SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.– In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology this week, UC San Francisco and Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) scientists have demonstrated that shallow single-cell mRNA sequencing (approximately 50,000 reads per cell) is sufficient for unbiased classification of cell identities. The study shows shallow sequencing of single cells provides enough data to distinguish cells […]

FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Chemists can now use a powerful mobile tool inside and outside of the laboratory to quickly and conveniently get reliable chemical information and enhance lab productivity. The new ChemSearch mobile app features the intuitive mobile chemical drawing technology, ChemDoodle® from iChemLabs™, designed to enable scientists to easily draw and search chemical […]

LANCASTER, Calif. — Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of consulting services and software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that it has released version 7.1 of its best-in-class ADMET Predictor™ molecular property prediction software. “Industry scientists increasingly prefer automating analyzing and reporting scientific data. KNIME is an open automation platform whose […]

New York, NY — Spring Mountain Capital, LP, a New York-based investment management firm, announced today that its private equity group structured and led a growth equity investment in IsoPlexis Corporation. IsoPlexis has developed a break-through single cell immunoassay and related software that provides in-depth understanding of immune and cancer cells. The Company’s advanced cell […]

Tokyo, Japan — Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its confocal image single-cell drug discovery support system has been selected for the Japan Science and Technology Agency’s (JST) next-generation technology transfer program (NexTEP). NexTEP was created to promote efforts by companies to find practical applications for the technologies (including those covered by patents) and research findings […]

Redwood City, CA — Neural ID, the provider of the only enterprise biosignal analytics platform spanning the pharmaceutical lifecycle, today announced that Neural ID’s Intelligent Waveform Service (IWS) will be compatible with the TIBCO Spotfire® platform, thereby enabling PerkinElmer’s TIBCO Spotfire® platform users to interact directly with biosignal traces across Discovery and Preclinical R&D phases […]

Victoria, B.C. — GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) specifically designed for omics labs, announced the availability of Clarity LIMS 3.1. In addition to providing support for HIPAA-covered entities, Clarity LIMS extends its toolset for labs working with patient populations with features that support clinical compliance. Version 3.1 […]

Cambridge, UK — Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (Horizon), the international life science company supplying research tools to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced three of the world’s leading gene editing scientists have joined the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The scientists are Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Dr. […]

Minneapolis — Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) (d/b/a Bio-Techne), a leading global provider of life science reagents and clinical controls, announces the appointment of Brenda S. Furlow as Senior Vice President and General Counsel effective August 4, 2014. Ms. Furlow is a legal executive with experience in several globally diverse technology businesses, and has a broad […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) Diagnostics Division is working on rapid diagnostics for the Ebola virus using Luminex xMAP® Technology. Luminex’s MAGPIX® system was recently deployed to Africa to support research efforts to control the current outbreak. The recent Ebola outbreak […]