Affymetrix
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Affymetrix is now Applied Biosystems, a brand of DNA microarray products sold by Thermo Fisher Scientific that originated with an American biotechnology research and development and manufacturing company of the same name. The Santa Clara, California-based Affymetrix, Inc. now a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific was co-founded by Alex Zaffaroni and Stephen Fodor. Stephen Fodor and his group, based on their earlier development of methods to fabricate DNA microarrays using semiconductor manufacturing techniques.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Affymetrix is referenced by 74 other articles, and connects out to United States dollar, biotechnology and HIV.
Vinony files it under 1992 establishments in California, 2016 mergers and acquisitions and Biotechnology companies established in 1992.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Company
- Industry
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- SC 13G/A · 2017-02-13
- Jurisdiction
- US-DE
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, US
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Location
- Santa Clara, United States
- Status
- Inactive
GRID grid.417703.6 · ISNI 0000 0004 0462 4726
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- knowledge graph
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara
- Parent organization
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Industry
- biotechnology
- Stock exchange
- Nasdaq
- Legal form
- Delaware corporation
- Official website
- affymetrix.bio2rdf.org
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1992-01-01
- catalog code
- bio2rdf-affymetrix
- SPARQL endpoint URL
- bio2rdf.org/sparql
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Acquisitions
- FDA test approval
- References
- External links
Affymetrix is now Applied Biosystems, a brand of DNA microarray products sold by Thermo Fisher Scientific that originated with an American biotechnology research and development and manufacturing company of the same name. The Santa Clara, California-based Affymetrix, Inc. now a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific was co-founded by Alex Zaffaroni and Stephen Fodor. Stephen Fodor and his group, based on their earlier development of methods to fabricate DNA microarrays using semiconductor manufacturing techniques.
In 1994, the company's first product under the "GeneChip" Affymetrix trademark, an HIV genotyping chip was introduced, and the company went public in 1996.
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