Woburn, MA – The rapid growth of cell-based immunotherapy research has led to an increase in demand for methods to isolate specific immune cell populations from heterogeneous samples with high viability, purity and recovery efficiency. Quad Technologies (“Quad”), is meeting this need with its MagCloudz™ Streptavidin Cell Separation Kits and has partnered with The University […]

SAN DIEGO — Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ONVO) (“Organovo” or the “Company”), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering scientific and medical breakthroughs using its 3D bioprinting technology, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Samsara Sciences, Inc.(“Samsara”), has launched commercial operations. Samsara’s core mission is the provision of high-quality primary human liver cells for a […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and ROTHERHAM, United Kingdom — Triangle Research Labs, LLC (TRL) and Kirkstall, Ltd, are pleased to announce TRL as the primary distributor of Kirkstall’s 3-D cell fluidic culture system, QuasiVivo®, in the US and Canada. “We were searching for an organization to provide specialist market knowledge and help us deliver outstanding […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) announced total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 is expected to be in the range of approximately $30 million and $31 million based on preliminary, unaudited financial data. Total revenue for the full year of 2015 is expected to be in the range of approximately $114 […]

BILLERICA, Mass. — Seahorse Bioscience, a part of Agilent Technologies and the leader in metabolic analyzers and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism, has reached its 500th citation in cancer research. Published in Scientific Reports, the paper hypothesizes that because aberrant activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway is a common feature of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) […]

PLEASANTON, Calif. — 10x Genomics today announced the launch of a new single-cell analysis product. 10x Genomics CEO Serge Saxonov, PhD, will introduce this new product in detail and discuss the company’s strong performance over the past year at 10 a.m. PT, Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the 34th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. This broad […]

HERCULES, Calif. & SAN DIEGO — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) (NYSE: BIOb) andIllumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced an exclusive partnership to develop the most comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for single-cell analysis. The end-to-end commercial solution will enable high-throughput sequencing of thousands of individual cells, traditionally a challenging, costly and time-consuming process. Most […]

WALTHAM, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX), a leading provider of cellular and genetic analysis products, today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of Affymetrix for $14.00 per share in cash. The transaction […]

LA JOLLA, Calif. — SGI-DNA, a Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI) company, has launched a suite of Cell Engineering Services for generation of custom mammalian cell lines for research use. Cell lines developed using this service are appropriate for the expression of novel proteins as well as a variety of functional studies, including cell-based assays for […]

Troy, NY – Applied BioPhysics introduces pFlow peristaltic pump. It can be used for any application requiring controlled flow rates. The pFlow can also be used for barrier function studies of endothelial cells under flow conditions. The specially designed peristaltic pump with flow chambers attaches to ECIS® flow arrays allowing researchers to subject cell layers […]