WILMINGTON, Mass. — Kapa Biosystems today announced that it has earned ISO 13485:2003 certification for the design, development, and manufacturing of molecular biology kits and reagents for in vitro diagnostic applications. This certification is recognized as the international quality standard for medical devices. The achievement affirms that Kapa’s manufacturing process is qualified to produce safe […]

San Diego – GenomeDx Biosciences, a genomic information company, today announced that Tina Nova, Ph.D., and Craig Johnson have been appointed to its board of directors. “Tina and Craig each have considerable leadership and expertise that will help launch GenomeDx into its next phase of growth,” said Doug Dolgniow, CEO of GenomeDx. “We welcome them […]

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Genospace, a precision medicine software company that has developed a comprehensive suite of tools enabling the broad use of genomic and other biomedical data in research and clinical care, today announced that Sequence Bioinformatics, Inc. and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador have selected Genospace Population Analytics™ to support a groundbreaking precision […]

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Vernier Software & Technology and LabArchives®, the leading Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN), have partnered to streamline the data-collection process for higher education students. New system features allow students to directly export data from Vernier Logger Pro software to LabArchives ELN, whereas previously students had to save the file locally and manually upload […]

Torrance, CA and Schlieren, Switzerland – Neoteryx LLC, a microsampling solutions company, and Brechbühler AG, a developer and value added reseller of analytical equipment, today announced the signing of a joint development agreement for the automation of the patent pending Mitra Microsampling Device workflow from sample preparation through analysis. This Mitra Microsampling Device, based on […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK and SANKT AUGUSTIN, GERMANY – Optibrium™, providers of software for compound optimisation, and chemoinformatics specialist BioSolveIT, today announced that they will collaborate to create seamlessly integrated data analysis, visualisation and simulation software for drug research. The two companies are known for their best-in-class prediction tools for selection and optimisation of potential therapeutics, where […]

BRISBANE, Australia and SAN DIEGO — UniQuest, the main technology transfer and commercialisation company of TheUniversity of Queensland (UQ), has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ONVO), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering scientific and medical breakthroughs using its 3D bioprinting technology, to patent applications relating to methodology for […]

Cambridge — Genestack, the developer of a next generation enterprise platform for genomics research and development, has secured £90,000 through an Innovate UK grant. The grant will see Genestack work alongside Rothamsted Research, a leading UK agricultural research institute, to expand their capabilities in agri-informatics, initially through a joint feasibility study. Agri-informatics is becoming increasingly […]

PRINCETON, NJ — An international consortium of 39 partner organizations will be funded by the European Commission to work on the integration of new concepts for regulatory chemical safety assessment. These new concepts involve cutting-edge human-relevant in vitro non-animal methods and in silico computational technologies to translate molecular mechanistic understanding of toxicity into safety testing […]

LEIDEN – BIOKÉ, a Cell Signaling Technology Europe (CST Europe) company, and Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Company”), the international life science company supplying research tools and services that power genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement allowing BIOKE to distribute Horizon’s […]