PORTLAND, OR and CAMBRIDGE, MA— MolecularMD announces that it has now become a Preferred Provider of Promega’s Microsatellite Instability (MSI) v1.2 Analysis System.  MolecularMD has completed validation of the MSI Analysis System for the analysis of multiple tumor types and is now offering the technology as part of a broader portfolio of diagnostic and clinical […]

HOUSTON — Genialis, Inc., a leading provider of cloud software for the visual exploration of next generation sequencing data, recently closed a $2.3M Seed round. The financing will accelerate the team’s expansion in the U.S. and commercialization of Genialis Platform. Redalpine Venture Capital in Zurich and First Star Venture Capital in Boston co-led the round, joined by Slovenian firm Pikas d.o.o. Several expert […]

BURLINGAME, Calif. – Vector Laboratories, a leader in the development and manufacture of labeling and detection reagents for biomedical research, introduces the TrueVIEW™ Autofluorescence Quenching Kit, offering the first effective technique for removing unwanted fluorescence in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue samples, blood cells and structural elements such as collagen and elastin. Autofluorescence often impairs or […]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — To continue meeting the needs of its customers in Europe, Brooks Life Sciences (Brooks), a division of Brooks Automation, announced today that it has expanded its sample preparation and bioprocessing laboratory services, with the addition of a new site for its BioStorage® Technologies GmbH laboratory in Pfungstadt, Germany, near the company’s existing biorepository. To support customers’ […]

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Kansas City Police Crime Laboratory, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and Union County (NJ) Prosecutor’s Office Forensic Laboratory have joined 29 other U.S. labs in using STRmix,™ a sophisticated forensic software capable of resolving mixed DNA profiles previously thought to be too complex to interpret. STRmix™, the sophisticated forensic […]

London – Management confirms that trading is in line with expectations, with good momentum continuing through the second half of the year to 31 March 2018. Key Highlights Acquisition of LINK Technologies LGC continued its expansion through targeted M&A, with the acquisition of LINK Technologies on 19 July 2017, strengthening its oligo reagents offering. LINK is a […]

Ness Ziona, Israel, & Saskatoon – In cutting-edge research aimed at breeding better lentils, a partnership between University of Saskatchewan (U of S) crop scientists and world-leading genomic big data company NRGene of Israel has successfully sequenced two wild lentil genomes—the largest legume genomes ever assembled. Largely due to advances in plant breeding at the […]

Research aims to develop diagnostic tools for pathogen detection Cambridge, Mass., November 09, 2017 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – ReadCoor, Inc., a company reinventing omics and pathology with its panomic spatial sequencing platform, today announced a collaboration with The Joint Pathology Center (JPC), the premier pathology reference center for the United States government. The project will focus on the […]

MILFORD, Mass., Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories, is expanding what is already the most comprehensive suite of clinical genomics development, validation, and QC tools with the launch of the SeraseqTM Myeloid DNA and Myeloid RNA fusion reference materials: the industry’s first comprehensive reference standards to […]

SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Gary S. Guthart will join the company’s Board of Directors on December 1, 2017. Dr. Guthart is President and Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive Surgical, a global leader in the field of robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Guthart joined Intuitive Surgical in April 1996 and has served as the Chief Executive Officer since January 2010. In July 2007, he […]