WOBURN, Mass. — HighRes Biosolutions (“HighRes”), a leading manufacturer of laboratory automation systems and devices, announced today the sale of a majority interest in the company to Axel Johnson, Inc., a private company owned by the Johnson family of Stockholm, Sweden. The partnership between the two companies is intended to add financial strength and resources […]

Austin, TX — Bioo Scientific announced that it has developed and optimized automation protocols on the Sciclone® NGS and NGSx Workstations for the NEXTflex™ library preparation kits, including the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional qRNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid Directional RNA-Seq Kit, the NEXTflex™ Rapid RNA-Seq Kit and the NEXTflex™ Rapid DNA-Seq Kit. These fully automated protocols […]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, Inc. expands their ongoing investment in the European microplate-based technology market with the opening of their new UK Office in Swindon. Mr. Dominic Herring, previously BioTek’s Business and Development Manager with BioTek Singapore, was named General Manager. The new office will focus on bringing enhanced applications and technical support […]

RADNOR, Pa.– The VWR Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to giving back to the science community, approved 16 grants totaling over $140,000 since February of this year. The Foundation supports organizations and programs that are in alignment with its three strategic priorities – research, health and well-being, and science education. “The VWR Foundation is off […]

SUNNYVALE, CALIF –- Labcyte Inc., a company revolutionizing life science research with its patented acoustic liquid handling technology, today announced expanded capabilities for the Echo® 525 liquid handler with the introduction of the Echo qualified reservoir, a liquid handler source plate designed to enable convenient assay assembly and efficient large volume reagent transfers. The reservoir […]

Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has introduced a number of new features for the Spark™ 10M multimode reader. These first updates to the innovative Spark 10M include a cuvette port for absorbance measurements and an enhanced detection module, offering straightforward performance of immunoassays using PerkinElmer’s Alpha Technology, as well as a number of advanced software features. […]

Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in analytical technologies, today announced a partnership with an industry leader in innovative nanospray technology, New Objective, Inc. that will enable SCIEX to offer the New Objective Digital PicoView® 450 Source for use with the latest generation SCIEX mass spectrometry systems. These high performance nanospray ionization sources offer […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -— QIAGEN today announced the opening of its new principal office in Malaysia to serve its growing base of customers for Sample to Insight solutions, enabling them to help fight diseases using molecular diagnostics, break new ground in research for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, and protect the public through food […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it is formalizing its decades-long approach to improving scientific and business outcomes for laboratories by delivering insights based on the team’s industry-leading knowledge and backed by Agilent’s broad and expanding solutions portfolio. Through the company’s Agilent CrossLab program, its products, services and employees […]