AARHUS, Denmark–This week, collaborating researchers at CLC bio and Queen Mary University of London have released a genome assembly of the European ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior, as part of the British Ash Tree Genome project. The release comes as populations of ash trees across Europe have been devastated by the ash dieback fungus, which spread […]

Asynt has announced a new range of PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) components, including lids, stirrers, stirrer guides, temperature probe holders and clamps for its own and other brands of controlled lab reactors. PTFE offers many unique properties that make it the ultimate high performance material for the construction of laboratory apparatus and equipment. Asynt PTFE reactor components […]

Following last Thursday’s clearance from the German Federal Cartel Office, Endress+Hauser (Deutschland) AG+Co. KG is able to acquire the shares originally held by the Netherlands-based Verder Group, along with unsubscribed shares from the recent increase of capital stock. “Accordingly, we yesterday published the fact of having gained control over Analytik Jena, together with our decision […]

Albuquerque, NM — Sandia Biotech, Inc., an Albuquerque, NM based, privately held biotech development and manufacturing company has signed a co-exclusive, global distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich for its Split Fluorescent Protein (sFP) product line, which is based on technology licensed from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Sandia Biotech will continue to manufacture its novel Split […]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, accepted a Silver Stevie® Award for their Muse® Cell Analyzer and a Bronze Stevie® Award for their Direct Detect® Protein Quantitation System. These awards were distributed by the American Business AwardsSM, the premier business award program in the United States. Finalists […]

LONDON — Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the availability of an extensive set of advanced predictive sciences applications and services. These integrated capabilities enable drug discovery teams to investigate and evaluate hypotheses about the chemical or biological behavior of molecules of therapeutic interest in silico […]

Boulder, Colorado and Basel Switzerland — BiOptix formally announced the European expansion of the BiOptix Innovators Program at MipTec & BioValley Life Sciences Week, being held in Basel, Switzerland from September 24 – 26, 2013. During the event, the company is launching the BiOptix Innovators Program into Europe, with an emphasis on partnering with key […]

ST. LOUIS, MO –– Certara™, a leading provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, today announced that its Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Richard D. Cramer III was presented with the 2013 Herman Skolnik Award by the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Information at […]

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch) is a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry. Biosearch has acquired a majority stake in LightSpeed Genomics, Inc. (LSG), a Santa Clara, California-based company developing an innovative optical detection solution for the life science and diagnostics industry based on its proprietary […]

ST. LOUIS — SAGE Labs, Inc., a leading provider of in vivo products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that it has entered into a partnership and licensing agreement with Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Caribou Bio) for key intellectual property related to the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system. Under the agreement, SAGE […]