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Agilent Renews Gene Logic's Status as Certified Microarray Service Provider

Jul 14, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Gene Logic, an Ocimum Biosolutions company, said today that Agilent Technologies has renewed its status as a Certified Microarray Service Provider for Agilent gene expression microarrays.
 
Agilent’s Certified Service Provider program requires partners to pass a “rigorous assessment” on the company’s microarray platform, Gene Logic said.
 
Gene Logic was originally named an Agilent Certified Service provider in April 2007.
 
Ocimum acquired Gene Logic’s genomics business in December for $10 million.

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