October 19, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Announce the Axiom Africa Array for Medical and Population Genomics

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Announce the Axiom Africa Array for Medical and Population Genomics SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced the commercial launch of the Applied Biosystems Axiom Africa Array for medical and population genomics to accelerate and support initiatives in global health and population... Read more

October 19, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Doug Berthiaume to Retire as Chairman of the Board of Waters Corporation; Chris O’Connell Elected as New Chairman

October 19, 2017 04:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today that Douglas A. Berthiaume will retire as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, effective December 31, 2017. The Board of Directors has elected Christopher J. O’Connell, President and Chief Executive Officer, as its new Chairman effective... Read more

October 17, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Product Launch

Agilent Expands SureGuide Portfolio with CRISPR-based Products to Accelerate Disease Research

New CRISPR-based Transcriptional Activation and Interference (a/i) Libraries SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 17, 2017 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the first expansion of the SureGuide pooled CRISPR libraries for functional genomics, offering pooled libraries for CRISPR activation and interference (CRISPR a/i). The announcement was made at the at the American Society for Human... Read more

October 17, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools Liq. Handling & Robotics Product Launch

PerkinElmer Launches chemagic Prime Instrument for Automated Nucleic Acid Isolation and Assay Set-Up

PerkinElmer Launches chemagic™ Prime™ Instrument for Automated Nucleic Acid Isolation and Assay Set-Up Leverages Advanced Magnetic Bead-Based Technology to Support Next Gen Sequencing, Genotyping, PCR and MLPA in Human Samples   WHAT:              PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of its chemagic™ Prime™ instrument, a new streamlined,... Read more

October 17, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools PR/Corporate

Thermo Fisher Scientific Customers to Showcase Innovations in Precision Genomics Research for Inherited Disease and Reproductive Health at ASHG

Thermo Fisher Scientific Customers to Showcase Innovations in Precision Genomics Research for Inherited Disease and Reproductive Health at ASHG AmpliSeq On Demand NGS Panels nearly tripled to 3,000 genes for investigating inherited disease-causing variants CARLSBAD, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Inherited diseases are genetically passed down from parent to child through abnormalities... Read more

October 17, 2017 Lab Top-10 Liq. Handling & Robotics

Molecular Devices Introduces SpectraMax iD5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader

Your all-access pass to your next breakthrough. Sunnyvale, California — October 5, 2017 Molecular Devices announced today the launch of the new SpectraMax® iD5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader, a feature-rich platform that expands the boundaries of scientific research. This five-mode microplate reader with automatic filter identification and western blot capability is the complete laboratory solution to... Read more

October 16, 2017 Lab Top-10 PR/Corporate

Thermo Fisher Scientific's Oncomine Dx Target Test for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receives Coverage from First Regional Health Plan

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine Dx Target Test for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receives Coverage from First Regional Health Plan Coverage of the comprehensive, multi-biomarker test is now available to Regence BlueCross/BlueShield plan members in Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Washington CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced its Oncomine Dx Target Test... Read more

October 12, 2017 Lab Top-10 Life Science Tools M&A, Partnerships

10x Genomics Announces Automated Workflow for Dried Blood Spot and Saliva for Linked-Read Sequencing.

–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