Qbic Arkiv Fund, Foundation Majoie and SOFI invest 2.0 million EUR in UGent spin-off Biogazelle, a company that offers software and laboratory services for gene expression analysis. Biogazelle will primarily use the investment to further develop its research on therapeutic RNA targets for specific cancer types, and to expand its commercial activities. Biogazelle (www.biogazelle.com) was […]

Micronichas announced a new version 2.2.6 of its Tracxer storage tube code reading software. Fully compatible with all Micronic tube scanners** the new user friendly software is easy to install, gives reliable code readings and can be smoothly integrated into any laboratory sample database. All new features in version 2.2.6 are included as standard in […]

Framingham, MA and San Diego, CA — AB SCIEX and Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today the OneOmicsTM project, an exclusive partnership to bring together SWATHTM-based next-generation proteomics (NGP) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) tools in a cloud computing environment. The AB SCIEX SWATHTM Proteomics Cloud Tool Kit suite of applications will be hosted in BaseSpace, Illumina’s […]

Belfast, Northern Ireland — Bitplane, an Oxford Instruments company and microDimensions today announce a partnership to bring Voloom®, from microDimensions, to the wider life sciences market via the Bitplane sales channels. Voloom is an intuitive and automated software solution for the alignment and reconstruction of whole slide scanner images (and other series of 2D images) […]

Branford, CT –- Core Informatics, provider of the premier cloud-based scientific informatics platform, today announced that Kevin Cronin has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Cronin brings 25 years of experience leading sales and marketing teams that demonstrated outstanding growth and success serving pharmaceutical, agrochemical, consumer and chemical companies. He joined Core from […]

HERCULES, CA — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO) and (NYSE: BIO.B), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the recent appointment of Mr. John Goetz as Chief Operating Officer. In his new role Mr. Goetz is responsible for all operating functions of the company on a global basis, including […]

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — Instem, a leading provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, announced today that Roche has selected their recently launched Cyto Study Manager™ software system to support their genetic toxicology research program. Developed by Perceptive Instruments, which is now operating as part of Instem, Cyto Study Manager integrates data […]

Palo Alto, Calif. — TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), a global leader in infrastructure and business intelligence software, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on software, data and technology-enabled businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, TIBCO stockholders […]

CAMBRIDGE, MA -— IFI CLAIMS® Patent Services, the leading producer of global patent databases, analytic solutions and innovative web services, and ChemAxon, a leading provider of chemical informatics software for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, announced a collaboration to deliver IFI’s global patent data over ChemAxon’s recently introduced ChemCurator software platform. ChemCurator is a […]

Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and related life science research, today announced that the FUNGITECT consortium has chosen Genedata Selector as its host-pathogen data analysis platform for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. FUNGITECT is a European consortium dedicated to improving the treatment of invasive fungal diseases via […]