Affymetrix Releases New Applied Research Arrays Designed with Scientific Leaders
May 18 2011 - 6:05AM
Business Wire
Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced the availability
of multiple genomic microarray tools that will further enable
scientists in the applied research field. The company is updating,
developing, and manufacturing organism arrays in collaboration with
leading scientific communities so that researchers in areas such as
animal breeding, crop science, and microbial genetics can have
easier access to microarrays with proven assays, formats, and
platforms. The new menu of arrays includes whole-transcript (WT)
expression profiling, genotyping, and gene regulation arrays for
organisms such as bovine, rice, soybean, porcine, medicago,
zebrafish, mosquito, E. coli, Shigella, maize, and others. In
addition, Affymetrix offers more than 30 other arrays for
environmental, food, and infectious disease studies in cartridge,
strip, and plate formats for different throughput needs.
“We are keeping pace with the genomic technology needs of
consortia, industry, and individual researchers as they work to
solve some of the world’s most pervasive problems,” said Affymetrix
Chief Commercial Officer Andy Last. “We are collaborating with
members of consortia through every step of our development and
manufacturing process to ensure that they get the most out of their
array designs.”
Affymetrix and its partners are utilizing the most recent
genomic data produced from next-generation sequencing studies to
design these arrays. By offering arrays for many applications such
as gene expression, genotyping, miRNA, and copy number variation
analysis, Affymetrix can supply customers with proven and
cost-effective tools for studying, screening, and understanding
these organisms without having to invest the time to develop tools
to understand the complex and vast amounts of data generated by
sequencing.
Two of the most recent arrays include the Axiom™ Genome-Wide BOS
1 Array for bovine breeders and researchers and the GeneChip® Rice
44K SNP Genotyping Array. The Axiom BOS 1 Array includes genetic
traits from the most commercially vital breeds of dairy and beef
cattle. Its high-performing markers greatly improve the reliability
of genetic profiling by giving breeders an accelerated path to
higher quality beef and dairy cattle and reducing the need for
costly and time-consuming phenotypic testing. The Rice 44K SNP
Genotyping Array was designed in collaboration with a worldwide
community of rice researchers to improve the rice industry’s
production confidence by providing a low-cost, high-quality method
for reliably identifying rice varietals and examining the genetic
inheritance of important agricultural traits to ensure better crop
survival and yields. Both arrays offer better genetic coverage than
the closest competitive arrays.
To learn more about all of our applied science arrays or custom
array programs, researchers can download our list of arrays, or
contact their account manager or Maria Soong via email or phone at
408-731-5340.
About Affymetrix
Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical,
diagnostic, and biotechnology companies, as well as leading
academic, government, and nonprofit research institutes. More than
2,000 systems have been shipped around the world and more than
23,000 peer-reviewed papers have been published using the
technology. Affymetrix is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and
has manufacturing facilities in Santa Clara, Cleveland, Ohio, and
Singapore. The company has about 900 employees worldwide and
maintains sales and distribution operations across Europe, Latin
America, and Asia. For more information about Affymetrix, please
visit http://www.affymetrix.com.
Forward-looking statements
All statements in this press release that are not historical are
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act as amended, including statements
regarding Affymetrix’ “expectations,” “beliefs,” “hopes,”
“intentions,” “strategies” or the like. Such statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially for Affymetrix from those projected. These and
other risk factors are discussed in Affymetrix’ Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010, and other SEC reports for subsequent
quarterly periods.
NOTE: Affymetrix, the Affymetrix logo, and GeneChip are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Affymetrix, Inc.
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