MADISON, WIS. – Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI), a FUJIFILM company, today announced an agreement with Roche to supply CDI’s induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived iCell products to contribute to the identification of novel drug candidates at the early stages of drug discovery. Key Points Under the terms of the supply and license agreement, Roche […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced it has secured final approval from the European Commission (EC) on the planned acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The EC provided conditional approval of the acquisition on June 15, 2015, subject to approval of the divestment of certain Sigma-Aldrich assets. On October 20, […]

Chromatrap, a business unit of Porvair Sciences Ltd, has announced the launch of its own range of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-validated antibodies. Building on the company’s success in the solid-state ChIP market, which underpins modern epigenetic research, the addition of ChIP-validated antibodies further enhances the high performance application solutions that Chromatrap can provide researchers. Chromatrap Product […]

IPSWICH, Mass. — New England Biolabs (NEB®) today launched the NEBNext Selector, an online, interactive tool that helps researchers easily determine the optimal NEBNext product for every step in their next generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation workflow. “The rapid evolution of NGS technologies can make it difficult for users to keep abreast of the latest […]

LUXEMBOURG — Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) announced the launch of the DeepChek® SingleRound HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotyping and Sequencing assays. These two assays are the first in its virology reagents portfolio. The DeepChek® SingleRound assays are currently available for Research Use Only. The DeepChek® SingleRound HIV RT-PCR and Sequencing Assay detects all […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. & MEDFORD, Mass.– BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT and TASE: BTX), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, and Hepregen Corporation, a privately held company engaged in the development and marketing of proprietary drug screening products, today announced the formation of Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc. (“Ascendance”). Ascendance combines Hepregen’s application-directed, cellular micro-patterning drug and chemical screening technologies […]

BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO – Gen9 today announced the launch of a powerful DNA library platform that allows users to rapidly design variants and order synthetic DNA libraries. The new platform will be unveiled at SynBioBeta San Francisco, taking place November 4-6 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. The platform, available within […]

London UK: Desktop Genetics Ltd (“DTG” or “the Company”) a software company revolutionizing the way biologists use CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology, announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Transcriptic Inc, (Transcriptic), a California based robotic cloud laboratory for life sciences. The partnership, announced at the SynBioBeta conference, will combine DTG’s CRISPR/Cas9 design […]

Corning, N.Y. | Corning Life Sciences | Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced the opening of the Corning Life Sciences Asia distribution center in the Yangshan Free Trade Port Area, Shanghai, China. This distribution center will provide customers with improved support and supply of Corning’s leading life science brands in Asia, including Corning®, Falcon®, and Axygen®. […]

ST. LOUIS — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology company, today announced it has expanded its distribution agreements with GENEWIZ® and Oxford Genetics to provide customers with an easy-to-use, web-based ordering system that will provide instant pricing for most synthetic DNA up to 5kb. Scientists can now order synthesized genes from […]