https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Bioo Scientific. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:03:12 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/675501 Thu, 16 Jun 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific recently launched the NEXTflex™ BRCA1 and BRCA2 Amplicon Panel for FFPE Illumina-Compatible Sequencing, for the detection of clinically relevant somatic mutations in DNA isolated from FFPE samples, to facilitate variant discovery and confirmation. This kit is a cost-effective, optimized solution offering best-in-class performance for on-target percentage and coverage uniformity. The NEXTflex BRCA1 [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/675501 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/671650 Thu, 19 May 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has released the MaxSignal® MQCA ELISA Test Kit, which is a sensitive and rapid quantitative ELISA optimized for the screening of Methyl-3-quinoxaline-2-carboxylic acid (MQCA) in duck, chicken, and pork, to limits of 1 ppb. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/671650 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/670434 Wed, 11 May 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific recently released the MycoFlow™ Total Aflatoxin Strip Test Kit for the rapid detection of total aflatoxin in matrices including corn products, grains, soy, and nuts. This strip test kit features a detection limit of 20 ppb and a fast 5 minute protocol. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/670434 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/663214 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has released a new screening method, the MaxSignal® Ethoxyquin ELISA Test Kit to test fishmeal, fish, shrimp, feed and meat for ethoxyquin (EQ) residues. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/663214 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/662788 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 03:00:00 -0400 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. patent US9255291 entitled Oligonucleotide ligation, barcoding and methods and compositions for improving data quality and throughput using massively parallel sequencing to Bioo Scientific. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/662788 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/654622 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific has been recertified for another three years under the international ISO 9001:2008 standard (ISO CI#: SARA-2009-CA-0114-A). [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/654622 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/647773 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Colistin resistance likely emerged after the drug was overused in farm animals. Colistin is intended to be used by physicians as a drug of last resort to treat Gram-negative superbug infections, but has been overused in agriculture. Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Colistin ELISA Test Kit is the only commercially available ELISA optimized for the screening of colistin in poultry and other meat samples and eggs, to prevent [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/647773 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/647774 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific recently launched the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Kit v3, which improves small RNA analysis by making the library prep protocol completely gel-free or allowing for low-input small RNA library preparation. This kit also reduces the biases associated with small RNA sequencing by using patent pending randomized adapter technology, resulting in small RNA libraries with more accurate sequencing data and a [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/647774 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/645366 Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:00:00 -0500 At the upcoming Association of Molecular Pathologists (AMP) 2015 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, Bioo Scientific is launching library preparation solutions ideal for the reduced bias and increased sensitivity, flexibility and speed needed by molecular pathologists for next-generation sequencing applications. These include the NEXTflex Amplicon Panels, the NEXTflex Amplicon Studio service, and the new NEXTflex BRCA1 and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/645366 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/642601 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific is releasing the new NEXTflex™ Rapid Pre-Capture Combo Kit, a complete low-input library prep solution with the ability to multiplex up to 96 samples, containing the library prep reagents, barcodes, blockers and post-capture amplification reagents required for SeqCap target capture with Roche NimbleGen’s SeqCap EZ solution-based capture system. With this kit, libraries can be constructed from 10 ng of [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/642601 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/640899 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 03:00:00 -0400 At ASHG 2015, Bioo Scientific is launching a number of new kits for the improvement of in-solution exome and custom target capture. These kits offer optimized library prep, blocking and barcoding, interfacing with Agilent SureSelect XT and XT2 systems and Roche’s Nimblegen SeqCap systems. ASHG is the largest human genetics meeting and expo worldwide, providing a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/640899 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/638988 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has automated bias-reducing small RNA library prep on the Sciclone® NGS and NGSx Workstations, automating the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit v2 and increasing productivity by reducing the time and labor costs associated with small RNA library prep. