MANASSAS, Va. – ATCC, the premier biological materials resource and standards organization, and iPS Academia Japan, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan) (AJ) today announced a worldwide non-exclusive licensing agreement for AJ’s induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell patent portfolio. The portfolio arises from work by Professor Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) […]

CORNING, N.Y. – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has hired Dr. Richard Eglen, 54, as vice president and general manager of the Corning Life Sciences business segment. Eglen will be responsible for all aspects of the organization, which is a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and supplying scientific laboratory products and drug discovery innovations. Eglen comes […]

BEVERLY, MA and TORONTO, Ontario – Hamilton Thorne Ltd. (TSX-V: HTL), a leading provider of advanced laser systems for the regenerative medicine, fertility and stem cell research markets, today announced the advancement of the collaboration with ISee3D Inc. to market their unique single camera, single lens, single chip 3D microscope technology currently under development. The […]

South San Fransisco, Calif. – Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the laboratory of Charles Emala, M.D. at Columbia University has demonstrated, for the first time, the effective use of ensemble recording to measure ion channel currents from human primary cells. The use of primary cells in conjunction with automated electrophysiology is essential to achieving […]

Madison, WI – An agreement between UCLA and Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) will provide stem cell and cancer researchers with leading-edge technologies that will drive research capabilities and further the understanding of complex disease. The technologies, including the latest generation microarray systems from Roche NimbleGen, high-throughput screening instruments, genetic expression profilers and exome […]

TAP Biosystems, (the new corporate identity of The Automation Partnership), a leading supplier of innovative automation and consumables for life science applications, today announced it will be introducing the CompacT SC™, an automated T-flask cell culture system designed to fully control expansion, differentiation and maintenance of stem cells on Stand 427 at this years’ ISSCR […]

Madison, WI – Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) today announced an agreement with iPS Academia Japan, Inc., who will distribute CDI’s iCell® Cardiomyocytes, the first commercially available product based on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in Japan. This distribution agreement brings the vision of the two pioneers of iPSC technology, Dr. James Thomson and Dr. […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) Biomedical Solutions Division announces that its Cell Processing Work Station (CPWS), an integrated, stand-alone solution for GMP compliant processing and preparation of regenerative stem cell and cell therapies for research use, has been installed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as the nation’s first installation […]

San Antonio, TX, United States – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today celebrated the grand opening of its new North American Professional Service Center in San Antonio, Texas. The site currently employs 125 BD associates and is expected to bring a total of nearly 300 new jobs to the […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. – BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced that two human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines, ESI-014 and ESI-017, developed by a BioTime subsidiary have been approved by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for inclusion in the NIH Human […]