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Takara Bio USA, Inc. (formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of life science research reagents under the Takara, Clontech, and Cellartis brands. To keep you up to date with the latest happenings at Takara Bio USA, we have compiled our recent announcements and press releases below.
Takara Bio USA, Inc. validates new class of spatial technology with benchmark study for cancer research
Date: April 20, 2026
Categories: Press release
First in a series of benchmarking studies shows superior performance of Trekker FX in an FFPE lung squamous cell carcinoma sample
Takara Bio USA, Inc. launches certified service provider program to advance research using NGS and single-cell technologies
Date: April 16, 2026
Categories: Press release
New program matches top researchers with expert service providers trained to offer a comprehensive suite of Shasta single-cell and bulk RNA-seq NGS solutions
Takara Bio USA and Hamilton Company Partner to Automate NGS Library Preparation
Date: March 30, 2026
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA and Hamilton Company announced a development and co-marketing agreement to deliver integrated, automated next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation workflows to laboratories worldwide.
Takara Bio USA, Inc. collaborates with Illumina on spatial transcriptomics workflow, details presented at AGBT 2026
Date: February 26, 2026
Categories: Press release
Integration of Takara Bio USA’s Trekker reagent kit with Illumina’s Single Cell 3′ RNA Prep assay delivers high-density, high-sensitivity spatial data with true single-cell resolution.
Takara Bio USA, Inc. announces a series of updates to its spatial biology product portfolio, extending its innovation with a new class of spatial technology
Date: October 8, 2025
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA, Inc. announced a series of updates to its spatial biology product portfolio, extending its innovation with a new class of spatial technology.
Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. announces the acquisition of Curio Bioscience, adding spatial biology to its broad portfolio of single-cell omics solutions
Date: January 15, 2025
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. announced the acquisition of Curio Bioscience, a pioneering company in the field of spatial genomics.
Takara Bio launches high-throughput, cost-effective qPCR system to advance clinical research
Date: November 19, 2024
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA announced the launch of the SmartChip ND Real-Time PCR System, an automated, research-use-only (RUO), high-throughput qPCR solution for infectious disease research.
Takara Bio Europe unveils new large-scale NGS profiling system and chemistries
Date: September 26, 2024
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio Europe announces the launch of the Shasta Single-Cell System at the 2024 Human Cell Atlas General Meeting.
Takara Bio launches large-scale, flexible qPCR system to advance broad surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
Date: September 4, 2024
Categories: Press release
Takara Bio USA, Inc. announced the launch of the SmartChip ND Real-Time PCR System, an automated, research-use-only (RUO), high-throughput qPCR solution for monitoring antimicrobial resistance (AMR), supporting efforts to ensure environmental safety and sustainability.
Jumpcode Genomics and Takara Bio USA announce global patent partnership
Date: June 13, 2024
Categories: Press release
Jumpcode Genomics and Takara Bio USA announced the companies have settled their patent dispute and have partnered to bring together their combined foundational IP in the field of targeted depletion of undesired transcripts such as ribosomal RNAs from NGS libraries using CRISPR-based technology.
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