Announcements
Takara Bio USA, Inc. (formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science research reagents under the Takara, Clontech, and Cellartis brands. To keep you up to date with the latest happenings at Takara Bio USA, we have compiled our recent announcements and press releases below.
A high-throughput single-cell ATAC-seq method developed by Stanford University now available on the SMARTer ICELL8 Single-Cell System from Takara Bio USA, Inc.
Date: September 18, 2018
Categories: Press release
Researchers from William Greenleaf's laboratory (Stanford University) have collaborated with TBUSA to develop a high-throughput single-cell ATAC-seq (assay for transposition of accessible chromatin) method on the SMARTer ICELL8 Single-Cell System.
Takara Bio granted manufacturing license from the Swedish Medical Product Agency for clinical-grade human embryonic stem cell line derivation and banking
Date: July 25, 2018
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio announced today that the Medical Products Agency ("MPA"), the Swedish national authority responsible for regulation and surveillance of the development, manufacturing and marketing of drug and other medical products, granted a manufacturing license for derivation and banking of human embryonic stem (hES) cells to be produced under GMP conditions at the state-of-the-art laboratory located in Göteborg, Sweden, within Takara Bio Europe's facility.
Takara Bio strengthens its IP position on single cell RNA-seq
Date: July 18, 2018
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA, Inc., (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., is proud to announce that patent JP6336080B—covering the Smart-seq2 method, developed by Rickard Sandberg and exclusively licensed to TBUSA by the Ludwig Institute—has been awarded by the Japan Patent Office.
Takara Bio announces launch of beta cell differentiation service
Date: May 17, 2018
Categories: Press release
Mountain View, CA—May 17, 2018—The Takara Bio Group, the leading provider of human stem cell differentiation services globally, has launched the Cellartis Directed Differentiation to Beta Cells Service for the delivery of high-quality, custom human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived beta cells for diabetes research and metabolic disease modeling.
SMARTer ICELL8 technology aids in single-nuclei sequencing of triple-negative breast cancer to uncover chemoresistance evolution
Date: May 8, 2018
Categories: Press release
Mountain View, CA—May 8, 2018—A recent study including single-cell transcriptome analysis has revealed an evolutionary model of chemoresistance in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. This groundbreaking work, led by Professor Nicholas Navin (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), was published in the May issue of Cell and utilized Takara Bio’s SMARTer ICELL8 single-cell automation platform.
Takara Bio USA, Inc. launches rapid lentivirus test using smartphone app
Date: April 30, 2018
Categories: Press release
A leading biotechnology company has developed a rapid test to measure recombinant lentivirus titers using a smartphone as a diagnostic reader. Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA; formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.) teamed up with smartphone diagnostics specialists, Novarum DX, to develop an integrated, mobile platform which detects and quantifies recombinant lentivirus in packaging cell supernatants.
Takara Bio unveils a new open-platform single-cell automation system compatible with industry-leading SMART-Seq technology for sensitive full-length transcriptome analysis at AGBT 2018
Date: February 12, 2018
Categories: Press release
Mountain View, CA—February 12, 2018—To advance the understanding of cell diversity and how that diversity impacts complex cellular functions including interactions with other cells and molecules, growth, and disease states, Takara Bio USA, Inc., (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., is proud to announce the launch of the SMARTer ICELL8 cx System. The system will be presented to the scientific community at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting in Orlando FL, February 12–15, 2018.
Takara Bio USA, Inc., announces the use of the SMARTer ICELL8 Single-Cell System in clinical studies
Date: January 19, 2018
Categories: Press release
Mountain View, CA—January 19, 2018—Takara Bio USA, Inc., (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., is proud to announce that City of Hope has recently procured a SMARTer ICELL8 Single-Cell System to perform high-level studies involving high-throughput single-cell RNA-seq applications. This automated system provides a proven platform for unbiased isolation, evaluation, and selection of over a thousand single cells for downstream analyses, including next-generation sequencing (NGS), backed by recent citations in the literature.
Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. completes acquisition of WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc.
Date: March 1, 2017
Categories: Press release
Mountain View, CA—March 1, 2017—Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. ("TBUSH") announced that it has completed the acquisition of WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. ("WaferGen"), WaferGen has become a wholly owned subsidiary of TBUSH as of February 28, 2017 (US local time).
Takara Bio USA, Inc. and TeselaGen Biotechnology, Inc. release a powerful new primer tool for easy design of In‑Fusion Cloning experiments
Date: January 24, 2017
Categories: Press release
Mountain View and San Francisco, CA—January 24, 2017—Takara Bio USA, Inc. (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of the In-Fusion Cloning Primer Design Tool, powered by TeselaGen Biotechnology, Inc. software. In-Fusion Cloning, developed by TBUSA, is a unique method that seamlessly joins together linear fragments of DNA in a single, 15-minute reaction. The free, online primer design tool facilitates easy design and a smooth transition from planning to experimental work.
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