美國RainDance Technologies
RainDance Technologies公司是利用高通量微液滴技術(RainStorm?技術)為人類健康和生命科學研究提供科研儀器和試劑的高科技公司。通過該公司 的核心技術可在短時間內生成數百萬個皮升(pL)級體積的微液滴(每個微液滴都相當于一個微小的試管可進行獨立的PCR反應)使數百萬個PCR反應得以同 時進行。通過這樣的技術方法和儀器設備使研究人員能夠通過一個PCR反應同時對20,000個基因組上的位點進行擴增實現序列捕獲和檢測分析。利用微液滴 技術科研人員可完成基因組目標區域重測序(Targeted Re-sequencing)、基因篩選(candidate gene screen)、全基因組關聯研究(Genome Wide Association Studies,GWAS)、異質性腫瘤樣本的深度測序(deep sequencing of heterogeneous tumor samples)、醫學遺傳學、分型、產前診斷和甲基化研究等科學研究工作。
RainDance Technologies is a fast-growing, privately-held company pioneering the use of microdroplet-based analysis in human health and life science research.
The company's core RainStorm? technology generates millions of discrete droplets that can encapsulate a single molecule, single cell or reaction and be digitally analyzed and sorted one at a time. The complete RainDance solution includes automated instrumentation, customizable bioinformatics and high-value consumables and reagents for applications including targeted next-generation DNA sequencing, and methylation, digital PCR and single cell analysis.
RainDance's pipeline of development programs includes applications for its proprietary microdroplet-based technology in Digital PCR, Droplet-based ELISA and Single Cell Analysis.
RainDance was founded by scientists from Harvard University, The Medical Research Centre in Cambridge, England, and the ESPCI in Paris. The company's leadership and advisory teams are comprised of life science industry veterans, leading venture capitalists and world-renowned scientists, including three Nobel Prize laureates.
Based in Lexington, Massachusetts, the company supports scientists around the world through its international sales and support operations and a global network of distributors and service providers.