FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.– BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it has acquired GenCell Biosystems, a privately-held Irish biotech company that has developed proprietary technologies that address key biological analysis protocols – from library preparation of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to genotyping for agricultural applications. “We […]
BILLERICA, Mass. — — RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of John Luckey, Ph.D., as its new Vice President of Product Development. Dr. Luckey brings more than 20 years of experience leading teams tasked with developing biotechnology systems and technology platforms. During his […]
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today it made a technology acquisition from AbVitro Inc, a company focused on therapeutic target discovery. Roche obtained exclusive rights to a primer extension based target enrichment technology and associated patent applications filed by AbVitro. Under the terms of the agreement, AbVitro and Roche scientists will collaborate on […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.– Clinical researchers race against an invisible clock to discover mutations responsible for complex diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, and autoimmune disorders that afflict their patients. They often use bulk exome sequencing to identify the genetic changes that trigger the disease’s onset; however, the mutations found to date do not adequately explain […]
Torrance, CA -– Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces Novum Simplified Liquid Extraction (SLE), a novel, synthetic alternative to traditional diatomaceous earth SLE (also known as supported liquid extraction) products and a simplified approach to traditional liquid-liquid extraction (LLE). Extraction techniques used prior […]
Alpaqua Engineering, LLC and NimaGen, B.V. Announce Distribution Agreement for Alpaqua Magnet Plates
Beverly, MA, USA and Nijmegen, the Netherlands — Alpaqua Engineering, LLC, a provider of innovative genomic tools and solutions, announces today it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with NimaGen, B.V., a leading provider of high quality, molecular biology products. In the terms of the agreement, NimaGen will distribute Alpaqua’s full line of magnet […]
Uppsala, Sweden -– Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, announces the launch of the new Biotage® Extrahera™, an automated system for the processing of Supported Liquid Extraction (SLE) and Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) methods in both plate and column formats – making the system […]
Lakewood, N.J. — Animal Origin Free (AOF) STEMxyme® collagenase/neutral protease (Dispase®) Blends 1 and 2, produced by Worthington Biochemical Corporation, are now available for primary and stem cell isolation, regenerative medicine, biopharmaceutical and cell bioprocessing applications. These new, specialized combinations of AOF Clostridium histolyticum collagenase and AOF Bacillus polymyxa neutral protease (Dispase®) offer a minimum […]
BILLERICA, Mass. —— RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced the appointment of Frederick (Fritz) L. Eibel as its new Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing. Mr. Eibel brings more than two and a half decades of broad-based in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and life science experience […]
Mountain View, CA —- Clontech Laboratories, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., today announced the launch of the DNA SMART ChIP-Seq Kit. This kit adapts Clontech’s patented SMART® technology in an innovative manner for use with low-input samples, including both dsDNA and ssDNA templates, to generate ChIP-seq libraries for NGS. SMART (Switching Mechanism […]
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