Oragene•DISCOVER / North America

Description of Services

Affymetrix pioneered the microarray technology used to publish more than 20,000 studies, many of which have made significant strides in understanding the relationship between genes and disease. Today the company provides a wide range of innovative genomic analysis tools, including complete microarray systems for expression and genotyping studies, quantitative assays for multi- to single-gene analysis, and premium molecular biology reagents. Whether you're interrogating entire genomes or individual molecules, RNA or DNA, 100,000 or 10 samples, Affymetrix offers solutions for every step in the genetic discovery, qualification, and validation continuum.

Affymetrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and serves life scientists globally with offices around the world.

Description of Services

AutoGen is a privately held, value-added supplier of sample preparation solutions to the life science community. Our mission is to provide products of premier quality and value, backed by scientific and technical support that exceeds the requirements of our clients. AutoGen has a rich history of development experience and technical knowledge in automated nucleic acid extraction systems. This heritage endows the AutoGen team with the know-how and skills to support all aspects of our systems. As a result, our customers receive the highest caliber training, maintenance, application and mechanical support. From our corporate headquarters in Holliston, Massachusetts, close to Boston\'! s biotech and research centers, we provide support to clients throughout the United States. A network of specialized distributors supports our clients in Europe, Canada and Mexico.AutoGen\'s promise is to provide the most practical, economically effective solutions for your sample prep needs, and to do it with a level of service, support and responsiveness that leads the industry.

Lab location and locations served:

AutoGen, Inc.
84 October Hill Road
Holliston, MA 01746

Description of Services

• Genome characterization and sequencing
• Genotyping assay development and validation
• Gene expression profiling and validation
• Drug efficacy and safety-related analysis
• Biologics evaluation and safety testing
• Data management, analysis and interpretation
• Sample management and biobanking
• Scientific consulting

Description of Services

Expression Analysis provides expression profiling and genotyping services using Affymetrix, Illumina, Luminex and Applied Biosystems' TaqMan® technologies. As the leading provider of microarray services in clinical trials, Expression Analysis offers solutions for challenging specimens, such as blood and FFPE tissues, as well as nucleic acid isolation and data analysis services. The company also performs diagnostic assays in its CLIA and GLP-compliant laboratory.

Lab location and locations served

The Expression Analysis facility is located in Durham, NC. Our services are provided worldwide to a variety of clients including most of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

Expression Analysis, Inc.
4324 South Alston Avenue, Suite 101
Durham, NC 27713

Description of Services

Tecan is a leading global player in the Life Sciences supply industry that specializes in the development, production, and distribution of solutions enabling the discovery of pharmaceutical substances, as well as for genomics, proteomics, and diagnostics. Tecan clients are leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, university research departments and diagnostic laboratories. Tecan's core competencies allow the integration of various components into a system, solving an application, integration and subsequent validation. In particular Tecan offers solutions in the field of robotics (basic handling of tubes, vials and microplates), liquid handling (transfer of liquids from nanoliter to milliliter range), detection (use of microtiterplate based detection devices), miniaturization, and software. The stand-alone, modular and fully customized products and services are all backed up by comprehensive support and advice. Product lines are grouped into the following areas: Automated Liquid Handling, Detection, Cavro® OEM Components, Applications & Solutions, and Software. In 2005 REMP became part of the Tecan Group. REMP is the global leader in the supply of large-scale automated storage and retrieval systems. Together Tecan and REMP deliver key technologies that enhance some of the most time- and cost-critical phases of the drug discovery process. Tecan was founded in 1980. Incorporated in Maennedorf near Zurich/Switzerland, the company has manufacturing, research and development sites in both North America and Europe and maintains a sales and service network in 52 countries.