Hombrechtikon, Switzerland, San Carlos, CA, Piscataway, NJ -— PreAnalytiX GmbH, NuGEN Technologies, Inc. and RUCDR Infinite Biologics (RUCDR), today announced a joint project to validate an end-to- end workflow for the reproducible collection and processing of whole blood for RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) in clinical studies. The multi-site validation study involves three independent laboratories processing samples […]

Bedford, NH — GEA Niro Soavi the leader in high pressure homogenization, offers a table top laboratory homogenizer, the PandaPLUS 2000, which is ideal for new applications for processing nanoparticles, nanodispersions, nanoemulsions, and cell disruption. This compact laboratory homogenizer is the perfect solution for processing dairy products, fruit juices, liquid food, food additives and ingredients […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) (https://www.pressurebiosciences.com), a leader in the design, development and sale of pressure-based instruments and consumables for the biological research market worldwide, today provided an update on two recent equity transactions totaling $1,166,000. On December 23, 2014, the Company closed a series of warrant […]

Maven originally completed a £3.9 million investment in Crawford in August 2014 and from the outset pinpointed the provision of analytical services as a key element of Crawford’s long-term growth strategy. Hall and Crawford have a strong existing partnership and there is significant potential for Crawford to utilise its successful sales and marketing capabilities to […]

Chromatrap®, a business unit of Porvair Sciences, has an announced solid state ChIP kits which rapidly improve chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) through a unique patented technology that streamlines the process, ensuring chromatin preparation to qPCR analysis can be performed in under five hours. Chromatrap® is a ground breaking technology that offers a quicker, easier and more […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has named Alacris Theranostics, a Berlin-based company active in the area of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-driven personalized medicine, as an Agilent Certified Service Provider for target enrichment. Agilent certifies select laboratories that leverage the company’s market-leading technologies to provide analysis services of the highest quality. Hands-on […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The newly released CE-IVD Oncomine Solid Tumor DNA kit from Thermo Fisher Scientific enables highly accurate and reliable multiplexed sequencing of formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tumor samples with the quality and performance needed for the clinical laboratory. Compared to other molecular diagnostic testing methods, such as qPCR or Sanger sequencing, next-generation sequencing […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Today Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has released a next-generation sequencing (NGS) RNA panel and workflow that enables targeted sequencing of fusion transcripts for clinical research. The new Ion Torrent AmpliSeq RNA Fusion Lung Cancer Research Panel allows simultaneous sequencing of 70 ALK, RET, ROS1, and NTRK1 fusion transcripts associated with […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced it has signed an agreement with Cynvenio Biosystems Inc., a molecular testing company focused on the genomic analysis of tumor biomarkers in the bloodstream, for rights to distribute its LiquidBiopsy platform. The addition of Cynvenio’s rare cell enrichment technology complements Thermo Fisher’s Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine […]

HILDEN, Germany and BEVERLY, Massachusetts -– QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Prime Standard QIA) today announced the acquisition of the Enzyme Solutions Unit of Enzymatics, a world leader in the development, manufacturing, and OEM supply of enzymes essential to driving the adoption of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and other genetic analysis technologies in life sciences research […]