Cambridge, UK — TAP Biosystems (now part of the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group), a leading supplier of innovative cell culture and fermentation systems for life science, is delighted to announce its Cellmate automated cell culture system has been chosen by leading stem cell therapy firm, ReNeuron to produce clinical and commercial stem cell therapies at […]

Cologne, Germany / Basel, Switzerland — Lonza has today released CytoSMART™ System, an easy-to-use and affordable live cell imaging system that enables researchers to take time-lapse videos and images of their cell culture without needing to manually inspect their cells. The images taken with the CytoSMART™ Device are transmitted into the cloud, enabling researchers to […]

Sacramento, CA -– SynGen Inc., a company that focuses on the development and commercialization of instrument systems that harvest stem and progenitor cells from umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cell culture, announced today that it has added three new members to its management team as its Cell Processing and Cord Blood Business […]

Hercules, CA —- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of the easy-to-use S3e Cell Sorter (488/640 nm). This latest addition to the company’s series of S3e Cell Sorters incorporates the fluorescence wavelengths commonly used by immunologists. Traditionally, cell sorters have primarily been available in core labs due to the high […]

The Innovation Village, the GE Healthcare’s first in the UK, has created substantial interest amongst early stage life sciences businesses internationally – with more than 50 expressions of interest received to date since it was announced last month at BioWales 2015 – the flagship event for life sciences in Wales. Based within GE Healthcare’s existing […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT:BTX) today announced that the clinical-grade human Embryonic Stem (hES) cell lines from BioTime’s wholly-owned subsidiary ES Cell International Pte Ltd (ESI, Singapore) will be used by UC Irvine scientist Dr. Leslie Thompson to continue her promising research in the use of stem cells to treat Huntington’s disease under […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX) today announced a nonexclusive License Agreement between BioTime’s subsidiary ES Cell International Pte Ltd (ESI) and Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope(BRICOH, Duarte, CA) through which ESI’s clinical-grade human embryonic stem (hES) cells will be manufactured and provided to BRICOH’s clinical collaborators, including medical research […]

SAN DIEGO, CA -– Invetech, a global leader in instrument design and development, custom automation, and contract manufacturing, and NanoCellect Biomedical, a company developing affordable and accessible flow cytometry and cell sorting technology for life science researchers, today announced a collaboration to develop a novel flow cytometry platform. Headquartered in San Diego, NanoCellect Biomedical has […]

Hamburg, Germany -– Eppendorf AG’s new app offers a variety of useful aids for everyday laboratory work in addition to product information that has been optimized for mobile devices. “Making daily laboratory work easier for our users: that’s the comprehensive claim we want mobile users to experience with our new app,” says Frank Thormählen, Director […]

Billerica, MA -– Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in tools for cell metabolism research, introduces the XFp Cell Energy Phenotype Test Kit. The kit enables a unique real-time assay on live cells that determines their baseline metabolic phenotype and potential. This one-hour test measures both the mitochondrial and glycolytic activity of the cells, and compares […]