BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., an innovative genomics tools company making molecular testing of complex diseases more standardized and readily available, today announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series E financing round extension. New investors include GE Ventures and Northgate Capital; all existing financial investors also participated in this round of financing. […]
Warren, NJ – Roka Bioscience announced today that its Atlas Listeria monocytogenes LmG2 Detection Assay (“Atlas LmG2 assay”) has received AOAC Performance Tested MethodsSM certification from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI). The independent laboratory study testing was conducted by Silliker, Inc., as part of the AOAC-RI independent third-party evaluation and validation processes. The Atlas LmG2 […]
Hamburg — Eppendorf has launched the latest offering in its range of molecular biology instruments. The new Mastercycler nexus X2 is ideal for researchers looking to carry out two runs of PCR simultaneously, without any compromise on the number of samples. The instrument comprises of two asymmetric blocks, consisting of 64 and 32 wells, which […]
Salt Lake City, UT — BioFire Defense, LLC of Salt Lake City, UT announced today that it was awarded the Next Generation Diagnostic System (NGDS) Technology Development contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) after 12 months of competitive prototyping. The 8 year $240M biodefense program is managed by the Joint Program Executive Office’s […]
Empirical Bioscience to Increase Annual Production of MeanGreen Reagents to Meet Customer PCR Demand
Grand Rapids, Michigan — Empirical Bioscience LLC intends to more than double the production of its MeanGreen reagents this year over last year to respond to strong demand from research institutions and universities. Company officials said labs that perform numerous polymerase chain reactions (PCR) are buying more of the master mixes because the products are […]
HILDEN, Germany, and GERMANTOWN, Maryland — QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced new capabilities for GeneGlobe, the Company’s Genes & Pathways web portal providing access to biological assays. In its new version, GeneGlobe integrates biological knowledge through its Ingenuity Target Explorer bioinformatics application with GeneGlobe’s extensive library of wet lab assay […]
BILLERICA, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., an innovative genomics tools company making molecular testing of complex diseases more standardized and readily available, today announced that it has closed a $16.5 million Series E financing round extension. New investors include GE Ventures and Northgate Capital; all existing financial investors also participated in this round of financing. […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH – Empirical Bioscience, (formerly known as Syzygy Biotech™), a company that produces high-grade PCR reagents and enzymes, announced today that it has introduced FlashTaq Hot-Start Taq DNA Polymerase, a chemically-modified Taq polymerase designed to reduce non-specific amplification in PCR. The enzyme offers, fewer contamination issues and fast activation time. In fact, under […]
Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has launched the TouchTools™ PCR Wizard, an easy-to-use Freedom EVOware® add-on offering straightforward automation of PCR reaction set-up on Freedom EVO® platforms. This new tool simplifies the set-up of applications – including end-point, real-time and multiplex PCR, sequencing, genotyping and gene expression, as well as pathogen and mutagenesis detection – helping […]
PLEASANTON, California –– IntegenX Inc., the market leader in Rapid Human DNA identification technology, today announced the launch of GlobalFiler® Express cartridges for the RapidHIT™ System, providing DNA profiles with 24-loci in less than two hours with less than five minutes hands-on time. The RapidHIT GlobalFiler Express cartridges contain Life Technologies’ NDIS-approved GlobalFiler Express Kit […]
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