Shenzhen, China and Toronto, Canada ‒ BGI and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, part of Sinai Health System, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining their intention to collaborate on the development a genomics-based diagnostic test for the early identification of women at risk for pre-term birth and other pregnancy complications. The non-invasive […]

LAS VEGAS — Today at AWS re:Invent, Edico Genome revealed its DRAGEN Complete Suite (DRAGEN CS) on AWS Marketplace, a comprehensive package of pipelines that enables AWS users to access all of DRAGEN’s applications for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis in one click. Pieter van Rooyen, Ph.D., president and CEO at Edico Genome, and Rami Mehio, vice president of […]

Vela Diagnostics Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit receives CE-IVD approval Singapore – Vela Diagnostics announced today that the Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit is now CE-IVD marked for in-vitro diagnostics use. The Sentosa® SX Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) Kit is intended to extract free-circulating DNA from human plasma. The kit is developed for use in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) […]

MADISON, WI USA Promega Corporation’s new Maxwell® RSC PureFood Pathogen Kit offers food safety labs an easy and consistent automated DNA purification method for PCR-based testing of food pathogens. The kit does not require enzymatic pre-treatment and, when used in combination with the Maxwell RSC Instrument, can effectively purify DNA from 1 to 16 food matrix samples […]

Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to bringing to market transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, announced today that Teva Pharmaceuticals Australia, Pty. Ltd. has implemented BLI’s Beacon platform in their antibody discovery programs. The Beacon platform is capable of screening thousands of antibody producing cells in less than a day. Cell characterizations […]

Empire Genomics announced today that it has entered into a new strategic partnership with KromaTiD to provide a comprehensive offering that helps researchers and clinicians better understand the genomic abnormalities of cancer patients. Empire Genomics CEO Anthony Johnson stated “KromaTiD’s Pinpoint FISH probes are a perfect complement to our existing FISH probe portfolio, allowing us […]

Customer Solutions Center will train up to 1,000 people a year in latest genomics technologies PARIS — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the opening of its Solutions Center on the Genopole Campus in Évry, near Paris. The leading-edge customer training center will offer demonstrations, instruction, and education in the latest genomics technologies from Illumina for up to 1,000 scientists a […]

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and NRGene research exploring protection again neurodegenerative disease Tel Aviv & Ness Ziona, Israel – NRGene, the worldwide leader in genomic assembly and analysis, has partnered with the Genetic Institute of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (TASMC) to perform genomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). “Our collaboration with NRGene and […]

Paris, France, and London, UK: Today, Biomillenia, the developer of Smart Microbes™, announced its collaboration with QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: QIA) for use of QIAGEN’Ss Microbial Genomics Pro Suite to generate next-generation sequence data on microbes identified using Biomillenia’s proprietary microbe-on-a-chip technology. Biomillenia’s approach can identify strains of microbes previously deemed unculturable, and do so […]

Surge in RNAscope and BaseScope Assay publications now includes pharma, biotech and new research areas – and use as a core assay MINNEAPOLIS — Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), a Bio-Techne brand, is celebrating a milestone in the adoption of its RNAscope® in situ hybridization (ISH) technology. Reaching 1,000 publications and increasing to an average of more than one publication per […]