ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on its Thermo Scientific Nunc Cell Factory System with Active Gassing, recognizing the device’s unique gas distribution system. Developed for cells that require a high […]

BOULDER, CO InDevR, Inc., a Boulder-based biotechnology company developing advanced life science instrumentation and assays for analysis of viruses and other microorganisms, announced today the appointment of Dr. Michael Artinger as Vice President of Commercial Operations and Mr. Craig Hoechstetter as Director of Sales and Customer Support. Michael oversees the commercialization of innovation at InDevR, […]

MANASSAS, Va.–The ATCC® Standards Development Organization (ATCC SDO), an entity of ATCC, has published its second voluntary consensus standard, ASN-0002: “Authentication of Human Cell Lines: Standardization of STR Profiling.” This consensus standard is expected to have broad impact across basic cell research, drug discovery, and translational medicine. This approved American National Standard represents a major […]

Penzberg, Germany – Dan Zabrowski is Head of Roche Applied Science in the Diagnostics Division, located in Penzberg, Germany. He succeeds Paul Brown who has led Roche Applied Science since September 2011. Dan Zabrowski will report to Daniel O’Day, COO Roche Diagnostics. Dan recently served as Global Head of Roche Partnering and was a member […]

CORNING, N.Y.–Corning Incorporated today appointed Dr. Stephanie A. Burns, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Dow Corning Corporation, to Corning’s board of directors, effective immediately. Dow Corning, a Corning 50%-owned equity company since 1943, is a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology, and innovation. Burns will also serve on the board’s corporate relations committee. […]

CORNING, N.Y., — Corning Incorporated today announced its new Corning® Epic® Pharmacology service for drug discovery. The service uses Corning’s holistic assay approach to drug discovery and pathway biology to provide high-value cellular profiling in native cellular systems. The Corning Epic Pharmacology service is a key new offering from Corning’s portfolio of Epic Discovery Services, […]

GAITHERSBURG, Md.–MaxCyte, Inc., the pioneer in scalable, high performance cell loading systems, announces the production of gram-scale quantities of proteins and antibodies from CHO cells using the MaxCyte® STX™ Scalable Transfection System. The MaxCyte STX has the capability to transfect from 5E5 to 1E10 cells with comparable results from small bench scale through screening and […]

Basel, Switzerland – Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Lonza, commenting on today’s announcement, said:“With the acquisition of Arch in 2011 Lonza achieved another step in its transformation towards a global Life Science company. This continuous change characterized the past years and Stefan Borgas has led this process as Lonza’s CEO. The Board of […]

Strasbourg, France – Polyplus-transfection SA, specializing in the development of innovative solutions for transfection, today announces the launch of PEIpro, the next generation linear PEI (polyethylenimine) transfection reagent for large scale production of proteins, antibodies and viral vectors. “The PEIpro launch significantly extends our line of quality transfection reagents for biotech and bio-pharmaceutical companies. It […]

Sunnyvale, CA – Molecular Devices, LLC, has announced the launch of a Digital Confocal Module for use on its ImageXpress Micro High Content Screening (HCS) systems. Designed for use as part of the MetaXpress® 4 software package, the Digital Confocal Module significantly increases throughput and assay quality. The new Digital Confocal Module cuts exposure times […]