CAMBRIDGE, England–Sphere Fluidics Limited has developed unique technology for single cell analysis and characterization and provides proprietary products and novel services for this rapidly-growing market. This enabling approach can find rare variants in large cell populations and Sphere Fluidics has patented novel Cyto-Mine™ technology that permits up to one billion assays per biochip per day. […]

Billerica, MA — Seahorse Bioscience, the world leader in cellular metabolic analyzers and assay kits for measuring real-time metabolism, has announced a scholarship agreement with Dr. Guan Min-Xin, Ph.D., Dean, College of Life Sciences, and Director, Institute of Genetics at the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. The scholarship will provide sponsorship to 6 graduate students […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., and MADISON, WIS. – The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences today announced a collaborative agreement with Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) to develop predictive in vitro screening assays for chemical, environmental and pharmaceutical toxicology assessments that utilize CDI’s human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived hepatocytes. Current in vitro models of liver function […]

Rockville, MD — New life science features include colocalization of multiple fluorescent images or channels; learning classification of tissues or cells using multiple parameters for Pathologists; automated wound healing analysis; and advanced ring analysis for otoliths, scales and trees. New industrial inspection and material analysis features include layer thickness measurements; wire bonding corrosion analysis; bubble, […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — New microplate instrumentation from BioTek improves workflow efficiencies in detection, liquid handling and automation of these processes. BioTek will be highlighting four new products in Booth #1301 at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, to be held December 14-18 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The patent pending Cytation™ 3 Cell […]

Cambridge, UK: TAP Biosystems, a leading supplier of innovative cell culture systems and consumables for life science applications, is pleased to announce its Fill-It™, automated benchtop vial filling system is being routinely used at an innovative cell therapy company developing novel cancer immunotherapies, to improve processing speed and throughput of large batches of cells in […]

SEATTLE, WAS., and MADISON, WIS. – The Jain Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to cure muscular dystrophies caused by dysferlin protein deficiency, today announced the signing of a Master Service Agreement with Cellular Dynamics International (CDI; Nasdaq: ICEL). CDI will create five induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from patients with these dystrophies. […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.– LabCentral, an innovative, shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for life-sciences startups, announced that Life Technologies will provide an innovative technology suite of instruments representing the latest platforms developed by the company under an agreement inked last month. Life Technologies will also provide training and service support to LabCentral-based startups conducting genetic […]

HOLLISTON, Mass. — Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of tools to advance life science research, today announced the realignment of its global operations to create organizational efficiencies and better position the Company for growth. As part of the realignment, Harvard Bioscience will reduce its global workforce […]

SANFORD, Maine — HypoxyCOOLTM, the new media conditioning system from Baker Ruskinn, accelerates the reduction of oxygen concentration in tissue/cell culture media to user-defined values by as much as two days. The system is the first commercialized solution for precisely controlling oxygen levels in liquid media used in stem cell expansion or any tissue culture […]