Torrance, CA – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces that Serena Lazzaro, the company’s global marketing manager for food safety and quality, was selected as a trainer for a recent workshop conducted jointly by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and […]

The FS220-M system extends the company’s groundbreaking Adaptive Focused Acoustics (AFA) technology platform and has the ability to process sample volumes ranging from microliters to liters with a true continuous flow process. Application areas such as nanosuspensions, liposomes, and emulsions can be scaled from the early Discovery phase work all the way to First-In-Human studies. […]

LEXINGTON, Mass. –– RainDance Technologies, Inc., the Digital Biology™ company, today announced a new Service Partner Program for its growing base of research customers who are developing next-generation sequencing-based genetic testing panels to identify and characterize inherited diseases, cancers and other human health conditions in research projects. Through this new program, customers have expanded access […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced it has appointed Charles Dadswell as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Dadswell will assume all functional responsibilities previously held byChristian Cabou, who has retired, and will have worldwide responsibility for all legal and intellectual property matters as well as being Secretary to Illumina’s Board of Directors. […]

Hercules, CA —— Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., today announced the availability of its new ddPCR library quantification kit for Illumina TruSeq sample preparation protocols. Used with Bio-Rad’s QX100™ Droplet Digital™ PCR system, the new kit offers researchers a way to precisely and directly measure amplifiable library concentrations. The TruSeq sample preparation method is the technique behind […]

The new MonoLyser™ from RotaPrep, Inc. is designed for the ultra-fast, grinding, homogenization, and lysis of the most difficult-to-lyse samples. The MonoLyserTM allows researchers to perform quantitative lysis for the best quality DNA, RNA, and protein extractions out of a variety of samples such as gram positive microbes, spores, seeds, plants, animal and human tissues, […]

Jena (Germany),— Analytik Jena AG, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation technology, life science instruments and optoelectronics, has increased its stake in Ilmenau-based ETG Entwicklungs- und Technologie Gesellschaft mbH to 80.0%, thus becoming the largest shareholder. ETG specializes in the development and assembly of automated sample handling systems for analytical instruments and already generates approximately […]

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”) today announced that scientists from Florida International University (“FIU”) reported further advancements in their goal to develop an improved method for rape kit testing based on PBI’s patented pressure cycling technology (PCT) platform. The data were presented at the recent annual scientific […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently mobilized its Food Safety Response Center (FSRC) to develop a method to test for the presence of the veterinary drug phenylbutazone in horsemeat. Phenylbutazone, also known as “bute,” is a potent painkiller banned in any horsemeat intended for human consumption. […]

Porvair Sciences has announced the addition of the novel Chromatrap chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay range to its portfolio of products for epigenetics. Developed in conjunction with Department of Life Sciences at University of Swansea, UK – Chromatrap® uses a solid phase porous polymer functionalised with protein A, allowing the chromatin capture to be more efficient […]