Adding Decades of Leadership Experience in Personalized Medicine, Digital Health and Life Sciences SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Sue Siegel has joined the company’s Board of Directors effective February 5, 2019. Ms. Siegel is Chief Innovation Officer at General Electric (GE) and CEO of GE Ventures. She is responsible for leading the development and acceleration of innovation across GE and built GE […]

New innovations in Invitrogen EVOS M7000 microscope include high-end camera and more powerful computer CARLSBAD, Calif. — For biological researchers requiring high-quality images and data from their cells and samples without over-investing time and resources to get them, the fully automated Invitrogen EVOS M7000 microscope features a high-end camera and more powerful computer to deliver better […]

Israel Parliament Approval is Expected to Catalyze Export of Medical Cannabis; ETCH Biotrace Solution Positioned as Safe and Secure Means to Manage the Legal Supply Chain for Export STONY BROOK, N.Y.–Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:APDN) (“Applied DNA” or the “Company”), a leader in large-scale PCR-based DNA manufacturing, announced today that two prior announcements by Israel Cannabis […]

Financing to support expansion in translational informatics and drive adoption of DNAnexus Apollo™, a powerful new platform to advance drug discovery and improve clinical outcomes MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in biomedical informatics and data management, today announced closing a $68 million financing. The funds were raised from existing investors, GV (formerly Google […]

100-, 300- and 500-Cycle Kits expand the flexibility of the most powerful sequencer from Illumina The NovaSeq™ 6000 S Prime (SP) Reagent Kits are now available, enabling smaller batch sizes and lower output sequencing methods at a lower price per read compared to NextSeq™ or HiSeq™ Systems. The new NovaSeq S-Prime Reagent Kits are available in […]

Madison, WI USA. Promega Corporation today announced FALCO biosystems of Kyoto, Japan, a core business company of FALCO HOLDINGS, working in collaboration with Promega microsatellite instability (MSI) chemistry and assay design, obtained companion diagnostic approval for FALCO’s MSI-IVD from Japan’s regulatory agency, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). The MSI-IVD Kit (FALCO), which detects […]

Researchers from BGI-Shenzhen, the South China University of Technology, and elsewhere have isolated almost 6,500 bacterial representatives from fecal samples donated by 155 healthy individuals, using 11 types of growth media to culture the gut bacteria under anaerobic conditions in the lab. From there, the investigators turned to 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing, as well as […]

INTEGRA has responded to customers’ requests and developed two new 24-channel pipetting heads, extending the capabilities of its popular VIAFLO 96/384. Designed to make cell biology workflows more efficient and reliable, these handheld electronic pipettes allow plate filling, reagent addition or sample transfers to be performed in a single step, enabling quicker and more accurate […]

Biologic drugs are precision medicines which have revolutionised the treatment of chronic diseases such as cancer and inflammatory disorders. However, there are significant manufacturing challenges in translating these therapies to the market, due to a complex, time-consuming and labour-intensive manufacturing process. Andrew Alliance S.A., the robotics company that is improving laboratory workflow execution through the […]

QCI is a powerful, high quality decision support solution for rapid interpretation of hereditary diseases Hilden, Germany, and London, United Kingdom – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that Genomics England have selected QIAGEN’s QCI (QIAGEN Clinical Insights) portfolio offering on behalf of the NHS in England to support the UK’s program to sequence, […]