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.
Company
- Industry
- Laboratory Analytical Instruments
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Latest filing
- SC 13G/A · 2017-02-13
via SEC EDGAR
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Location
- Santa Clara, United States
- Status
- Inactive
GRID grid.417703.6 · ISNI 0000 0004 0462 4726
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- affymetrix.bio2rdf.org
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- inception
- 1992-01-01
- catalog code
- bio2rdf-affymetrix
- SPARQL endpoint URL
- bio2rdf.org/sparql
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- History
- Acquisitions
- FDA test approval
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- 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.