Company Announcements

Ridgeview Instruments announced in August that AceProbe Technologies will market its LigandTrace technology in India.

In September, Biometrics completed a financing round with €3.1 million ($3.5 million) to further develop its label-free system based on 1-lambda RIDe technology.

In October, Sony DADC BioSciences and FIANOSTICS announced a collaboration to develop highly sensitive and rapid fluorescence immunoassay using a novel polymer/metal hybrid for the use of metal-enhanced fluorescence.

DNAnexus and BioNanoGenomics announced a collaboration to offer access to BioNano’s genome analysis algorithms and pipeline on the DNAnexus Platform.

BioNanoGenomics announced a research collaboration agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles to study the role of structural variation in human genetic pediatric disorders.

Nano3D Biosciences signed a partnership with Greiner Bio-One to jointly market its BioAssembler and Magnetic 3D Bioprinting products in selected markets.

Technology transfer firm UniQuest exclusively licensed patent applications related to methodology for producing kidney cells in iPSCs to Organovo for in vitro applications. Organovo is already developing a kidney proximal tubule tissue product for release in 2016.

Roka Bioscience appointed Lars Boesgaard as vice president and CFO in November. He previously served as vice president, Finance and Controller.

MS Solutions named Summit Pharmaceuticals as its exclusive supplier for the Japanese market.

Product Introductions

MR Solutions launched in October the MRS-PET system for simultaneous operation of PET and MRI preclinical imaging systems. The system can be inserted into a cryogen-free 3 T, 4.7 T or 7 T MRI magnet.

Agilent Technologies introduced the 4200 TapeStation system for the analysis of up to 96 DNA samples at a time. The company also released the D5000 and HS D5000 ScreenTape assays for analyzing DNA fragments and smears of up to 5,000 base pairs.

Bruker launched the SKYSCAN 1275 desktop x-ray microtomograph, featuring 2D/3D image analysis as well as a realistic 3D visualization.

In November, NanoString Technologies introduced the nCounter PanCancer Profiles, seven new gene expression profiles, each designed to interrogate a focused area of cancer biology, including immune-oncology. Each 192-gene panel includes 180 topic-specific probes and 12 universal housekeeping genes.

SCIEX introduced the CESI 8000 Plus, enabling multiple experiments to be generated from as little as 5 uL of staring material.