| GENOTYPIC TECHNOLOGY APPOINTED BY AGILENT AS CERTIFIED MICROARRAY SERVICE PROVIDER
BANGALORE, INDIA, September 7, 2007 -- Genotypic Technology (P) Ltd. today announced that it has achieved Agilent Certified Microarray Service Provider status. Genotypic is the first Indian Company to be provided the Agilent Certified Service Provider status and the first in the world to be certified for all three Agilent solutions in Gene Expression, aCGH and location analysis.
"Over the last two years, we hope our customers benefited from Genotypic's microarray services as much as we did. We congratulate Genotypic on expanding their portfolio to all microarray applications and providing quality microarray services to a wide spectrum of customers worldwide. Genotypic is Agilent's reliable partner and we are very satisfied with their technical strength spanning from experiment design to data analysis" said Dr. Chris Tan Director for Asia Pacific, Genomics, Agilent Technologies.
Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Raja Mugasimangalam, President and CEO, Genotypic Technology said "It is our endeavour to consistently provide high quality genomics and bioinformatics solutions through continuous innovation. Our relationship with Agilent has been rewarding and one based on mutual trust. Our strength is in customizing solutions in the genomics space for our customers and our partnership with Agilent provides us with the right platform to do so. We feel honoured to be the first company in the world to be certified simultaneously for all three microarray applications."
Dr. Arindam Bhattacharjee, Senior Scientist, Genomics, Agilent Technologies highlighted "As Agilent continues to train and certify Service Providers to provide top quality microarray services to our customers worldwide, we are very satisfied with Genotypic's overall quality of service and their solid background in biology and informatics . This puts them in a unique position to assist our customers make microarray designs which addresses their biological questions. Genotypic also extends the usability of eArray (Agilent web-based design tool) by making it easier for customers to quickly design custom arrays. For most instances there is no service fee, making it very attractive to our customers."
About Genotypic Technology:
Genotypic Technology (www.genotypic.co.in) is a privately held Genomics R & D company specialising in microarray technology developing customised genomics and bioinformatics solutions for a wide-range of applications. Established in the year 2000, it is the first major Indian company catering to Academic institutions, Pharma and Biotech companies worldwide in the microarray space. Genotypic has successfully completed Gene Expression, aCGH, Location analysis (ChIP on Chip, Methylation and chromatin modulations projects using Agilent platform. The certification of Genotypic's microarray services by Agilent ensures customers will receive results with the superior sensitivity, quality and reliability of Agilent Microarray Platform.
Customers worldwide trust Genotypic to deliver on their microarray needs from simple array processing to more challenging projects that involve brain storming of array design, project planning and analysis. Genotypic has carried out wide range of microarray projects like Bacterial Biosensor microarrays, Gene expression profiling of sequenced and un-sequenced organisms, Epigenetic modifications, Cancer biomarker discovery, toxicity profiling, drug optimization, pathway profiling of drug action, responders and non-responders of drug treatment from clinical trials and drug repurposing.
Genotypic is an R&D and custom array design partner of Agilent's location analysis unit and provides eArray based custom microarray designs for all applications of microarray.
Genotypic also provides indigenous informatics solutions like Biointerpreter and MedRuner that enable biological interpretation of microarray data in a short period of time. Genotypic's microarray services include project consultancy and post array analysis using GeneSpring, Biointerpreter and MedRuner.
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