Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Allerød, Denmark – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Unisensor, an innovator in the field of optical analysis of fluids for diagnostic applications in health care, as well as other industries. The Unisensor technology and team will strengthen Philips’ innovation capabilities […]

MILFORD, Mass.– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced VICAM®, A Waters® Business, received USDA-GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration) certification for its Afla-V™ lateral flow strip test for the quantitative analysis of total aflatoxins in corn. “We are pleased to obtain USDA-GIPSA certification for the Alfa-V. This enables official USDA export laboratories and USDA-licensed grain […]

GENALICE announced today it is partnering with deCODE Genetics to facilitate the large-scale testing of its unique DNA data processing software solution, GENALICE MAP. After a first successful round of evaluating GENALICE MAP on speed and quality, both parties agreed to extend the evaluation to include up to 10,000 full human genomes. Population wide analysis […]

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — — Gen9, Inc., the pioneer in the development of scalable technologies for synthesizing and assembling DNA, today announced the commercial launch of GeneByte Plus™ DNA constructs, synthesized at lengths ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 base pairs. This new capacity extends the company’s product portfolio, which also includes synthesized DNA below 3,000 base […]

SHOHAM, Israel — Aspect Imaging, the world leading developer of high-performance compact permanent magnets, announced that Meir Silver, PhD has joined Aspect’s management team as the new Director, Pre-clinical research. Dr. Silver, in his new role will lead Aspect Imaging’s pre-clinical platform technology and commercialization initiatives and will continue to create new application opportunities upon […]

The DrySyn MULTI from Asynt converts any standard hotplate stirrer into a high performance reaction block accommodating 3 round-bottomed flasks* or up to 12 reactions in tubes or vials. The DrySyn MULTI’s combination of flexibility, productive performance and safety at a truly affordable price is particularly popular in R&D departments for parallel synthesis as well […]

Little Rock, Arkansas — Vivione Biosciences Inc. (“Vivione”) (TSXV:VBI), through its wholly owned subsidiary Vivione Biosciences, LLC, is proud to announce that it has received AOAC (Association of Analytical Communities) certification for its E. coli O157 and Non O157 STEC diagnostic tests for the RAPID-B platform. This is Vivione’s first AOAC certification for its RAPID-B […]

BOULDER, CO — InDevR, a Boulder-based life science company, announced today that it has received an SBIR Phase II grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (R44AI102318) to expand application of its new vaccine potency assay to pandemic influenza vaccines. The award is approximately $1 M per year over three years. […]

Bishops Stortford, UK. — Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Shikha O’Brien as Vice President of Strategic Sales and Marketing. The announcement comes to support Dotmatics’ increased footprint in the scientific informatics market and to further establish itself as one of the leading […]

PROVO, UT–– Tute Genomics today announced that its genome annotation and discovery platform will support Brigham Young University’s (BYU) efforts to advance Alzheimer’s disease genetics research. This collaboration involves analysis and interpretation of next-generation sequencing data from more than 1,000 exomes and genomes to identify new genetic variants associated with the disease. “Collaboration is the […]