SANTA CLARA, Calif. — ProteinSimple today introduced Wes, another revolutionary re-invention of the Western blot. Wes is the bold evolution of the popular Simple Western family of instruments, delivering simplicity and performance like no product before it. With just 30 minutes of sample prep, Wes will analyze up to 25 samples in under 3 hours […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Maverix Biomics, Inc., a leading provider of software for next-generation sequencing genomic data analysis, today announced that it has closed a $6 million Series A funding round. The company’s pioneering flagship offering, the Maverix Analytic Platform, simplifies complex big data analytics for life science researchers; integrating context-based data exploration, interactive visualization, […]

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Clinical researchers are focused on advancing the secondary use of medical data across clinical and research organizations to unlock the true potential of personalized medicine. To support this goal, the latest release of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center features expanded omics and clinical data models, new user interfaces and workflows […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. (QTCQB: WGBS) announced today the acquisition of the NGS library preparation business from IntegenX Inc. Pursuant to the asset purchase agreement, WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc., through Wafergen, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, acquired on January 6, 2014 substantially all of the assets of IntegenX’s product line used in connection with […]

San Dimas, CA – CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions, is proud to introduce CRAIC TimePro™ kinetic spectroscopy software. This software package is designed to be used with CRAIC Technology’s microspectrophotometers and their controlling Lambdafire™ software. CRAIC TimePro™ allows the user to monitor changes in the spectra over time. The most unique […]

Paris – Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS), the genome engineering specialist, has announced the completion of a structurally important transaction concerning its subsidiary Cellectis bioresearch, which specializes in designing, developing and marketing products and services essentially for academic and biopharmaceutical industry researchers: a simplified legal structure, with Ectycell merged into Cellectis bioresearch; and a reinforced equity position, […]

Manassas, VA — Biomatrica®, Inc., a world leader in ambient temperature biological stabilization technologies, and ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, today announce the completion of a licensing agreement. According to the agreement terms, Biomatrica will supply ATCC with DNAstable® and RNAstable® reagents for the stabilization of DNA and RNA standards. […]

NEW YORK – Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE: ENZ) (“Enzo”, “the Company”) today issued an update on its ongoing litigation surrounding the protection of its intellectual property and contractual rights. Two of the cases, in which Enzo is the Plaintiff, are scheduled for jury trials. Both cases will be tried in the United States District Court […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its cell culture (sera and media), gene modulation and magnetic beads businesses to GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), for approximately $1.06 billion. The businesses will become part […]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Invisible Sentinel Inc., a life- sciences company that develops and manufactures rapid molecular diagnostics for the food industry, announced today that it will partner with Jackson Family Wines, the family-owned winery in Sonoma County, on a first-in-class rapid diagnostic to detect Brettanomyces, a wine-spoiling yeast. The diagnostic assay, called Veriflow® BRETT, will […]