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June 2018—SciGene introduced the CytoBrite Plus Slide Incubation System, a programmable FISH hybridizer with onboard temperature verification of each slide position, as required by CAP cytogenetics checklist item CYG.33950.

July 2016—SciGene introduced its MicroFISH Assay System, a clinically validated method combining microvolume, multiwell slides with SciGene slide processing instruments to perform routine cellular fluorescence in situ hybridization in cytogenetic laboratories.

March 2016—SciGene introduced a high-capacity system for performing FISH hybridization assays. The system consists of one CytoBrite Slide Incubation System for performing rapid probe denaturation on batches of 12 FISH slides and one CytoBrite Slide Oven for overnight hybridizations of 60 slides. Removable slide trays streamline slide setup and transfers between instruments.

SciGene’s new sodium thiocyanate pretreatment reagent, a convenient 1-M liquid formulation of NaSCN for pretreating tissue samples prior to application of nucleic acid probes for cytogenetic assays, joins an expanding line of FISH slide-processing products from SciGene.

SciGene’s CytoZyme stabilized pepsin is an advanced formulation of pepsin for pretreating tissue samples in nucleic acid probe-based cytogenetic assays, including FISH.

SciGene and BioDot have entered into an agreement whereby BioDot would have exclusive rights to market and sell SciGene’s Little Dipper Processor for fluorescence in situ hybridization to cytogenetic labs worldwide. The instrument automates tissue and cell sample processing for a variety of cytogenetic tests. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SciGene Corp.’s Hyb-Ice thermal profiling system performs everyday temperature profiles. The system consists of a programmable heating/cooling base and removable block that heat and cool samples from 4° to 99°C. It accommodates a variety of quick-change blocks to fit nearly any tube or plate.