ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology
company, today announced it has expanded its distribution
agreements with GENEWIZ® and Oxford Genetics to provide
customers with an easy-to-use, web-based ordering system that will
provide instant pricing for most synthetic DNA up to 5kb.
Scientists can now order synthesized genes from GENEWIZ through
Sigma-Aldrich's eCommerce platform, with the option to have them
delivered in a SnapFast™ vector from Oxford Genetics.
This will allow end-users to quickly order an expression-ready gene
without waiting for a quote.
"Sigma-Aldrich saw a customer need for a standardized ordering
method that provided quick access to DNA services. Currently, when
researchers purchase synthetic biology or gene synthesis services,
they often rely on a quoting system that delays orders by 24 hours
or more," said Josef Zihlmann, Vice
President of Product Management and R&D for Sigma-Aldrich. "By
combining GENEWIZ's synthesized gene services and Oxford Genetics'
SnapFast technology with our best-in-class eCommerce services,
researchers now have a time and cost-saving solution to acquire
quality, expression-ready DNA."
For more information on Sigma-Aldrich's synthetic biology
offering, visit http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/synbio or connect with
Sigma-Aldrich at the SynBioBeta SF 2015 conference, Nov. 4 - 6 at the Mission Bay Conference Center
in San Francisco.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich, a
leading Life Science and Technology company focused on enhancing
human health and safety, manufactures and distributes 250,000
chemicals, biochemicals and other essential products to more than
1.4 million customers globally in research and applied labs as well
as in industrial and commercial markets. With three distinct
business units - Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial -
Sigma-Aldrich is committed to enabling science to improve the
quality of life. The Company operates in 37 countries, has
approximately 9,700 employees worldwide and had sales of
$2.79 billion in 2014. For more
information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its website at
www.sigma-aldrich.com.
Sigma-Aldrich is a trademark of
Sigma-Aldrich Co, LLC registered in the US and other countries.
GENEWIZ is a registered trademark of GENEWIZ, Inc. SnapFast is a
registered trademark of Oxford Genetics.
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