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/638988 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/638775 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific will exhibit its latest advances in food and feed safety and quality testing, at booth #502 of the 129th AOAC Annual Meeting, September 27-30 in Los Angeles, CA. New technologies include the most sensitive test available for histamine screening, a sulfite detection method which overcomes issues with problematic “high-creep” samples, optimized immunoaffinity columns for mycotoxin analysis, and a [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/638775 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/638393 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has released the MaxDiscovery™ Homocysteine Enzymatic Assay Kit. This kit uses a new enzymatic technology for spectrophotometric detection of total homocysteine levels in serum from rodents and other mammals. This kit enables the determination of hyperhomocysteinemia, or elevated levels of total homocysteine (tHcy) in the blood, which is an independent risk factor for neural tube defects, vascular [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/638393 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/635860 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:10:14 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Ractopamine ELISA Test Kit has been approved by the USDA for the verification testing requirements for screening of meat in the Quality System Verification Program (QSVP), Never Fed Beta-Agonists Marketing Program. The kit enables the detection of as little as 0.1 ppb of ractopamine in pork and other meat samples, well below the 1 ppb minimal required performance limit used by many [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/635860 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/635194 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific, an Austin-based biotech company which manufactures food and feed safety test kits and products supporting life science research, received the British Airways International Trade, Investment & Expansion Award, which recognizes investments by international companies in Austin that create jobs locally, as well as Austin-based companies who have a global impact through products and services provided [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/635194 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/634688 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Beta-Lactam ELISA Test Kit has been validated for the screening of a wide range of beta-lactam antibiotics in a number of food matrices, with detection limits as low as 0.8 ppb. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/634688 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/629842 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has released NEXTflex-HT™ Barcodes, single-index barcodes for Illumina sequencing, significantly increasing throughput capacity for next generation sequencing. The NEXTflex-HT Barcodes permit dual error correction to preventing ambiguity in sample differentiation due to PCR errors or sequencing instrument miscalling. Each pair of consecutive barcodes is fully color balanced and suitable for low level [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/629842 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/627907 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Sulfite Assay Kit, is a convenient and robust system optimized for the screening of the preservative sulfite that is highly prevalent in food and beverage samples. This enzyme assay uses a rapid aqueous extraction, and an enzymatic reaction that requires only 20 minutes. The kit can detect as little as 0.5 ppm of sulfite in aqueous extractions, and incorporates an innovative new format [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/627907 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/624412 Wed, 17 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has released the new MaxSignal® TMB (3,3’,5,5’ – tetramethylbenzidine) Microwell Substrate Solution, a stable, one-component, ready-to-use TMB formulation which simplifies ELISAs, increasing accuracy by reducing potential errors. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/624412 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/623756 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific has developed and optimized automation protocols for its line of NEXTflex™ library preparation kits on the Sciclone® NGS and NGSx Workstations, including the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional qRNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional RNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid RNA-Seq Kit and the NEXTflex™ Rapid DNA-Seq Kit, delivering higher throughput and consistent results. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/623756 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/621875 Sat, 30 May 2015 03:00:00 -0400 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will present Bioo Scientific with the 2015 Tibbetts Awards in the Medical and Life Sciences category at a White House ceremony on June 15. The 2015 Tibbetts Awards are granted to small businesses for excellence through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Bioo Scientific's award winning technology includes new methods [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/621875 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/614239 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Histamine ELISA Test Kit is the most sensitive and rapid ELISA commercially available for the screening of histamine in fish and fish meal. The extraction method associated with this ELISA does not require heating or organic extraction steps, and the assay can be completed in as little as 40 minutes. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/614239 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/607408 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:00:00 -0500 At the 16th Annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Meeting poster session, Bioo Scientific will present data illustrating its patent-pending randomized adapter technology, which reduces ligation bias in small RNA-Seq libraries. Dr. Masoud Toloue, VP of Genomic Research, will present “Reducing Biases Associated with Small RNA-Sequencing,” illustrating how this technology improves the quality of small [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/607408 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/605736 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific announces the launch of an Illumina-compatible library prep solution containing all reagents required upstream and downstream of probe hybridization for target capture, the NEXTflex™ Pre- and Post- Capture Combo Kit (Agilent SureSelectXT2 Compatible). This new kit is compatible with all SureSelectxt2 bait sets. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/605736 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/604339 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific releases NextPrep-Mag™ cfDNA Isolation Kit, a kit designed to extract DNA from cell free biological fluids such as blood plasma using a magnetic bead format. The procedure can be completed in 25 minutes. Libraries can be created using only 0.6 mL of plasma. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/604339 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/601757 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal Colistin ELISA Test Kit helps prevent the abuse of colistin, a last-line antibiotic, as an agricultural drug. The MaxSignal Colistin ELISA Test Kit is the only commercially available ELISA optimized for the screening of Colistin in meat samples including poultry, beef and pork. