Nanofluidics News

U.S. Department of Agriculture Purchases Fluidigm Microfluidic-Based EP1 System

Fluidigm Corporation has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has purchased a Fluidigm microfluidic-based EP1™ System to help develop and validate focused 96- and 384-SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) panels for testing America's dairy and beef cattle.

Researchers Explain the Shape of Membrane Vesicles Containing Two Different Fluids

Little or nothing happens in cells without the involvement of the minute membrane vesicles: for example, vesicles act as recycling centres for cell waste, as detoxification stations and as a vehicle for substance transpo...

Fluidigm Joins Forces with IntegraGen

Fluidigm, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has joined with IntegraGen SA, one of France's leading providers of genetic research testing services, to bring IFC technology to French researchers.

Raydiance and NASA to Develop Advanced Microfluidics Devices for Space-Based Biological Experiments

Raydiance Corporation, developer of the world's first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, today announced it has partnered with the Small Spacecraft Division in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Ames Research C...

Fluidigm BioMark System Sales Surpass The Century Mark

The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), provides high throughput real-time qPCR enabling researchers to streamline their experimental workflow, increase throughput and lower costs.

Microfluidic Systems Awarded Series of Patents

Fluidigm Announces Sales of BioMark Surpassed 100 Cumulative Units in the Field

Fluidigm Corporation today announced that sales of its flagship BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis surpassed 100 cumulative units in the field. The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called i...

New Microscopic System Could Provide Novel Method for Moving Tiny Objects Inside Microchip

A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering, in collaboration with researchers in Germany and Boston University, could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new insights into how cells and other objects are transported around within the body.

Researchers Discover Fluidigm Digital Arrays can be Easily Adapted to SNP Haplotyping

A technical poster from Fluidigm Europe entitled 'Rapid single-molecule haplotyping in patients with sickle cell disease' reports upon the pioneering work of Dr Stephen Menzel and his fellow researchers at Kings College (London), School of Medicine.

Fluidigm Introduces Access Array Integrated Fluidic Chip for 454 FLX Amplicon Tagging

Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of its 48.48 Access Array™ integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX™ users active in Amplicon Tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-rea...