News about genomics analysis tools including next generation sequencing, electrophoresis, PCR, and others
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it has filed another patent infringement suit against one of BGI Group’s subsidiaries, BGI Europe A/S. Illumina filed suit in the Maritime & Commercial High Court of Denmark. “As we have previously stated, Illumina will continue to vigorously protect our patented technology and file patent suits... Read more
Thermo Scientific SureTect Real-Time PCR Pathogen Detection System provides an easy-to-use workflow for rapid, accurate pathogen detection Extended validation scope means more streamlined rapid pathogen testing for food-testing laboratories BASINGSTOKE, England, May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Scientific SureTect PCR Assays are now validated to run on the Applied Biosystems SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler and Applied Biosystems... Read more
New tissue clearing kits and reagents for faster, accurate 3D imagingAbcam’s tissue clearing kits and reagents enable easy and rapid clearing for 3D imaging of tissues and cell culture models. Traditionally, 3D imaging of thick tissue sections and 3D cell culture models (organoids, microtissues, spheroids) has presented many technical challenges, including laborious and time-consuming tissue processing, layer-by-layer... Read more
May 9, 2019 Launch of Custom NGS Adapters and portfolio expansion delivers unprecedented flexibility and ease-of-use CORALVILLE, IA (May 9, 2019) – Demonstrating its advocacy for genomics research, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) announces a significant expansion to its NGS portfolio. The company is excited to launch a unique Custom NGS Adapters offering, becoming the only genomics provider to provide an... Read more
Agilent Announces Unique Portfolio to Advance Immunotherapy Innovative solution provides cell-based tools for translational research and development SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 7, 2019 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announces a unified portfolio of products for immunotherapy researchers. The innovative solution will showcase at Immunology 2019, the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists... Read more
The new cloud-based service enables quick access to scientific information — including key restriction enzyme details — for molecular biologists in the lab. Ipswich, MA (May 3rd, 2019) — Imagine you’re at the bench performing a restriction enzyme digest, and you need information about an enzyme and don’t want to have to take your gloves off. myNEB, an... Read more
This new enzyme-based system allows scientists to accurately and sensitively assess DNA methylation without bisulfite treatment, for epigenetics research. IPSWICH, MA (April 29, 2019) — New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced the launch of NEBNext® Enzymatic Methyl-seq (EM-seq™), an enzyme-based alternative to bisulfite sequencing for methylation analysis. Bisulfite treatment has long been the gold standard for... Read more
Thu 25th April 2019 Strategic collaboration between two organisations represents largest nanopore sequencing project to date, capitalising on recent developments bringing ultra-high yields with PromethION GrandOmics, a leading sequencing company in China, has announced a populational-scale project, dbSV100k, to understand the impact of structural variation on human disease. The project aims to sequence 20,000 human... Read more
New system is ideally suited for comprehensive variant detection, large genome de novo assembly, human structural variant characterization, whole transcriptome analysis, and moreMENLO PARK, Calif., April 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced the commercial launch of the... Read more
Tue 16th April 2019 The PromethION 48 (P48) achieved over 7 Terabases in a single experiment at Oxford Nanopore this week. The 48 flow cells were run in parallel and basecalled in real time. This takes full advantage of software developments released earlier this year, enabling PromethION Beta, P24 and P48 flow cells to be run... Read more