San Francisco, CA and Chalfont St Giles, UK, UCSF and the Cell Technologies business of GE Healthcare Life Sciences have begun a unique collaboration aimed at overcoming the lack of blood-forming stem cells available to patients suffering from life-threatening diseases such as lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia or sickle cell anemia. The goal of the $840,000, three-year […]

Basel, Switzerland, Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for drug discovery and life science research, today announced Axxam is advancing its high-throughput screening services with Genedata Screener. Axxam, a leading contract research and discovery company, focuses on collaborative research programs for the life science industry. With Genedata Screener’s flexible configuration capabilities and rich […]

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, BioData Ltd., a scientific software company funded by Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Publishers, today launched Labguru, a research management tool designed for academic labs. Labguru’s customizable and affordable web application helps researchers plan experiments, track progress, share results and comments, manage inventories, and organize related documents, protocols and data. More […]

CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced an upgrade to its existing line of Corning® 384-well clear bottom microplates. The new 384-well clear bottom microplates are the latest example of Corning’s ongoing 384-well microplate upgrade project. The new microplates are dimensionally identical to the recently upgraded-solid colored microplates, allowing for easy transition into existing […]

Greenwich, CT, Great Point Partners today announced that Great Point Partners I portfolio company, Mediatech, Inc., was acquired by Corning Incorporated in an all-cash transaction. Mediatech is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning and will be integrated into Corning’s Life Science segment. Mediatech develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of high quality cell culture […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Quanterix Corporation, a company enabling a new generation of molecular diagnostic tests based on its revolutionary Single Molecule Array (SiMoA™) technology, announced today that it has been awarded a one year $250,155 contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop an assay capable of detecting single molecules of botulinum toxin (BoNT) […]

Toronto, Canada – Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) and Sirius Analytical Instruments, Ltd. are pleased to announce a partnership that enables users to predict pKa, logP, and solubility values using ACD/Labs software prior to taking measurements on the SiriusT3 instrument—focusing experimental efforts. The partnership will enable users to easily set up a “Sample Model” with […]

ISSAQUAH, Wash., Applied Precision, a GE Healthcare company, will showcase its DeltaVision OMX V4 Blaze™, a microscopy system designed to reach the next level in the evolution of super-resolution imaging by employing a proprietary, ultra-fast, illumination module and the latest advanced high-speed camera technologies. The OMX Blaze will be showcased to the public for the […]

CORNING, N.Y., Corning Incorporated announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Mediatech, Inc., a Virginia-based corporation, including Mediatech’s subsidiary, KD Medical, Inc., a Maryland-based corporation. Mediatech is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Corning and will be integrated into Corning’s Life Sciences segment. The terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Mediatech […]

SAN DIEGO, Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, is pleased to announce that Chr. Hansen has selected the on-premise iLabber electronic lab notebook (ELN) from Accelrys’ wholly-owned subsidiary Contur for global knowledge management across the enterprise. The iLabber notebook (previously the ConturELN) is a proven, cost-effective, server-based system that […]