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May 8, 2007
New agreement for OpenArray™
Technology enables rapid, accurate data analysis across Syngenta
Seeds businesses
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. and
BioTrove, Inc. today
announced a new agreement for BioTrove to supply Syngenta with
advanced genomics technology to accelerate Syngenta’s R&D and
breeding programs across all of its seeds businesses.
Under the agreement, BioTrove will supply Syngenta with the
OpenArray™ system, a high density, through-hole, nanotiter plate
used for conducting genotyping analyses in a microarray format.
The new technology will be used in Syngenta’s two largest seed
R&D and breeding labs: Slater, Iowa (corn and soybeans) and
Toulouse, France (vegetables, diverse field crops, flowers).
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
“With this technology, we will be able to analyze millions of
genome samples within the same time and space parameters that
previously allowed us to analyze only thousands,” said Ray
Riley, global head of product development, Syngenta Seeds. “By
conducting massively parallel analyses across all of our seed
breeding programs and gathering additional data more rapidly,
these process technologies add power to the Syngenta program to
bring more and better seed products to market faster. Our
engagement with BioTrove signals a new level of capability in
the research and development programs that underpin our global
seeds businesses.”
Syngenta is the global leader in flower seeds, second in
vegetable seeds, and third in field crop seeds including corn
and soybean. Working from best-in-class germplasm bases across
all of its seeds businesses, the company is a leading player in
the next wave of opportunity in seed science: harnessing the
genetic richness of plants for the benefit of growers and
consumers.
“At BioTrove, we dedicate ourselves to enabling accelerated
research across multiple life science fields,” said Al Luderer,
Ph.D., president and CEO, BioTrove. “Collaborating with an
industry leader like Syngenta marks an important company
milestone, not only as evidence of the quality of our OpenArray
platform, but as a demonstration of the value advanced BioTrove
technology brings to the agriscience field.”
Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to
sustainable agriculture through innovative research and
technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and
ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in
2006 were approximately $8.1 billion. Syngenta employs around
19,500 people in over 90 countries. Syngenta is listed on the
Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT).
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