Porvair Sciences has announced the addition of the novel Chromatrap chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay range to its portfolio of products for epigenetics. Developed in conjunction with Department of Life Sciences at University of Swansea, UK – Chromatrap® uses a solid phase porous polymer functionalised with protein A, allowing the chromatin capture to be more efficient […]

CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced that it has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies. The list is selected following a comprehensive evaluation of governance and accounting practices of candidate companies having market capitalization over $250 million. The rankings are based on data from GMI Ratings […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., — GenoSpace, LLC, a company that builds information systems capable of storing and integrating genomic information and other health data for clinical care and advanced research, today announced the addition of Daniel Meyer as Chief Financial Officer. “We have been working with Dan in an advisory relationship since forming the company, and are […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced that its iCOGS custom array was used to identify genetic variants related to breast, ovary and prostate cancer as part of the Collaborative Oncological Gene-Environment Study (COGS), the results of which were published today in Nature Genetics and other leading journals.1 Developed in collaboration with four large […]

Various data, already presented at academic meetings, indicates that Medicyte’s upcyte® hepatocytes combine the benefits of quantity (generation of up to 2000 vials per donor) with the quality of primary hepatocytes. The new generation of upcyte® hepatocytes show more comparable results to primary cells in in-vitro assays (such as CYP 3A4-Induction, genotoxicity or hepato- and […]

A new DNA test launched today cuts the time it takes to find horsemeat in food from two days to less than four hours. The process was developed by QIAGEN, the world’s leading provider of molecular sample and assay technologies. The new testing method can detect in real time even minute traces of horsemeat (

GAITHERSBURG, Md. & SHIN-YOKOHAMA, Japan — MEDINET Co. Ltd. (TSE: #2370) and MaxCyte, Inc. announce the publication of the results of their scientific collaboration demonstrating that the use of MaxCyte’s cell loading technology results in 5 – 20 fold enhancement in potency of dendritic cell vaccines. The manuscript entitled ‘Clinical scale electroloading of mature dendritic […]

SAN DIEGO, CA –– Genalyte, Inc. today announced its MaverickTM Detection System that simultaneously analyzes multiple antibodies and other proteins from a single small sample is now CE marked in Europe for research use. The company also reported its first European distribution agreements for the Maverick Detection System, signing on specialty distributors Mokascience in France, […]

founded a subsidiary in France, Analytik Jena France S.A.R.L., which has now officially begun operations within the framework of a customer event. The products of the Analytical Instrumentation and Life Science divisions are to be sold via Analytik Jena France in future. The inauguration of the office and the application laboratories took place on March […]

Promium, L.L.C., a leading provider of laboratory software, announced today that the company has received a contract from Environment Canada, the federal department responsible for environmental protection and monitoring in Canada, to supply Element LIMS (laboratory information management system) for Environment Canada’s national network of environmental laboratories. This is the first time one uniform LIMS […]