CARLSBAD, Calif.– Clinical laboratories running next-generation sequencing (NGS) oncology tests now have access to a universal quality control material compatible with multiple sequencing platforms. The AcroMetrix Oncology Hotspot Control provides a common quality control material that can be used across laboratories with different NGS instrument platforms, assays and bioinformatics pipelines to test precision and detect […]

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -– GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced today that it will open a new 160,000 square-foot facility in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as the new headquarters for its US operations. A $21M investment in the long-term future of this key GE Healthcare growth business, it will establish a new site for more than 500 GE Healthcare […]

Bishops Stortford, UK. — Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, announced today that Prof. Cooper’s renowned Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development research group at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland has deployed Vortex, Dotmatics’ leading scientific intelligence and analytics solution, to assist with their innovative research in anti-infective therapies. […]

MADISON, WI — Promega Corporation announces its expansion into India with a 16th branch that serves the country’s scientific community with wide product availability, efficient delivery and technical support services. Promega Biotech India Private Ltd., a subsidiary of Promega Corporation, became fully operational on August 1, 2014. Located in New Delhi, India, the branch provides […]

MILFORD, Mass.– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced VICAM®, A Waters® Business, introduced a new, “green” method for detecting aflatoxins in grains. The Afla-V® AQUA™ will allow grain, feed and food companies that perform VERTU® rapid strip tests for aflatoxin to now perform the test with fewer steps and without the need for organic solvents, such […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Cellular Research announced today the start of an early access program for its Precise™ assays and is currently making the product available to 10 sites. The Precise assays provide ultra-sensitive RNASeq assay technology designed to examine large numbers of standard or low input mRNA samples in high throughput. Based on Cellular […]

Allentown PA — Micro Photonics, Inc., the leading source of advanced X-ray computed tomography instruments, announced today the release of the SkyScan-2211 Multi-Scale Nano-CT. The SkyScan 2211 represents a new generation of Nano-CT from Bruker MicroCT N.V., with nondestructive 3D imaging capabilities of internal structures from the submicron range to the very large. This advanced […]

Chicago, Illinois & Los Altos, California — Igenbio, Inc., a Chicago based genome analysis company, announced today that they entered into a collaborative agreement with Genome Compiler Corp., a Los Altos based synthetic biology software company. The collaboration is to create comprehensive synthetic biology solutions using Igenbio flagship product, ERGO™, the next generation Genome Analysis […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Cellular Research announced today the start of an early access program for its Precise™ assays and is currently making the product available to 10 sites. The Precise assays provide ultra-sensitive RNASeq assay technology designed to examine large numbers of standard or low input mRNA samples in high throughput. Based on Cellular […]

Munich — Viral vectors are a new class of biologics that help treat diseases caused by defective gene function / proteins (“gene therapy”). More than 20 companies worldwide the majority of which originate in the United States are applying viral vectors to conduct clinical studies. A key hurdle when applying viral vectors is to limit […]