Mechelen (Belgium)– Biocartis, an innovative molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has combined its Swiss Evalution(1)(2) business unit with Belgian-based Pronota NV to jointly form MyCartis(2). MyCartis also completed an EUR 15 million equity round. Biocartis’ Evalution platform, previously known as DMAT, is designed for rapid and cost- effective detection of a broad range […]

Cellectis (Alternext: ALCLS.PA) (Paris:ALCLS) a leader in the development of adoptive immunotherapies based on engineered allogeneic CART cells (UCART) today announces that it has closed the sale of its subsidiary Cellectis AB to Takara Bio Inc. The financials terms have not been disclosed. The Company now concentrates its activities in the field of oncology through […]

Selected for its technical knowledge, competitive prices, and commitment to customer service, Dakota® Instruments, a global supplier of industrial and laboratory processing instrumentation since 1992, is pleased to announce its status as an authorized Oakton® and Digi-Sense® distributor. Digi-Sense®’s hand-held meters and Oakton®’s Testrs have been added to Dakota(r)’s acrylic, rotameter, mass flow meter and […]

LANCASTER, Calif.– Simulations Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLP), a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, today announced that the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) with Cognigen Corporation of Buffalo, New York, announced on July 23, 2014, has been closed as of today and the two companies are now […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. –– European laboratories testing feed and food for dioxins and dioxin-like substances now have lower-cost, smaller-footprint alternatives to high-resolution mass spectrometers (HRMS) for confirming levels of the toxic contaminants, thanks to a new European Union regulation. Thermo Fisher Scientific worked closely with national reference labs (NRLs) in the European Union to support […]

Fort Atkinson, Wis. -– Digi-Star LLC has formed a Near-infrared (NIR) partnership with Dinamica Generale S.p.A. to offer multiple NIR product solutions to North American producers. In addition to a portable NIR Moisture testing device, Digi-Star is now distributing two NIR feedstuff analyzing tools. Allowing farmers to gain near instantaneous dry matter, starch, crude protein […]

The Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) at KAIST and ToolGen, Inc., a Korean biotechnology company focused on the development of engineered nucleases that can be used as essential tools for editing genetic information in microbial, plant, animal, and human cells, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on August 18, 2014 for technology exchange and research […]

Today Johnson Matthey, Oxford University and Diamond Light Source announce the creation of a state-of-the-art materials characterisation facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. This world class site is close to both Oxford University and Johnson Matthey’s Sonning Common Research laboratories and is home to Diamond, the UK’s synchrotron science facility, where currently 24 […]

Isoprenoids are organic compounds composed of two or more units of hydrocarbons, with each unit consisting of five carbon atoms arranged in a specific pattern. Isoprenoids play widely varying roles in physiological processes of plants and animals. Isoprenoids in living organisms range in function from pigments and fragrances to vitamins and precursors of sex hormones. […]

BioLegend, Inc. (BioLegend) acquired the shares of Covance Antibody Services Inc., a business unit of Covance, located in Dedham, Massachusetts, on August 29, 2014. The Covance Antibody business unit develops and manufactures antibodies and research reagents for Neuroscience, Immunopathology, Cell Biology, Epitope Tags, and Immunohistochemistry Detection. These products, including In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) antibodies for […]