Company CEO to update industry in presentation at the 35th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced two significant additions to the company’s executive leadership team. Brady Davis has joined the company as vice president, strategy and marketing, and John Ellithorpe, Ph.D. […]

Investment by Strategic Industry Partners Would Enable GRAIL to Expand Clinical Validation of Blood Test for Early-Stage Cancer Detection SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), today announced that GRAIL has received indications of interest to invest approximately $1B for its Series B financing, primarily from undisclosed private and strategic investors. GRAIL intends to raise additional capital […]

This time last year Bibby Scientific was purchased by Cole-Parmer. As part of our integration, from January 2017, Bibby Scientific will be changing company name to Cole-Parmer Ltd. As part of Cole-Parmer we will continue to grow and provide a comprehensive range of laboratory equipment and consumables. All of Bibby Scientific’s existing manufacturing processes and […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. and BEIJING — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(Nasdaq:PACB), today announced that GrandOmics Biosciences Co., Ltd of Beijing, through its subsidiary NextOmics in Wuhan, has agreed to purchase five additional Sequel™ instruments to support China’s precision medicine initiative, with a specific focus on ultimately providing the genetic diagnosis of inherited diseases. GrandOmics was […]

Synthego to change the pace of biological research with automation, precision, and machine learning REDWOOD CITY, CA – Synthego, a leading provider of genome engineering solutions, announces today a $41 million Series B financing. Since the company’s founding in 2012, Synthego has raised a total of $50 million. The investment is led by technology venture […]

Collaboration with Dell EMC Delivers Compute and Storage for Healthcare and Life Sciences Customers  STORY HIGHLIGHTS New Edico Genome bundle offers a pre-configured, out-of-the-box solution for rapid analysis and efficient storage of next-generation sequencing data. Available now, the solution allows for simple implementation for users while reducing storage costs, speeding analysis and maintaining high accuracy. […]

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management solutions, today announced that it has been selected to take part in a large global new partnership called ‘MultipleMS’. Coordinated by Karolinska Institute in Sweden, the MultipleMS consortium has been awarded 15 million euro from the European Commission in the Horizon2020 program to find novel and […]

SAN DIEGO– Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), continuing its strategy to bring the power of genomics into clinical applications, today announced it has named one of the world’s top clinical genomics experts to head its clinical genomics unit. Garret Hampton, PhD, will join as Executive Vice President of Clinical Genomics for the company, starting January 9, […]