New low-throughput Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis platform offers trusted technology and workflow with all-in-one cartridge system and cloud connectivity South San Francisco, CA Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, launched today a new capillary electrophoresis (CE) system designed to offer a low-throughput, cartridge-based system for Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis. For […]

Seattle, USA – BGI, a leading global genomics organization, announced plans to create a West Coast Innovation Center to develop technologies and collaborative projects in life science, global health and related fields. The BGI Global Innovation Center will be co-located in Seattle, Wash. and San Jose, Calif. to build an ecosystem of innovation in the two high-technology […]

Collaboration Will Offer Combined Data Management and Predictive Analytics Platforms to Empower Plant Breeders Rehovot, Israel and St. Louis, Missouri – Phenome Networks, a premier plant breeding software company, and Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company providing predictive plant breeding analytics, today announced a strategic collaboration to offer a combined system to further accelerate plant breeding. […]

NEWARK, Delaware – CSols, Inc. the premier Laboratory Informatics consultancy, announced the successful completion of the enhancement and extension of GenoLogics Clarity Lab Information Management System (LIMS) for Adaptive Biotechnologies, the leader in high-throughput immunosequencing. To make use of several new features, and to further automate the processing and management of its assays, Adaptive Biotechnologies […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and commercialize a next-generation sequencing (NGS) oncology companion diagnostic (CDx) for ivosidenib (AG-120) to identify isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutations in cholangiocarcinoma patients. Ivosidenib is an IDH1 inhibitor currently in a Phase 3 trial (ClarIDHy, NCT02989857) for […]

Patented Gene Designer 2.0 Software Speeds Discovery with Visually Rich Graphical Interface NEWARK, Calif.—-ATUM (formerly DNA2.0, Inc.) announced today that the company has signed a patent licensing agreement that gives Thermo Fisher Scientific access to the company’s novel gene design platform. “Most people think visually, so seeing a graphic representation of a sequence is very […]

Hamburg Eppendorf’s new Mastercycler® X50 accommodates PCR with outstanding speed and optimization capabilities. With heating rates of 10°C/s average, Eppendorf provides a very fast 96 well cycler compatible with standard format consumables. PCR optimization reaches aOKnew magnitude with the innovative 2D-Gradient, which allows totally new expectations with regards to yields and specificity of PCR. Additionally, […]

The Novallele™ genotyping assays, reagents, and control sets are accessible to Canadian researchers MELVILLE, N.Y. May 16, 2017 Canon BioMedical is pleased to announce the launch of our Novallele genotyping products in Canada for sale through our distributor, Cedarlane Corporation. The Novallele portfolio covers genetic variations that can be difficult to genotype and offers a […]

Hanover/Jena (Germany) — The SmartExtraction technology of Analytik Jena AG is available from now on also for the manual isolation of nucleic acids. The Company made this announcement at this year’s Labvolution/Biotechnica trade fair, which is taking place from May 16 to 18 in Hanover, Germany. Only last year, Analytik Jena launched a global innovation in nucleic acid […]

– Contributing to people’s health by promoting the spread of genetic testing equipment in the healthcare field – Tokyo, Japan: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) agreed to start a capital and business alliance (hereinafter, “the Alliance”) with Precision System Science Co., Ltd. (PSS) relating to the genetic testing business using the PCR*¹ method. […]