGI research team, which has […]