CAMBRIDGE, Mass –– Knome announced today that it has joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, an alliance working to accelerate world-wide efforts to responsibly share and analyze large amounts of genomic and clinical data. Partners in the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health offer important perspectives and expertise and are pooling their intellectual […]

Manassas, VA — ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization, is pleased to announce two important appointments to the senior leadership team. Barbie Bigelow has joined ATCC as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Technology and Dr. Maryellen de Mars also joins as the Senior Director for the Standards Resource Center. Both […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.– Two scientists from Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as a collaborator from Proteome Sciences plc, have been recognized for their contribution to develop and commercialize isobaric labeling for quantitative proteomics experiments. The award, the annual Science and Technology Award from the Human Proteome Organization, recognized the scientists’ contribution to the development of […]

DARMSTADT, Germany & ST. LOUIS, Mo.– Merck, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the pharmaceutical, chemical and life science sectors, and Sigma-Aldrich today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will acquire Sigma-Aldrich for $17.0 billion (€13.1 billion), establishing one of the leading players in the […]

Mountain View, CA —- Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of the DNA SMART ChIP-Seq Kit. This kit adapts Clontech’s patented SMART® technology in an innovative manner for use with low-input samples, including both dsDNA and ssDNA templates, to generate ChIP-seq libraries for NGS. SMART (Switching Mechanism […]

FARMINGTON, CT and PLEASANTON, CA — Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) (“Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and cleantech industries, today announced it led a $10 million venture loan for IntegenX Inc.(“IntegenX”), […]

BILLERICA, Mass. —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Frederick (Fritz) L. Eibel as its new Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. Mr. Eibel brings more than two and a half decades of broad-based in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and life science experience […]

Allentown, PA — Micro Photonics Inc., the leading source of advanced X-ray microcomputed tomography instruments from Bruker, expands their laboratory services. Micro Photonics’ state-of-the-art facility features three multifunctional research systems– the Skyscan 1172, 1173 and 1174. In addition, Micro Photonics is excited to announce that they have added the New SkyScan – 1272 Micro-CT, as […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, in partnership with the Sepsis Alliance, has extended its sepsis awareness outreach to Spanish-speaking communities. The Company provided funding to enable translation and subtitling for the Sepsis Alliance video “Sepsis: Emergency” as part of its Sepsis Awareness Month initiative. “We are also proud of our partnership with Sepsis Alliance, […]