MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) today announced that obtaining microbial genomes with high accuracy and contiguity has become faster and more affordable thanks to new multiplexing tools it will feature at the upcoming American Society for Microbiology (ASM) annual meeting in Atlanta. The increased throughput of the PacBio® Sequel® System enables multiple microbes to be sequenced […]

Zymo Research and CosmosID announce their partnership to provide microbiome researchers with an integrated end to end solution for accurate microbiome analysis.   The partnership combines Zymo Research’s complete microbiomics product portfolio from sample collection/preservation, mock microbial community standards, nucleic acid isolation, and library preparation with the largest curated microbiome database maintained and powered by CosmosID. The combined technologies of […]

Gonorrhoea, Deadly Plague and Dysentery Among Collection of Bacterial Genomes Now Publicly Available Through Collaboration with Pacific Biosciences HINXTON, United Kingdom and MENLO PARK, Calif. — The genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including some of the world’s most dangerous, have been sequenced by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in collaboration with Pacific Biosciences (PacBio). Infecting tens of millions of […]

Engineered Cells single-click ordering and knockout guarantee removes barriers to world-class CRISPR results REDWOOD CITY, California — Synthego, the leading genome engineering solutions company, launches its Engineered Cells Portfolio with immediate access to Knockout Clone & Pool, and Advanced Cells. The Knockout Clone and Pool products enable single-click online ordering of any human cell line with […]

FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc., licenses University of California – Irvine’s technologies for derivation of microglia MADISON, Wis. — FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc. (FCDI), a leading developer and manufacturer of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and differentiated tissue-specific iPSCs, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with the University of California – Irvine (UCI) through its […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — LexaGene Holdings Inc. (OTCQB:LXXGF) (TSX-V:LXG) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company that develops instrumentation for pathogen detection, announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory. Under this agreement, Texas A&M will provide canine urine samples to LexaGene for testing on the Company’s LX6 prototype for […]

Databricks Helps Turn Clinical and Genomic Big Data into Insights to Improve Patient Lives Unified Analytics Platform for Genomics Enables Healthcare and Life Sciences Organizations to Obtain Insights up to 100x Faster than Existing Solutions San Francisco, CA – Databricks, the leader in unified analytics and founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, today introduced […]

Standardizing human sample identification using automated genomic microfluidic systems that reduce hands-on time and cost per sample SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the introduction of the Advanta™ Sample ID Genotyping Panel for the identification and quality assessment of human samples and cell lines in disease research. Maintaining accurate chain-of-custody from sample acquisition to data […]

õHelsinki – MediSapiens, a leading developer and provider of genomic, biomedical and healthcare data solutions, has announced today the launch of Genius™, a genomics data management and querying solution that combines population-scale scalability, ultra-high performance and cost-efficiency. The cloud-based solution enables, for the first time on the market, working with massive genomic datasets in real-time while […]

NanoString’s PanCancer IO 360 panel will be used for characterization of immune activity and development of potentially predictive gene signatures in NCI-sponsored trials SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced a collaboration with the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) […]