August 30, 2017 Informatics & Software Life Science Tools Product Launch

Edico Genome Launches DRAGEN On DNAnexus’ Platform

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Edico Genome and DNAnexus, Inc. today announced the availability of Edico Genome’s DRAGEN™ on DNAnexus’ genome informatics and data management platform. Through this integration, new and existing DNAnexus customers will be able to utilize DRAGEN’s ultra-rapid Genome Pipeline, significantly reducing costs and turnaround time while enhancing accuracy. DNAnexus provides a global network for sharing... Read more

August 24, 2017 Environ, Ag./Food & Bev Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Illumina and Telegraph Hill Partners Launch Verogen, Inc. to Drive Adoption of Next-Generation Sequencing in the Global Forensic Genomics Market

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced plans with Telegraph Hill Partners (THP), a San Francisco-based venture capital and growth equity firm, to establish Verogen, Inc. The independent new company has certain exclusive rights to provide Illumina’s forensic sequencing technology to forensic customers, including for criminal casework and other human and nonhuman forensic applications.... Read more

August 22, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

BioXp™ Genomic Workstation Makes European Debut at VIB Research Institute in Belgium

SGI-DNA’s benchtop automated DNA printer to accelerate genomic research as part of VIB’s Technology Watch Initiative FLANDERS, BELGIUM AND SAN DIEGO— August 22, 2017 — SGI-DNA Inc., a Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) company, and VIB, a Belgian life science research institute, today announced that VIB will become the first institute in Europe to integrate the BioXp™... Read more

August 22, 2017 Life Science Tools Molecular Spectroscopy Product Launch

Unchained Labs gets its quant on, launches Lunatic!

August 21, 2017 – Pleasanton, CA – Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that’s all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, launched Lunatic today at the Bioprocessing Summit conference in Boston. Lunatic, a.k.a. The Concentration Liberator, makes batch quantification of protein, DNA and RNA a reality for biologics and genomics researchers.... Read more

August 21, 2017 Licensing, IP, and Legal Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Xylem to participate in the Seaport Global Chicago Industrials & Coatings Conference

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 21, 2017– Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced today that Matthew Latino, Xylem’s Manager of Investor Relations, will participate in small group meetings at the Seaport Global Chicago Industrials & Coatings Conference at the JW Marriott Chicago on... Read more

August 17, 2017 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

Fluidigm Licenses CFTR Next-Generation Sequencing Assay From Baylor Genetics for Use With the Juno System

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) and Baylor Genetics today announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement to offer a next-generation sequencing (NGS) library prep assay that enables efficient sequencing of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene. Under the agreement, Fluidigm obtains the rights to commercialize the CFTR library prep... Read more

August 11, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

New Real-Time PCR Systems Connect Researchers in the Cloud

Accelerate international collaboration and commission a global monitoring framework with a secure computing platform hosted by AWS CARLSBAD, Calif.–New real-time PCR systems that fully integrate with cloud computing technology mark a new era in data sharing and global research collaboration. The Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 3 and QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR systems, designed to enable multi-institutional... Read more

August 10, 2017 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Swift Announces the Highest Throughput Single-Cell Methyl-Seq Library Preparation Method

Study published in Science magazine demonstrates how epigenetic markers can identify cell subtypes and regulatory elements that drive cellular diversity (ANN ARBOR, Mich. – August 10, 2017) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced the launch of a new single-cell methylation sequencing method based on its Accel-NGS® Adaptase™ technology,... Read more

August 3, 2017 Clinical Research/Diagn. Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

PerkinElmer Launches Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing Services

PerkinElmer Genetics Provides Complete Genomic Lab Testing Solution WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of PerkinElmer Genetics’ clinical genomics services. Through its integrated laboratories in the U.S., India and China, PerkinElmer offers a global genomic lab testing platform that performs... Read more