Whole genome sequencing

Whole genome HiFi sequencing will be used on unexplained rare disease cases to evaluate if it can identify variants not readily detectable by short-read sequencing.

November 18, 2021

PacBio and ARUP Laboratories Collaborate in a Study to Improve Rare Disease Diagnosis

PacBio and ARUP Laboratories announced they are collaborating on a study intended to evaluate whether the solve rate for rare disease cases can be increased.

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November 12, 2021

Recycling Coalition of Utah Names ARUP the Thomas A. Martin Business Recycler of the Year

The Recycling Coalition of Utah (RCU) honored ARUP with its Thomas A. Martin Business Recycler of the Year Award in recognition of the company’s recycling program efforts.

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October 26, 2021

ARUP Increases Its Minimum Hourly Wage to $15 and Raises Pay for All Hourly Employees

ARUP Laboratories announced that it will increase its minimum hourly wage to $15 , marking an important milestone in the company’s multiyear effort to increase wages for all employees.

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President and Chief Medical Officer Tracy George, MD, worked with ARUP’s PharmaDX and Clinical Trials group to create the central pathology review offering used in clinical trials for AYVAKIT. The new precision therapy for advanced systemic mastocytosis recently earned approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

July 2, 2021

ARUP’s Clinical Trials Group Lauds FDA Approval of New Precision

The FDA recently approved a new precision therapy developed by Blueprint Medicines for adults with advanced systemic mastocytosis, a rare and potentially fatal hematologic malignancy.

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Adam Barker, PhD, has been named ARUP’s first chief scientific officer. He moves into the role after having spent four years as director of Research and Development.

July 1, 2021

ARUP Appoints Adam Barker, PhD, to Lead Its New Technologies Group

Adam Barker, PhD, has been appointed as ARUP’s chief scientific officer, a role in which he will lead the newly formed New Technologies Group.

Jonathan Genzen, Sherrie L. Perkins, Andy Theurer, and Peter Jensen cut a red ribbon to officially open ARUP's new laboratory facility.

ARUP Chief Operations Officer Jonathan Genzen, MD, PhD (left), joined CEO Sherrie L. Perkins, MD, PhD, President Andy Theurer, and Board Chairman Peter Jensen, MD, on June 15, 2021, to cut a ceremonial ribbon to officially open ARUP’s new state-of-the-art laboratory facility in University of Utah Research Park.

June 15, 2021

ARUP Celebrates the Opening of a New State-of-the-Art Laboratory Facility in Salt

ARUP Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest reference laboratories, held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new four-story, 220,000-square-foot laboratory facility in Salt Lake City.