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inqaba biotec is excited to announce that we are now endorsed by PacBio as a Certified Sequencing Service provider for superior long read (HiFi) sequencing on the Sequel IIe system. Do you need to investigate the transcriptome architecture of your organism (full length transcripts, including isoforms) – then Iso-Seq is the application for you! The …

PacBio certified service provider status for inqaba biotec Read More »

Using the GeneTitan instrument together with industry-recognized Affymetrix High-Throughput (HT) Array Plates, we will provide automated solution for microarray processing. With a broad selection of array plate formats, you can easily transition from discoveries through genome-wide SNP genotyping, to comprehensive explorations of gene expression profiles relating to important biological phenotypes, such as disease or drug …

Introducing inqaba biotec’s Microarray service Read More »

inqaba biotec will host a team from New England Biolabs in South Africa  from the 20th to 28th February 2023. The main occasion is the  14th International Congress of Human Genetics (https://www.ichg2023.com/) to be held in Cape, South Africa this month. Please visit our exhibition booths for updates and queries regarding the NEB portfolio. Customer visits are …

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Post-pandemic, PacBio were now able to host their first EMEA distributor meeting which was attended by Dr Oliver Preisig (Executive Director), Dr Hamilton Ganesan & Mr Acclaim Moila. The two day meeting (6-7 December, 2022), held at PacBio’s new EMEA headquarters at  King’s Cross (London) was a high-powered meeting introducing the EMEA distributor network to …

Inqaba Biotec participate at the first African BioGenome Project visit to the Sanger Institute Read More »

As another year draws to a close we want to wish you, our valued customer, a safe and joyous festive season and a good start into the new year. We certainly look forward to again engaging with you in 2023. As we’ve previously announced, 2022 was a particularly special year for us as we celebrated …

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INQABA BIOTEC / AFRICAN BIOGENOME PROJECT GENOME CHALLENGE 2022 We are 20 Years old this year! Understandably, this is a remarkable milestone for us as a company and, to mark the occasion we are partnering with the African BioGenome Project (ABP) organisation [https://africanbiogenome.org/] to host inqaba biotec’s second Genome Challenge. As a celebration, inqaba biotec …

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It was on this first week in August, exactly 20 years ago, that inqaba biotec officially opened for business and needless to say, it has been an interesting and eventful 20 years. Here is the tale of how it all began… It actually all started on a bus. In 2000, co-founders Dr Oliver Preisig (a …

2002-2022: Celebrating 20 Years of Uniqueness! Read More »

inqaba biotec is now local in Uganda as Inqaba Biotec East Africa Ltd, Uganda (IBUG). Our new home at Regency Plaza on Lugogo Bypass in Kampala will enable us to serve our loyal customers even better. Our researchers in Uganda who have trusted us for the last 20 years, Mweebale! and you should look forward …

inqaba biotec opens its doors in Uganda! Read More »

inqaba biotec is now offering the various solutions for the detection of plant pathogens from BIOREBA in sub-Saharan Africa. While we are celebrating our 20 year anniversary this year, BIOREBA is 40 years old in 2022. Since the foundation of BIOREBA in 1982 in Switzerland, they have established collaborative relationships with research institutes and universities …

Solutions for the Detection of Plant Pathogens Read More »

The inqaba biotec group of companies has close to 150 employees in sub-Saharan Africa with offices in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. In 2022, we are opening branch offices in Cameroon, Senegal and Uganda. inqaba biotec is a truly African life science company.