–Early access researchers will present data at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Chicago this week– PLEASANTON, CA.—April 13, 2018—10x Genomics, a company focused on accelerating genomic discovery, today launched the Chromium Single Cell CNV Solution, which is the first scalable and easy-to-use technology for rapid and massively parallel profiling of... Read more
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— Scientists require human biofluid, tissue and cell specimens that meet precise requirements to advance biomedical research, but often have difficulty locating the specific patient samples they need. — iSpecimen works with laboratories to compliantly aggregate for researchers remnant human samples that would otherwise be discarded. — Using the CentraLink Data Management System and Aptio... Read more
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in collaboration with Microsoft and DNAnexus, offers extensive next-generation sequencing data and unique analysis tools to accelerate research and cures for life-threatening pediatric diseases. Memphis, Tennessee, April 12, 2018 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital today launched St. Jude Cloud, an online data-sharing and collaboration platform that provides researchers access to the world’s largest... Read more
Cumulative Actions Since Origination Have Reduced Annual Non-GAAP Interest Expense by Over 70% and Have Resulted in Total Voluntary Prepayments of $425 Million Andover, Mass., April 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI), a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announced today another successful repricing of its existing... Read more
SANTA CLARA, California, April 11, 2018 Park Systems world-leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announced the opening of their subsidiary in Mexico, Park Systems Microscopy SA de CV, to better serve the nanotechnology markets in Mexico and Latin America. The new office is located in Reforma Latino Paseo de la Reforma, 296 Col Juarez Ciudad... Read more
PDF Version SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the introduction of the Advanta™ CFTR NGS Library Prep Assay, a highly efficient and scalable next-generation sequencing (NGS) library prep workflow for sequencing of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex, multisystem disease that is... Read more
Tokyo, Japan, April 12, 2018 – Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE:8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced Hitachi High-Tech’ s capital participation in OmniSeq®,Inc. (OmniSeq), which is a molecular diagnostics subsidiary of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, which was the first institution to focus exclusively on cancer research. Hitachi High-Tech has made the field of biotechnology and healthcare... Read more
Rob Brainin appointed as CEO to lead next phase of global growth, succeeding co-founder Hannes Smárason, who will continue as senior advisor SHANGHAI, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi NextCODE, the emerging global platform for genomic data, today announced that Rob Brainin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as the company’s new Chief Executive... Read more
Synergistic Discovery and Design Program to facilitate creation of a cloud-based experimental design platform and open data exchange BOSTON and MENLO PARK, Calif., April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Ginkgo Bioworks, the organism company, and Transcriptic, the first robotic cloud laboratory platform, have been awarded a joint $9.5 M contract as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Synergistic Discovery and Design Program (SD2).... Read more