Montréal – Hundreds of researchers from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia have joined together in a consortium to identify the genetic basis of the five most common forms of cancer – breast, prostate, lung, ovarian and colorectal. The group, called the OncoArray Consortium, developed a new customized genotyping tool – the OncoArray – manufactured […]

ST. LOUIS, MO. –– SAGE Labs Inc., a leading provider of In vivo products, services and technologies in the field of genome engineering, announced today that it will begin offering RNA-sequencing services as part of its SAGEspeed Custom Model Creation Platform. The sequencing and analysis portion of the RNA-seq studies will be performed by Cofactor […]

Jena (Germany) — Analytik Jena AG (Prime Standard: AJA, ISIN: DE0005213508) has repurchased all shares in AJZ Engineering GmbH and holds 100.0 percent of the project company once again. Analytik Jena can thus now carry out urgently needed measures for restructuring the subsidiary, which in addition to its activities on the German market is particularly […]

Newton, NJ and Westwood, MA – Thorlabs announced today the acquisition of CompuCyte Corporation, a developer of Laser Scanning Cytometry (“LSC”) products for high-content cellular and tissue-based analysis. Founded by Dr. Louis Kamentsky, CompuCyte introduced Laser Scanning Cytometry technology to provide an essential imaging complement to traditional flow cytometry techniques. The technology combines the advantages […]

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – GENEWIZ, Inc., leading global genomic service provider, has now become an Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider. Administered by Life Technologies, “[the] Ion AmpliSeq™ Exome Certified Service Provider Program is a network of validated service providers that enables any researcher to get high quality exome sequence, using small amounts of input […]

Salzburg, Austria and Jena, Germany – Sony DADC BioSciences, the world leader in the manufacturing of microstructured polymer products, and SCHOTT AG, an international technology group with more than 125 years of experience in the areas of specialty glass, materials and advanced technologies, have pooled their expertise to develop a novel glass-polymer cell detection slide […]

Aubagne – Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a leading global supplier for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today made a cash offer to acquire the UK company TAP Biosystems Group plc (TAP Biosystems) through its wholly owned subsidiary Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH. The proposed transaction, which is subject to customary closingconditions, including the approval of TAP’s shareholders, […]

Intel, imec and five Flemish universities (UA, UGhent, KULeuven, UHasselt, VUB) announced the planned foundation of the ExaScience Life Lab on the imec campus in Leuven, with which Janssen Pharmaceutica will collaborate in the future. The ExaScience Life Lab will combine Intel’s supercomputing expertise with Flanders’ extensive expertise in life sciences and biotechnology. The objective […]

PETALUMA, CA – Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Biosearch), a leading supplier of sophisticated oligonucleotide components to the rapidly growing molecular diagnostics industry announced today that it has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to turboFISH technology – A Method for Rapid Single Molecule RNA FISH. With this turboFISH license, Biosearch maintains exclusive access to continuing Stellaris® RNA FISH […]

CRAWLEY, West Sussex, United Kingdom — Edwards Group Limited (Nasdaq:EVAC) (“Edwards” or the “Company”), a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, abatement systems and related value-added services, announces that an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of its shareholders convened today has approved by the requisite majority, the proposed merger with Atlas Copco Group (NASDAQ […]