SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO and SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA –– Continuing its strategy of delivering disruptive single-cell analysis capabilities to life science researchers around the world, Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DVS Sciences, Inc. (DVS) to create a single-cell technology powerhouse. Combined with DVS, Fluidigm will be able to offer a comprehensive […]
From: Tanya Samazan [mailto:tsamazan@strategic-directions.com] San Diego, CA.IntelliCyt Corporation, a provider of assay screening solutions for phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing, announced the new iQue™ Screener HD, the first commercially available instrument for screening in suspension using the 1536 well microplate format. It is the latest addition to IntelliCyt’s platform of […]
Aptamers are oligonucleotides or peptides that bind to a specific target molecule. Aptamers are useful in biotechnological and therapeutic applications as they offer molecular recognition properties that rival that of the commonly used biomolecule, antibodies. In addition to their discriminate recognition, aptamers offer advantages over antibodies as they can be engineered completely in a test […]
ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, will be launching the genetically-modified HepaRG human liver cell line, licensed from Biopredic, for hepatotoxicity and drug metabolism assays. Currently undergoing beta-testing by multiple contract research and pharmaceutical organizations, the assays will be publicly available […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. Life Technologies Corporation today announces the launch of Lipofectamine® 3000, the company’s most efficient and versatile transfection reagent for nucleic acid delivery in the broadest spectrum of cell lines. The product increases efficiency up to 10-fold in difficult-to-transfect cells, which is key for researchers working with more biologically relevant cell models. “Its superior […]
CORNING, N.Y. – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced its new Corning® 96- and 384-Well Spheroid Microplates and the Corning® High-Content Imaging Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) Microplates. Corning Life Sciences will showcase its latest innovations in booth #1029 at the Society for Laboratory Automation & Screening (SLAS) 2014 Conference, Jan. 18-22, in San Diego, Calif. […]
Agreement supports further development of organoids as next-generation drug screening platform Utrecht- The HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with STEMCELL Technologies Inc. for the manufacturing and worldwide distribution of cell culture media for growing Organoids. Organoids are mini-organs grown in tissue culture from small pieces of […]
PARIS — Cellectis (Paris:ALCLS): Axxam (Milan), a leading provider of discovery services including assay development for high-throughput screening, and Cellectis bioresearch (Paris), the cell engineering expert, have started a collaboration to offer to the Life Science industry an extensive range of integrated discovery services based on genomic engineering technologies. Under the joint offering, clients will […]
Nanotechnology leader, Ionscope Ltd, announces the appointment of Dr Ward Hills as CEO and Dr Andy Richardson as CTO. Both joined the company last month as product shipments were being made to Mexico, China and the UK. Ionscope manufactures Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopes (SICMs) for imaging living cells. SICMs are used by neurological and cardiac […]
This week a Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope (SICM) was received by Shanghai-based Genetimes for installation in the Faculty of Basic Medicine of Zhe Jiang University in Hangzhou (China). “SICM devices allow nanoscale topographic imaging of live cells without destroying the fine structures on the cell membrane or disrupting cellular processes. No other approach can currently […]
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