Oxford Nanopore has released new protocols enabling the rapid, cost effective sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19. Research teams are able to access sequencing technology in days, without capital cost, for quick set-up of rapid turnaround SARS-CoV-2 sequencing. From initial characterisation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus genome to the rapid identification of variants, researchers have been utilising nanopore sequencing to […]
M&G plc today announces that it has participated in a private transaction totalling £195 million, investing £35 million in Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford Nanopore). The company was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford. The investment has been made by M&G’s newly formed Catalyst team, who are investing up to £5 […]
UPPSALA, Sweden — Olink Holding AB (publ) (Nasdaq: OLK) today announced that its Olink® Explore 1536/384 platform is now available to researchers in Europe through the SciLifeLab National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI) and the Affinity Proteomics Uppsala unit at SciLifeLab Clinical and Immunological platform (APU) by their combined capability SciLifeLab Explore lab. This is the first […]
Mannheim — FaCellitate, a venture team of Chemovator GmbH, the internal business incubator of BASF, and a specialist in the development of polymeric surface coatings for cell culture consumables, announced today their first distribution agreements. “Fueled by the positive customer feedback on our first product line – BIOFLOAT, we quickly identified best-in-class partners to increase our […]
The ForenSeq MainstAY Kit makes next-generation sequencing (NGS) accessible and practical for the average forensic laboratory. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Verogen Inc. announced today that it is debuting an affordable entry point to NGS on the MiSeq FGx® Sequencing System with the commercial launch of the ForenSeq MainstAY Workflow. The kit targets the core autosomal and Y-STR loci […]
Company rapidly expanding commercial operations to enable more researchers to extract higher yields of DNA and RNA from FFPE samples in one hour with minimal hands-on time Pleasanton, Calif. – Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced the CE (Conformité Européene) marking […]
SAN DIEGO — Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO), announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office will issue US Patent No. 10,995,364 today, May 4, 2021. The patent, titled “METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SINGLE-MOLECULE WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS” covers methods for labeling DNA molecules with one or more sequence-specific probes and detecting the signal from […]
Automated synthesis of gene fragments using the BioXp™ system enables overnight production of error-corrected, de novo synthetic genes of up to 7,200 base pairs in length San Diego, CA – Codex DNA, Inc., creators of the BioXp™ system, a fully automated benchtop instrument that enables numerous synthetic biology workflows, announced the addition of longer fragment […]
BOSTON & MINNEAPOLIS — 908 Devices (NASDAQ: MASS) and Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced a joint collaboration to develop an extended workflow solution for protein characterization. Bio-Techne, a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostic communities, and owner of the leading ProteinSimple branded protein analysis portfolio of products, will pair its […]
Genomics innovator steps up to accelerate groundbreaking platform SAN DIEGO — Omniome, Inc., developer of an innovative DNA sequencing platform capable of delivering unsurpassed sequencing accuracy, announces the promotion of Richard Shen, PhD to the role of President. Richard brings over 20 years of leadership experience from the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and molecular diagnostic markets. Richard […]
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