Accelerating rice improvement in South Asia

Blog - Rice is a crucial staple food for about half a billion people in Asia, but it suffers from diseases that reduce yields, destroy harvests and put food security and livelihoods at risk. But there is hope – by tracking DNA markers of natural genetic variants through generations of crosses, breeders can identify better combinations that enrich crop vitality and resilience leading to more reliable and sustainable rice production.

30 July 2018
LGC acquires Biosearch Technologies and extends its expertise in the qPCR market

News - Acquisition enables enlarged Genomics division to deliver unique product and laboratory services offering for core qPCR and end point PCR applications

15 April 2015
How genotyping is aiding in the fight against malaria

Blog - Recently, molecular biologists from LGC enabled a cutting edge study in collaboration with researchers from Brazil and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to look for mutations in a sample of 516 male volunteers that could be used as clinical indicators for malaria-related complications

14 August 2018
NuGEN and LGC announce collaboration agreement

News - Benefit customers, expanding options to access SPET technology through SeqSNP service

30 November 2017
LGC Genomics develops solution for genotyping thousands of markers

News - Service allows customers to accelerate animal and plant breeding and bring products to market faster

20 November 2017
Hydrocycler2 delivers high throughput thermal cycling for PCR

News - Innovative genomics solution addresses issues of increasing throughput and achieving high data quality

16 January 2017
KeyGene licenses Sequence-Based Genotyping technology to LGC

News - LGC obtains license for the commercial offering and use of KeyGene's patented SBG technology across all species

11 January 2016
Introducing the FlexSTAR+

News - Novel precipitation-chemistry system fully automates whole blood genomic DNA isolation from primary tubes to final DNA storage tubes

28 October 2015
LGC and TraitGenetics global distribution deal expands genotyping service portfolio

News - LGC delighted to be appointed as TraitGenetics’ Global Distribution Partner for array based SNP genotyping services

15 October 2015