SANTA CLARA, Calif., and SINGAPORE — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Nanyang Technological University today announced they are collaborating on the development of new solutions for the biological treatment of wastewater. In this collaboration, the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), which leads NTU’s efforts in water research, will use Agilent’s bio-analytical instruments […]

Cambridge, UK — Horizon Discovery (Horizon), a leading provider of research tools to support translational genomics and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Desktop Genetics for development of a CRISPR design platform. The platform will be used by Horizon to quickly identify the best guide-RNAs in […]

Woburn, MA and Marshfield, WI. PathoGenetix, Inc., a developer of an automated system for bacterial strain typing, and Marshfield Food Safety, LLC, a full service microbiology and chemistry contract testing laboratory, have signed an agreement to evaluate PathoGenetix’s RESOLUTION™ Microbial Genotyping System. Under the agreement, Marshfield will conduct independent testing of the RESOLUTION instrument, assays […]

AMSBIO, specialists in 3D cell culture technology, has announced the launch of a 384-well version of the popular Alvetex®Scaffold cell culture plates. The new Alvetex®Scaffold 3D cell culture plates provide biopharmaceutical companies with a new tool to improve the predictive accuracy, productivity and biological relevance of their cell based high throughput testing. The new 384-well […]

Lawrence, MA –– Charm’s ROSA WET XR Aflatoxin Quantitative test for feed and grain receives GIPSA approval for the detection of 0 to 100 ppb aflatoxin in a single 5 minute assay. WET (Water Extraction Technology) eliminates the use of organic solvents such as ethanol and methanol through the use of a non-hazardous extraction powder […]

Gardner, MA — Vn96 is a synthetic peptide that was designed to specifically stick to surface molecules on microvesicles (MVs) and exosomes. Microvesicles are a facsimile of a diseased cell that contain the same altered genes and proteins that you would find in a sample obtained from a more invasive surgical biopsy. Microvesicles circulate in […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Fred Strohmeier, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Life Science Products and Solutions, has been named senior vice president, Agilent, and president of Agilent’s Life Sciences and Diagnostics Group (LDG), effective immediately. Strohmeier has been in charge of Agilent’s life sciences business, the […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — IROA® is a novel metabolite labeling tool which enables the next-generation metabolomics IROA ClusterFinder™ data analysis software to eliminate artifacts, and find, identify and quantitate biochemical compounds of interest. IROA Biochemical Quantitation Series 100 and 200 kits make it easy for researchers to analyze biochemicals in bacteria and yeast when combined […]

High Yield Transfection and Baculovirus Production in Insect Cells [Madison, WI] If low protein expression in insect cells is bugging you, consider the NEW TransIT®-Insect Transfection Reagent. Insect cells are a powerful platform for generating recombinant baculovirus and for producing high-levels of soluble, functional protein. TransIT-Insect is an animal-origin free transfection reagent specifically optimized for […]

NIH data-sharing collaboration with Life Technologies will advance genetic and translational research, therapeutic target discovery For the first time, large-scale information on the biochemical makeup of small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules is available publicly. These molecules are used in research to help scientists better understand how genes function in disease. Making these data accessible to […]