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/601757 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/600238 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:00:00 -0500 Bioo Scientific expands its flagship line of library preparation kits for next generation sequencing with the NEXTflex™ 18S ITS Amplicon-Seq Kit for the preparation of multiplexed amplicon libraries spanning the ITS1 and ITS2 hypervariable regions of eukaryotic 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, permitting the fast and cost-effective characterization of uncultured fungal and micro-eukaryotic organisms. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/600238 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/586819 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific now offers the broadest range of commercial kits for quinolone residue detection, with the launch of several new ELISAs. The AuroFlow™ Fluoroquinolone Strip Test Kit for Meat, the AuroFlow™ Fluoroquinolone Strip Test Kit for Milk and the MaxSignal® Fluoroquinolone ELISA Test Kit are rapid qualitative lateral flow assays for the detection of a broad range of flouroquinolone residues. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/586819 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/580081 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 03:00:00 -0400 At the 128th AOAC Annual Meeting, Bioo Scientific will showcase its sensitive solutions for aflatoxin M1 analysis: the MaxSignal® Aflatoxin M1 ELISA Kit, the AuroFlow™ Aflatoxin M1 Strip Test Kit and the AflaPure™ Aflatoxin M1 Column Kit, at booth #117. The 128th AOAC Annual Meeting will be held September 7-10 in Boca Raton, Florida. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/580081 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/575648 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific's patent pending NEXTflex™ Small RNA Sequencing Kit v2 utilizes randomized adapters to significantly reduce ligation bias from library preparation, resulting in the most accurate data available. The NEXTflex Small RNA Sequencing Kit v2 provides an easy, flexible, cost-effective solution for generating small RNA libraries for sequencing on Illumina sequencing platforms. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/575648 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/573786 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued Patent 8,715,676, “Production and Uses of Type 1 Ribosome Inactivating Proteins”, on May 6, 2014. The newly issued patent describes the use of recombinant type 1 ribosome inactivating proteins as a therapeutic agent to treat cancer and infectious diseases. In mouse xenograft models, in which human lung tumor cells are [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/573786 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/570914 Sat, 19 Jul 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s NEXTflex™ 16S V1 – V3 Amplicon-Seq Kit simplifies bacterial metagenomics studies for sequencing on the Illumina® MiSeq platform. This kit allows users to go from sample to sequence in two hours, making it the fastest library prep kit available. Up to 384 barcodes are available with this kit, offering extreme flexibility and multiplexing power to rRNA sequencing. Sequencing primers [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/570914 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/568102 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 03:00:00 -0400 The NEXTflex™ Cell Free DNA-Seq Kit for Illumina Library Preparation is optimized for library construction from low input amounts of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) or cell free fetal DNA (cffDNA). This is the first kit optimized specifically for library construction from DNA isolated from cell free fluids. The NEXTflex Cell Free DNA-Seq Kit can be used to construct Illumina-compatible libraries from 1 ng of DNA in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/568102 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/565324 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Today Bioo Scientific announced the release of high throughput automated methods for next generation sequencing library preparation on the Beckman Biomek® FX and Biomek® FXP Laboratory Automation Workstations, and the Perkin Elmer Sciclone liquid handling workstations. These protocols were designed to enable researchers to leverage the NEXTflex library prep kits on liquid handling platforms to automate the [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/565324 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/563948 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s AuroFlow™ Aflatoxin M1 Strip Test Kit is a rapid, simple, cost-effective lateral flow assay, designed to detect Aflatoxin M1 residues in raw commingled cow’s milk in only 10 minutes. This strip test detects levels of aflatoxin M1 at levels as low as 0.5 ppb. The speed and simplicity of testing make this kit ideal for both high and low volume testing. The AuroFlow Aflatoxin M1 Strip Test [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/563948 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/561075 Fri, 30 May 2014 03:00:00 -0400 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today presented Bioo Scientific with the President’s “E” Award for Exports at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. “Opportunities are everywhere, said Mark MacBeath, Business Development Manager at Bioo [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/561075 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/559746 Fri, 23 May 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific is offering testing services for antibiotic, toxin, hormone and pathogen contamination in food and feed. These services provide testing capabilities to food and feed producers without laboratory infrastructure. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/559746 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/551182 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Bioo Scientific’s AflaPure™ Alfatoxin Total and AflaPure™ Aflatoxin M1 Column Kits are the first commercial immunoaffinity columns for aflatoxin enrichment designed to reduce cost of lab consumables by allowing regeneration between uses. The AflaPure columns can be used up to three times to detect aflatoxin in a variety of food matrices. These ready-to-use columns contain immobilized antibodies which [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/551182 Bioo Scientific https://www.pr.com/press-release/548630 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Today, Bioo Scientific is releasing the NovareDx™ EHDV Strip Test Kit, the first commercial strip test for the detection of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (EHDV), an orbivirus that infects most wild and domestic ruminants. EHD is endemic in many countries, particularly affecting white-tailed deer in North America. The NovareDx EHDV Strip Test Kit is a qualitative lateral flow test designed for use in the field [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/548630 Bioo Scientific