Delivers Illumina’s flagship oncology products on its most powerful sequencers to enable comprehensive genomic profiling at greater scale and at lower overall costs for customers SAN DIEGO — Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced it has expanded its oncology menu for NovaSeq™ X Series customers. The […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & TOKYO–Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and bitBiome Inc., a biotechnology company unlocking the potential of our planet’s microbes to power the future of the bioeconomy, today announced the launch of a joint Transaminase […]

Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) programme will sequence 10,000 genomes to improve understanding of genetic architecture and diversity in Singapore’s multi-ethnic Asia population through advanced, nanopore-based sequencing technology Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore) has announced a landmark project with Singapore’s National Precision Medicine (NPM) programme , led by Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE), aimed at […]

Merck today announced the closing of the transaction to acquire Mirus Bio for approximately US$ 600 million. Advances Merck’s ambition to provide fully integrated and comprehensive solution for viral vector manufacturing Mirus Bio’s leading GMP transfection reagents complement Merck’s upstream bioprocessing portfolio Combined portfolio meets customer needs as demand for novel modalities grows Darmstadt, Germany […]

Tokyo and Providence, RI – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech) and Nabsys 2.0 LLC (Nabsys) announced today that Hitachi High-Tech has acquired a majority interest in Nabsys, a developer and manufacturer of instrumentation and consumables for the analysis of genomic structural variation. This transaction will make Nabsys a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech Group. Hitachi […]

A genetic sequencing project involving 1,500 alpacas from Puno aims to refine the quality and fineness of their fiber. The adoption of genomics in the alpaca industry offers many advantages, such as enhancing the quality of alpaca fiber and promoting the growth of thousands of producers in the highlands. Lima, Peru – In Peru, alpaca fiber […]

Investment in Oxford Nanopore, innovators of a transformational new generation of sensing technology that today specialises in DNA/RNA sequencing £50m to be invested by Novo Holdings as part of an equity issue Novo Holdings intends to make further share purchases over time in the secondary market, subject to availability and price (among other factors)   […]

Oxford, UK – Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science, a Hitachi High-Tech Corporation wholly owned subsidiary engaged in the manufacture and sales of analysis and measuring instruments, has opened a new state-of-the-art applications laboratory in Krefeld, Germany. The new applications laboratory located at the Hitachi High-Tech European head office combines the strengths of Hitachi High-Tech’s core technology […]

Axiom Human Genotyping Arrays Now Integrated with Allelica Polygenic Risk Score Software and Reports Customers can now use the end-to-end solution to translate research to the clinic to improve disease outcomes in the future. NEW YORK — Allelica, Inc., a leading provider of software tools for polygenic risk scores (PRS), announced a collaboration with Thermo […]

Major software release enables breeding and crop protection organizations to automate and scale up R&D workflows via a single digital platform Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biotechnology R&D, today announced a new release of Genedata Selector®️, an end-to-end platform that enables agricultural biotechnology organizations to develop innovative seeds […]