BIOKE and Fluidigm Announce Benelux Distributorship for BioMark System for Real-Time PCR and Genotyping.SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif. & LEIDEN, Netherlands -- Fluidigm Corporation and BIOKE have announced an agreement in which BIOKE is appointed as exclusive distributor for the BioMark[TM] System for real-time PCR PCR polymerase chain reaction. PCR abbr. polymerase chain reaction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and genotyping in the Benelux. The BioMark system provides orders-of-magnitude increase in throughput compared to conventional RT-PCR RT-PCR reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. See PCR1. and genotyping platforms, at a fraction of the labor and running cost. This breakthrough is possible because the BioMark system reads dynamic arrays - nanofluidic chips that contain preprogrammed fluidic flu·id·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid. 2. Relating to or controlled by fluidics. networks that automatically combine sets of samples with sets of PCR assays. BioMark dynamic arrays provide a high-throughput and efficient means to validate gene- or SNP-based biomarkers by PCR. A dynamic array generates 2,304 PCR assays, yet it requires only 96 pipetting steps (input of 48 off-the-shelf primer-probe sets and 48 samples), or 1/40 the pipetting steps required by 384-well systems. In addition, dynamic arrays cut running cost through savings in sample and reagent consumption. About Fluidigm Fluidigm Corporation develops and distributes systems based on the unique properties of Integrated Fluidic Circuits (IFCs) to control precisely fluids on a nano volume scale. The company's vision is to create and to lead a new industry in which IFCs bring unparalleled efficiencies to the life science and allied fields. Based in South San Francisco, California South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 60,552 at the 2000 census. , the company is privately held and backed by premier investors: Versant Ventures, Euclid SR Partners, InterWest Partners, Alloy Ventures, Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. Healthcare Fund, Bio*One Capital, Bruce Burrows, Lilly BioVentures, the Invus Group, SightLine sight·line also sight line n. A line of sight, especially one between a spectator and the spectacle in a theater or stadium. Partners, AllianceBernstein, Wasatch Advisors and its affiliate, Cross Creek Cross Creek may refer to:
About BIOKE BIOKE is a key provider of products and services in life sciences. The company's aim is to accelerate the progress in R&D and diagnostics of customers in academic, hospital and other research settings as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. BIOKE provides products and services in the field of genomics, proteomics & molecular diagnostics. Through many years of experience in the life sciences sector combined with a highly trained staff, excellent technical support and market knowledge is guaranteed, resulting in true added value for the company's customers. Fluidigm and BioMark are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fluidigm Corporation. |
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