Illumina Signs Oil Deal.San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , CA 2/27/01--Illumnia has signed a one-year adj. 1. completing its life cycle within a year. Adj. 1. one-year - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" annual phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants agreement with Chevron Research to study how its BeadArray technology can be applied to hydrocarbon hydrocarbon (hī'drōkär`bən), any organic compound composed solely of the elements hydrogen and carbon. The hydrocarbons differ both in the total number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in their molecules and in the proportion of hydrogen processsing. Specifically, Illumina's technology for genetic analysis applications will be developed for detecting chemical compounds in chemical plants and refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar . Chevron Technology Ventures invested in Illumnia over a year ago. This deal illustrates the application of genetic technologies outside of life sciences, which will be the next step for some companies. Just as companies such as Luminex has sought to spread its technology to different industries, it seems Illumina is doing this as well. |
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