BOULDER, CO – ViroCyt, LLC, the leader in rapid virus quantification, announced today the introduction of the next generation Virus Counter at the World Vaccine Congress being held in Washington, DC. The Virus Counter technology has already been adopted by the leading companies in the fields of viral vaccine development and therapeutic protein expression. The […]

CONCORD, Calif.– Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) announced today that Dr. Frank Witney, president and chief executive officer of Affymetrix, has joined its board of directors and the compensation committee. Dr. Witney joins the board with over 30 years of experience in the life science industry, specifically focused on corporate strategy and commercialization of products in […]

Uppsala, Sweden — Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, today announced that EMD Millipore, Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, has released five new immunoassay kits designed specifically for use on Gyrolab™ xP workstation. The new, fully qualified GyroMark™ HT kits from EMD Millipore […]

Hawthorne, CA and Lexington, MA – BioDiscovery, Inc., a leader in DNA structural variant analysis laboratory software for copy number (CNV) and sequence variation, and N-of-One, the leading provider of molecular interpretation and therapeutic strategies for precision medicine in oncology, today announced a partnership to jointly provide integrated genomic analysis interpretation solutions. This partnership will […]

BOTHELL, Wash. — BioLife Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: BLFS) today announced that is has closed a public offering of units for gross proceeds of approximately $15.4 million at a price of $4.30 per unit, completed the conversion of $14.3 million of debt into equity and received approval to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital […]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the study of the research work of Dr Paul Squires and his colleagues at the University of Warwick. Dr Paul Squires and Dr Claire Hills from the School of Life Sciences (SLS) at the University of Warwick […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. and NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Syapse, the leading provider of software for bringing omics data into routine medical use, announced today at the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Annual Meeting that it will enable popular third-party commercial omics interpretation providers to make their content available to Syapse customers through the Syapse platform. […]

Warren, NJ – Roka Bioscience announced today that its Atlas Listeria monocytogenes LmG2 Detection Assay (“Atlas LmG2 assay”) has received AOAC Performance Tested MethodsSM certification from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI). The independent laboratory study testing was conducted by Silliker, Inc., as part of the AOAC-RI independent third-party evaluation and validation processes. The Atlas LmG2 […]

Darmstadt – Merck, the global pharmaceuticals and chemicals company, today announced the promotion of three distinguished internal managers to head the life-science-tools and consumer health divisions as well as its allergy business unit respectively as the company enters the growth phase of its transformation program “Fit for 2018.” Udit Batra, who over the past two […]

Warrington, PA – Polysciences, Inc., an award-winning company specializing in the development and manufacture of high purity chemicals and reagents for laboratory research, announced the appointment of Kimberly Glover as new Product Manager of its Life Sciences Division. In this role, Ms. Glover will assume responsibility of Polysciences’ Life Sciences product lines, including; histology, light […]