Blacktrace focuses on biology with the launch of Dolomite Bio

ST NEOTS, U.K. - July 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Blacktrace Holdings Limited, a leading group of companies focused on Productizing Science^®, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest brand, Dolomite Bio. This biology-focused brand – spun out from sister company Dolomite Microfluidics – is dedicated to the development of innovative products for high throughput single cell research.

Dolomite Bio specializes in microfluidic droplet applications, offering a range of microfluidic systems and individual modules, as well as control software andreagents, for cell biology applications. Its core droplet technologyis fully scalable, enabling microdroplet encapsulation of individual cells and molecules – from a few cells to millions or more – in just a few minutes. It is ideal for a wide variety of high throughput, single cell research applications, including:

• Single cell RNA-Seq
• Direct isolation of functional antibody coding sequence libraries
• Profiling natively-paired T-cell receptors
• Directed evolution by FACS sorting
• Functional antibody screening in droplets
• Cell encapsulation in hydrogels

Mike Hawes, CEO of Dolomite Bio, said: "We are delighted to announce the launch of Dolomite Bio, which will focus on developing novel products for high throughput single cell research. This new brand takes advantage of Dolomite Microfluidics'underlying technology and the Blacktrace group's understanding of the market to serve customers in this rapidly growing field."