Compact and robust, this easy-to-use system enables tool-free assembly of glass, quartz or polymer resealable chips, allowing the user to deposit reagents, sensors, biosensors or cells onto the chip base layer and then flow fluids over the deposited sensors or reagents. Resealable Chip Interface System The modular and flexible system includes a Resealable Chip Interface […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced a transformative rebranding, including a completely redesigned website and industrial design approach that collectively signals the advent of a new era of customer experience in the life science industry. The Juno system design was inspired by Fluidigm’s mission to The Juno system design was inspired […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) announced today that it has agreed to acquire CyVek, Inc. (CyVek) for $60 million in cash, plus a potential earn-out payment of up to $35 million based on CyVek revenue over the 30-month period following the closing and an additional potential earn-out payment based on CyVek revenue through 2020 […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that patent infringement litigation claims against Agilent’s microarray, Bioanalyzer and GeneSpring products have been dismissed by Genetic Technologies, Ltd. No settlement was involved; instead, Genetic Technologies offered to dismiss its claims against Agilent. The parties today filed a mutual dismissal of all claims, in […]

DARMSTADT, Germany — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, has introduced the SNAP i.d.(R) 2.0 Protein Detection System for Immunohistochemistry (IHC), which streamlines immunohistochemistry workflows and significantly decreases slide handling time. The system enables parallel processing of up to 24 tissue slides at a time, making it easier to […]

SAN DIEGO — BioNano Genomics, the genome mapping company, announced today the latest genomics research centers to purchase an Irys™ System. Among them are the Salk Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) and Genoscope (The French National Sequencing Center). Before Irys, obtaining a comprehensive view of a genome was a […]

Cambridge, UK — Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of sensitive image analysis solutions, is delighted to introduce the vibrant new T:Genius imaging system, which unlike any other imager on the market, allows high performance, walk-away imaging of gels and blots on a smartphone or tablet. What makes the new T:Genius outperform other commercial imagers is the […]

SAN DIEGO — BioNano Genomics announced today achievement of a major milestone for the Irys system: the ability to collect human data at 30X depth, sufficient for a genome map, in 24 hours on a single chip. This new capability was established and demonstrated for the IrysChipTM V2, the high-throughput chip for the IrysTM System […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that Patrick J. Balthrop, Sr. has retired as President and CEO. The board of directors has named Nachum “Homi” Shamir as President and CEO. Mr. Balthrop has resigned as a director but will continue to serve the company and its shareholders as a consultant to the […]

SAN DIEGO and ST. LOUIS — BioNano Genomics announced today the purchase of an Irys™ System by The Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis to assist, among other projects, in improving the quality of the human reference genome for the Genome Reference Consortium (GRC). The goal of the GRC is to ensure that […]