AUSTIN, Texas and MINNEAPOLIS — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) andBio-Techne Corp (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced the signing of a new distribution and supply agreement through 2020. This agreement extends the relationship between the two companies for immunoassay development and commercialization of Bio-Techne biological content using the Luminex testing platform. Furthermore the agreement allows Bio-Techne to […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) introduced the 4200 TapeStation system, a fully automated instrument that enables scientists to rapidly analyze up to 96 DNA samples at a time. “We designed the new instrument —the successor to our popular 2200 TapeStation system—to address the need for both higher throughput and higher quality […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WGBS) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of units for gross proceeds of $15 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company. The offering was priced at a public offering price of $1.00 per share of common stock (or […]

Santa Clara, Calif. and Austin, Texas – Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) and Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced a distribution agreement under which eBioscience, a business unit of Affymetrix, will sell Luminex’s MAGPIX®, Luminex® 200™ and FLEXMAP 3D® multiplexed assay platforms in specified countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Affymetrix will sell the Luminex […]

Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the relaunch of its brand identity. The fundamental revision of the visual appearance as well as the introduction of a new logo reflect the transformation into a global science and technology company. At the same time, the brand architecture at business level has […]

Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros AB, a pioneer in miniaturizing and automating immunoassays at nanoliter-scale, today introduced a series of new kits for analysis in bioprocess workflows. The new kits comprise Gyrolab™ CHO-HCP Kits 2-5 and two Gyrolab Human IgG Titer Kits for rapid quantification of IgG. Combined with the automation and high throughput of Gyrolab systems, […]

SAN DIEGO — Silicon Biosystems, Inc.today announced that it was awarded a contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) to provide the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) with a DEPArray system for rare, single-cell isolation. The DEPArray system combines image-based cell selection withdielectrophoresis-based cell movement for identification and sorting of […]

SAN DIEGO — BioNano Genomics, the leader in physical genome mapping, today announced that the Company has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The research is intended to study the role of structural variations in human genetic pediatric disorders using BioNano Genomics’ revolutionary genome mapping platform, the […]

Rainbow Coral Corp. (OTCBB:RBCC) partner Nano3D Biosciences (n3D) has signed a major worldwide agreement with leading biotech supplier Greiner Bio-One, continuing the innovative company’s steady march to the marketplace. This partnership paves the way for n3D and Greiner to jointly market n3D’s ground-breaking BioAssembler and Magnetic 3D Bioprinting products in key new markets. Both would […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems (Nasdaq:WGBS) announced today the commercial launch and presentation of data from the ICELL8™ Single-Cell System at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. In the hands of world-class early access partners globally, WaferGen’s ICELL8 Single-Cell system has consistently demonstrated the power to isolate thousands of […]