Fully automated Magnis system delivers reproducible results for molecular laboratories SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation system designed to easily run complex DNA sequencing assays with the press of a button. The fully automated Magnis NGS Prep System includes reagents and protocols that make it easy […]

— New Features Enable Sample to Sequencer in a Single Day – — Customer Presentations Demonstrate Benefit of Twist NGS Solutions in Neurology, Direct-to-Consumer Testing, Hereditary Disease and Liquid Biopsy – SAN FRANCISCO–Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced […]

NEB® scientists, collaborators and customers to showcase data on new and upcoming NEBNext® technologies, including an enzymatic alternative to bisulfite sequencing for methylome analysis, expanded target enrichment and RNA depletion offerings, and a convenient new option for NEBNext reagents used in Oxford Nanopore Technologies® library preparation. IPSWICH, Mass. — At this year’s Advances in Genome Biology and […]

SRE Kit Performs Rapid and Easy Removal of Short DNA from Long-Read Libraries. BALTIMORE, Md. — Circulomics is launching the Short Read Eliminator Kit to perform size selection purification of high molecular weight (HMW) DNA for long-read sequencing library preparation. This kit enhances long-read sequencing read lengths by using size selective precipitation to remove short DNA. The gentle […]

WASHINGTON — Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) (“Danaher” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric Company (“GE”) (NYSE: GE) to acquire the Biopharma business of GE Life Sciences (“GE Biopharma”) for a cash purchase price of approximately $21.4 billion. Given anticipated tax benefits from the transaction structure, the net […]

Porvair Sciences reports on its involvement in a new £2.6 million project* led by Swansea University (UK) that aims to dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer**. This project will involve collaboration with 5 key industrial partners – Porvair Sciences, Bruker UK, GE Healthcare UK, Axis Bio and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  A new Antibody […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — seqWell™ announced agreements to bring plexWell™ technology and products for multiplexed NGS applications to global markets, setting up an international distribution network via partnerships covering fifteen (15) countries in Asia-Pacific Rim, Europe and the Middle East. plexWell’s normalizing iterative barcoding library preparation technology affords the creation of balanced multiplexed NGS library pools without the need for […]

Flawil, Switzerland – BUCHI Labortechnik AG announced today the release of a new extraction line with industry-leading speed, highest application flexibility and smartly designed safety features. The newly launched products include a fully automated extraction unit designed for the most challenging extraction tasks in residue and contaminant analysis, natural products research and analysis of polymers […]

Streamlining Your Sample Preparation Process Has Never Been Easier Thanks to Phenomenex TORRANCE, Calif. — Phenomenex, Inc., a global leader in the research, design, and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces Presston™ 1000 Positive Pressure Manifold for 96-well plate sample preparation processing. As an advanced alternative to traditional vacuum manifold processing, Presston 1000 applies pressure […]

Murrieta Genomics, the genomic sequencing business incubator and SeqOnce, an emerging leader in the rapidly growing NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) field, have announced a partnership to bring fast and simple sample solutions for the Murrieta Genomics laboratory and incubator. “As an innovation center and idea incubator, we are always looking for new applications in the genomic […]