News about genomics analysis tools including next generation sequencing, electrophoresis, PCR, and others
Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, October 12, 2017 – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that its Sample to Insight solutions, from next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies to bioinformatics solutions for research and clinical testing, figure prominently in independent studies presented this week at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual... Read more
Thu 12th October 2017 中文版 October 2017: Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology is now available in China. The long-read, real-time, portable MinION sequencer is now being used by researchers across China, who are working on myriad DNA sequencing applications including: pathogen research, human genetics, plant genetics, animal genetics and metagenomics. Chinese researchers are also preparing to start cDNA and... Read more
–Automated workflow will enable population and genetic health studies– PLEASANTON, Calif.—October 12, 2017—10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, today announced a new automation solution for whole genome and exome sequencing developed in collaboration with PerkinElmer, Inc. The new workflow allows Linked-Read sequencing to be performed on... Read more
Genialis/Swift partnership delivers a complete targeted sequencing solution with intuitive analysis software (ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Oct. 12, 2017) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced the launch of its Accel-Amplicon™ Custom NGS Panels. These new panels offer a targeted DNA sequencing product that enables clinical researchers to... Read more
–10x Genomics’ Chromium™ Exome Solution will be used for whole exome sequencing of 1,500 native Faroese people– PLEASANTON, Calif.—October 10, 2017—10x Genomics, a company focused on enabling the mastery of biology by accelerating genomic discovery, and the Faroe Genome Project (FarGen), announced today that the 10x Genomics’ pioneering Chromium™ Exome Solution will be used to... Read more
SAN DIEGO and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 10, 2017 – Edico Genome and the Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR) today announced the deployment of the first DRAGENTM Bio-IT platform in Africa. Selected by CPGR to help drive adoption of precision medicine and genomics, DRAGEN will be made available to life science and biotech communities in South Africa. The DRAGEN card is... Read more
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — SomaGenics announced the receipt of a Phase I SBIR grant from the NIH to develop RealSeq®-SC (Single Cell), expected to be the first commercially available library preparation kit for profiling small RNAs (including microRNAs) from single cells using NGS methods. The NIH’s recent Single Cell Analysis Program highlights the... Read more
Aiding the analysis of hereditary disorders by integrating genomic and clinical databases Hilden and Rostock, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland, October 09, 2017 –QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) and CENTOGENE AG today announced a collaboration and co-marketing agreement to provide customers more complete Sample to Insight research and clinical testing solutions in rare genetic diseases.... Read more
RIJSWIJK, The Netherlands and MENLO PARK, Calif., — October 9th, 2017 — Bluebee, a company driving genomic data-driven medicine, and Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB), the leader in long-read sequencing, announced they have integrated the PacBio® de novo assembly pipeline onto the Bluebee® genomics analysis platform. The integration creates a simplified workflow and fully... Read more
Novel library prep accelerates the rate and scale of DNA sequencing October 09, 2017 06:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time SAN DIEGO & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–iGenomX, an innovator of NGS library preparation technology, announced today the commercial launch of their Riptide™ High-Throughput Rapid Library Prep (HT-RLP) during the American Society of Microbiology’s (ASM) Conference on Rapid Applied... Read more