The roots of Biosearch Technologies can be traced back to 1978 when President and CEO, Ron Cook, PhD founded “Biosearch, Inc.” to supply research tools to the nascent biotechnology industry. In the 1980s, Biosearch developed and manufactured automated, solid-phase DNA synthesizers, including the SAM I as shown to the left. These instruments manufactured oligonucleotides with prodigious proficiency, catalyzing the development of revolutionary oligonucleotide-based technologies. Most notably in 1982, Kary Mullis at Cetus Corporation used a SAM I DNA synthesizer to create oligos for use in his experiments, which eventually resulted in the invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction process (PCR).
The invention of PCR forever changed the molecular biology world. An enabling technology, it is a standard and indispensable research technique used for numerous medical and biological applications such as DNA sequencing and genetic fingerprinting. PCR was also the lone technique that helped the synthetic oligonucleotide business become a thriving ...
