ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced an expanded portfolio of Thermo Scientific Nunc Roller Bottles for cell culture production. To address the rapid growth and expansion of the global bioproduction market, Nunc™ Roller Bottles are now available in a wider choice of materials and surface treatments. […]

OpGen, Inc. announced today the launch of Genome-Builder, a high performance software module that provides new, powerful capabilities for precision sequence assembly and significantly decreases the time and labor required for human, animal and plant genome sequence assembly. OpGen presented initial studies using Genome-Builder this week with its collaborators at the Sanger Institute during a […]

FREMONT, Calif. — WaferGen Biosystems, Inc. (OTCBB:WGBS), the provider of next-generation genomic analysis systems, announced that its SmartChip Real-Time PCR System was chosen by a German consortium to advance their research toward developing a reliable blood test for detection of cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. The results of the multicenter study were published in Nature […]

Ann Arbor, MI – 3D Biomatrix, a leader in the development of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture products, and their collaborators have formed cellular spheroids from more than 20 cell lines utilizing Perfecta3D(TM) Hanging Drop Plates. The formation of spheroids from cell lines from several mammals (human, mouse, monkey) demonstrates that the versatility of the Hanging […]

St. Louis, Mo. – Sigma-Aldrich®, today announced that Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business, released a new version of OligoArchitect™, the comprehensive, easy-to-use online tool for automated design of primers and probes for quantitative real-time PCR assays. Powered by the industry standard Beacon Designer™ platform from PREMIER Biosoft, OligoArchitect is […]

Micronic Europe BV has launched a traceable sample management system for donor organisations and banks looking to streamline the storage of blood, bone, allograft and tissue bank materials. For tissue, bone, blood and allograft organizations, the integrity and handling of each sample is critical. Drawing upon over 25 years experience of supplying sample storage and […]

ALAMEDA, Calif.––BioTime, Inc. announced today the publication in the peer-reviewed journal Stem Cell Research of the complete genome sequence analysis of five clinical-grade human embryonic stem cell lines. “Evaluating the Genomic and Sequence Integrity of Human ES Cell Lines: Comparison to Normal Genomes” is the first such analysis of the entire genome of human embryonic […]

MCLEAN, VA – Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army BOSS-U (Biometrics Operations and Support Services – Unrestricted) program to further develop and supply the IntegenX RapidHIT™ 200 Human DNA Identification System. Previously, IntegenX participated in an invited US Department of Defense (DOD) exercise where the […]

Lucigen Corporation is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded two separate SBIR Phase I grants to fund additional research and development. The National Institutes of Health has awarded Lucigen a total of $350,000 in Small Business Innovation Research grants to be used to develop research tools with the potential to improve human […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Affymetrix®, Inc. today announced at the ICHG/ASHG annual conference in Montreal, the worldwide launch of the Axiom® Genome-Wide Pan-African Array, the first commercial product to maximize genomic coverage of both common and rare alleles in populations of African ancestry, including West African, East African, and African American. The Axiom Solution is the only […]