SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today named Dr. Mitchell Guttman the winner of its 2015 Early Career Professor Award. The award, now in its seventh year, recognizes one early career professor for his or her exceptional, original research contributions and outstanding potential for future research. Dr. Guttman was selected from a […]

OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO) today announced that it has completed the divestment of its Genetic Assays & Platforms (GAP) Business Unit to ADSTEC Corporation, and one of its affiliates (ADSTEC). ADSTEC is a privately-held Japanese company that manufactures and sells specialized instruments and reagents for the biotechnology industry. Transgenomic transferred all rights […]

AMSBIO has launched DNA-In® CRISPR – an innovative transfection reagent that simplifies and accelerates genome editing using large plasmids and difficult-to-transfect cells for life science researchers generating disease models. Since its emergence, CRISPR-Cas9 technology has been rapidly adopted as a mainstream approach for performing genetic manipulation. This powerful tool has transformed the process of generating […]

Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, today announced it has signed development agreements with three major developers of companion diagnostic tests worth an initial c$3.3 million (c£2.2 million). The agreements will see the […]

Austin, TX — Bioo Scientific recently launched the NEXTflex™ Small RNA-Seq Kit v3, which improves small RNA analysis by making the library prep protocol completely gel-free or allowing for low-input small RNA library preparation. This kit also reduces the biases associated with small RNA sequencing by using patent pending randomized adapter technology, resulting in small […]

Schlieren, Switzerland – InSphero AG, the leading supplier of easy-to-use solutions for production, culture, and assessment of more organotypic 3D cell culture models, has promoted Melanie Aregger to serve as Chief Operating Officer. Having joined InSphero in November 2013 as Business Development Manager, Ms. Aregger served on the management team and was promoted to Head […]

Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE:HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, and Axol Bioscience Ltd (Axol), a biotechnology company specializing in the use of stem cell technology to manufacture disease relevant cell based assay systems, announce […]

BROOKLYN, N.Y.– Any quality assurance, metrology or quality control person knows all too well, the stress that an ISO audit can bring about. Hearing about an upcoming ISO-17025 audit is enough to make one break into a cold sweat. A section 5.6 nonconformance, i.e. using a non-approved or un-accredited calibration provider is one of the […]

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — CROWN BIOSCIENCE, A GLOBAL DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMPANY PROVIDING TRANSLATIONAL PLATFORMS TO ADVANCE ONCOLOGY AND METABOLIC DISEASE RESEARCH, NOW PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PLATFORM. “Crown’s suite of in vitro and in vivo immuno-oncology assays employing translational experimental models help inform and accelerate the development of cancer immunotherapies […]