Paris, France — AgileBio announces the release of a new substructure search engine for its LabCollector Chemical Structures module. Searching molecules can now be easily made using simple SMILES queries or even graphically designed. Queries can also be made by importing MOL representations. This search tool allows a quick and effective management of all LabCollector […]

WARREN, N.J.– Roka Bioscience, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for the detection of foodborne pathogens, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $12.00 per share, before underwriting discounts. All of the common stock is […]

CARLSBAD, CA — International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO) (www.internationalstemcell.com) (“ISCO” or “the Company”), a California-based biotechnology company focused on therapeutic and research products, today announced that its subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology, has expanded its sales network by adding a number of new distributors in Asia and Oceania. “Expanding our footprint in the fast-growing Asian […]

BILLERICA, Mass. — — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Kathy Ordoñez to its Board of Directors. Kathy Ordoñez brings more than 30 years of experience in the life sciences and diagnostics industries. As Senior Vice President at Quest Diagnostics, Ms. Ordonez […]

SAN DIEGO, SEOUL, South Korea and MELBOURNE, Australia — BioNano Genomics announced today the selection of two new distributors, MDxK and Millennium Science, for the IrysTM System in the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Seoul, MDxK is one of the premier life science instrumentation distributors for Korea and has already sold the first system to ChunLab. […]

Torrance, CA — Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, revealed it will be spinning off a biological sampling focused company named Neoteryx LLC. The name Neoteryx is derived from the word neoteric, meaning new or modern, and conveys the new start-up’s mission to deliver […]

Regensburg, Germany -– Lophius Biosciences GmbH, a privately held biotech company focusing on the development and marketing of innovative T cell based research tools and diagnostic systems for functional assessment of pathogen/disease-reactive T cells, today announced the launch of its new T CELL TOOLS product line together with its new e-commerce online order portal. The […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -– Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the SureSelect Clinical Research Exome. The performance-optimized exome design was developed in collaboration with researchers from Emory University and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. SureSelect Human All Exon V5 was used as the core for the new design. Performance has been enhanced in disease-associated […]

BellBrook Labs announced the launch of a new Transcreener GDP Assay with a TR-FRET (time resolved Forster resonance energy transfer) readout, for sensitive detection of hundreds of enzymes of potential therapeutic interest including the large GTPase family as well as glycosyltransferase enzymes that use GDP-activated sugars; e.g., fucosyltransferases. These and related enzymes are being targeted […]

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN), a leading oncology drug development company, today announced initiation of sales of its proprietary reagent products for life science research. Celsion’s reagent products are based on its newly acquired proprietary delivery platform technologies, TheraPlas™ and TheraSilence™. TheraPlas™ and TheraSilence™ are designed for optimal transfection (intra-cellular delivery) of plasmid […]