Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and MGI Tech have signed an agreement to conduct more in-depth cooperation in high throughput sequencing, which will give full play to their respective advantages in laboratory information management and sequencing platforms and provide the industry with a more efficient and reliable high throughput sequencing overall solution. Recently, at the […]

Latest DualBeam system provides significant clarity of protein interactions HILLSBORO, Ore. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the Thermo Scientific Aquilos 2 Cryo-FIB, a DualBeam system dedicated to the preparation of thin, electron-transparent samples from biological specimens. It simplifies the cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) workflow by reducing sample preparation time, minimizing the risk of contamination and providing a […]

Loop Genomics deploys new product and improved chemistry to lower 16S service price for large volume studies San Jose, CA.  Loop Genomics, the long-read sequencing company with a hardware free solution, has launched a new long-read 16S sequencing service for studies with large cohorts. With their new long-read, full-length 16S microbiome sequencing service offering labs running […]

BOLOGNA, Italy and HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — Menarini Silicon Biosystems, the pioneer of liquid biopsy and rare cell technologies, will debut the new VRNxT™ volume reduction instrument at the upcoming meeting of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) in Baltimore, November 7-9, 2019. Attendees can view the sample preparation instrument, which automates the volume reduction steps in cellular biology workflows, at Booth […]

FFPE Tissue Dissociation Kit from Miltenyi Biotec BERGISCH GLADBACH – The FFPE Tissue Dissociation Kit by Miltenyi Biotec enables the effective dissociation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) carcinoma samples for the specific enrichment and subsequent molecular analysis of carcinoma tumor cells. This enhances the sensitivity in molecular experiments, such as mutation analysis by next-generation sequencing (NGS). […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC), part of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG;OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced the appointment of Matthew Sause as President and Chief Executive Officer, North America, effective November 4, 2019. The position is based at RDC’s North American headquarters in Indianapolis. Sause joins Roche Diagnostics from Gilead Sciences, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of […]

New kit offers plant breeders a more targeted high-throughput solution using novel target enrichment technology. IPSWICH, MA — Today, New England Biolabs (NEB®) announced the launch of the NEBNext Direct Genotyping Solution, representing the first capture-based approach for high-throughput genotyping for a wide variety of applications in Agricultural Biotechnology (AgBio). “We are excited to introduce […]

Novel RIPTIDE® workflow enables scientists to analyze more than 37 million genetic variants for a fraction of the cost of a microarray HOUSTON – iGenomX International Genomics Corp., provider of the industry’s most scalable sequencing library tools, today launched its Next-Generation Genotyping (NGG) application for population-scale genomic research. Compared to today’s most comprehensive microarrays, scientists can now analyze […]

Two New Sets of Barcode Convert Primers are Optimized for Ion Torrent* Sequencers SAN DIEGO – TriLink BioTechnologies, a Maravai LifeSciences company and leader in oligonucleotide and mRNA synthesis for research, diagnostics and therapeutics, introduces two new primer sets for its CleanTag® kit. The new Ion Torrent Convert barcode primer sets enable small RNA library […]

HAYWARD, Calif.–Mawi DNA Technologies, a biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative technologies for biosampling, announces that MAGBIO Genomics has successfully developed the HighPrep Total RNA Plus Kit, an automation friendly RNA purification chemistry for Mawi’s RNA collection product iSWAB-RNA-v2. Maintaining RNA stability and protecting it from degradation is a significant challenge. Current RNA […]