FREMONT, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., – WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WGBS), a publicly held genomics technology company (“WaferGen”), and Takara Bio USA Holdings, Inc. (“TBUSH”), today announced that they have entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which TBUSH will acquire WaferGen. TBUSH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc. (TSE: 4974), […]

Cambridge, UK, – Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces it has entered into two Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) agreements with a global market leading Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform company, with the potential for additional agreements to follow. Horizon is a leading […]

CELLSTAR cell culture vessels with cell-repellent surface available in new formats Greiner Bio-One, the technology partner to the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, is exhibiting its extended product portfolio of CELLSTAR cell culture vessels with cell-repellent coatings at the Analytica 2016 trade fair, which is being held from 10 to 13 May in Munich, Germany. Previously, […]

We are proud that our aquatic monitoring equipment and technology will be used in a joint monitoring project between the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Rijkswaterstaat) and the Chinese Taihu Basin Authority (TBA). For several years the CytoSense flow cytometer in combination with the EasyClus software byThomas Rutten Projects (TR Projects) have been […]

MELVILLE, N.Y. – The days of giving the same pill to every patient are fading into the past. Important advances in pharmacogenetics have determined that your genetic makeup directly influences your reaction to life-saving medications. Directly involved in drug metabolism, the extremely varied cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme family can increase or decrease your drug sensitivity. […]

Jena, Germany, – Nucleic acid isolation and purification are among the most widespread laboratory methods worldwide. Along with the process for isolating nucleic acids using phenol/chloroform or ion exchangers, the method for the extraction of nucleic acids and binding them to the mineral solid phase has established itself everywhere. This method was first published by […]

MILFORD, Mass., – SeraCare Life Sciences, a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, today announces the launch of AccuPlex Zika Reference Material to fast track the development and validation of PCR-based Zika virus assays. Based on SeraCare’s patent-pending AccuPlex recombinant virus technology, AccuPlex Zika Reference Material provides a safe, non-replicative, and […]

Hudson, New York, – Taconic Biosciences, a leading provider of genetically modified solutions to researchers worldwide, announced its partnership with Life Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. to provide Taconic mouse models and services to researchers in India and the Middle East. “The partnership with Life Technologies strengthens our distribution network in India and parts of the […]

AMSBIO has introduced two new products to assist the increasing number of scientists adopting organoid culture as a physiologically relevant model for organ development. These new tools build upon the widespread use of AMSBIO’s BME2 ‘organoid matrix’ by leading research groups worldwide. BME 2 is the extracellular matrix of choice for growing and supporting organoid […]

SAN DIEGO – nanoComposix, Inc., a company with unique expertise in manufacturing precisely engineered and highly characterized nanoparticles, announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new silver nanoparticle reference material based on nanoComposix’s silver nanoparticles The new NIST test material is believed to be the first of its kind […]