Agreement Brings Integrated Fluidic Circuit Technology to Turkish Scientists Specializing in Digital and Real-Time PCR, Genotyping, Single-Cell Gene Expression, Cancer Detection and Absolute Quantification
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., ADANA, Turkey, Oct. 14, 2009 – Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Nano Gen Teknolojileri Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ [...]

Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Química Valaner S.A de C.V as exclusive distributor for Fluidigm’s industry-leading instrumentation and chips in Mexico. Fluidigm’s IFCs, instrumentation and software bring significant advantages to genetics researchers and scientists performing real-time and digital PCR, genotyping, single-cell gene expression, copy number variation and absolute [...]

Singapore Factory the World’s Largest Provider of Microfluidic Valves for Genetic Analysis
SINGAPORE, August 25, 2009 – Fluidigm today announced that its Singapore biochip factory has manufactured and shipped more than 250 million microscopic NanoFlex™ valves. The 250 million valves built into Fluidigm’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) would be equivalent to the number of valves required [...]

Single Cell study holds the key to iPS Progress
Fluidigm Corporation today announced that the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA; Director Dr. Shinya Yamanaka) of Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), has introduced a BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis. CiRA is using the unique microfluidic properties of the system’s integrated [...]

Single Cell study holds the key to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Progress
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. June 22, 2009 – Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Dr. Toshio Suda of Keio University’s 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program, Graduate School of Medicine, has selected the BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis to assist their research of mouse hematopoietic [...]

Protein Structures Can Provide Keys to Understanding and Preventing Diseases of Catastrophic Proportions
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 16, 2009 – In the rarified world of protein crystal hunters, Fluidigm’s TOPAZ® system is the tool that has helped researchers solve the structures of proteins from the Ebola Virus and Avian Flu Influenza. Now Fluidigm is introducing [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., SÃO PAULO, Brazil, June 3, 2009 – Fluidigm Corporation, the inventor of integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), has appointed Uniscience do Brasil and its partners as its exclusive distributor for the BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis in Brazil. Fluidigm’s IFCs, instrumentation and software bring significant advantages to researchers and scientists performing real-time [...]

DNA Quantification Also Eliminates Costly Preparation
Steps for Next-Generation DNA Sequencing
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Mar. 30, 2009 – Fluidigm Corporation today announced a sample quantification system that allows researchers to sequence their libraries of rare samples and also dramatically lower costs, improve data quality and speed up time-to-results for scientists performing next-generation DNA sequencing.
Fluidigm’s new product, [...]

Provides Individual Molecule Quantification
Today Fluidigm introduced its new 48.770 Digital Array, the highest density commercially available integrated fluidic circuit (IFC) ever. This IFC is capable of testing up to 48 individual samples at a time and automatically partitioning each of the samples into separate sets of 770 reaction chambers – delivering a total of 36,960 [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Feb. 18, 2009 – Fluidigm Corporation today announced that Stanford University has used the unique single-cell gene expression capabilities of the company’s integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) to help identify the source of cancer stem cells’ resistance to radiation. Researchers applied the unique properties of the Fluidigm chip to isolate individual molecules [...]