The Society for Science names Thermo Fisher the new title sponsor for its annual STEM competition, expanding opportunity for thousands of middle school students across the U.S. WALTHAM, Mass., and WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Science (Society) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that Thermo […]

San Diego, California — As part of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) being selected by NIST’s Advanced Manufacturing Office to define the future of Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technology (MAPT), Cardea Bio has been invited as a commercial semiconductor company to share their experience with integrating biology with electronics. SRC President and CEO, Dr. Todd Younkin, states, “With […]

New leaders from Atlassian, ServiceNow, and Workday hired to scale company following record-breaking customer and revenue growth. SAN FRANCISCO – Benchling, the R&D Cloud powering the biotechnology industry, announced the appointment of new executive leadership to its engineering and field organizations. These hires come at the same time the company achieved significant financial milestones. In the […]

New state-of-the-art facility in Plainville, Mass., to manufacture materials central to production of gene-based therapeutics PLAINVILLE, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today expanded its cell and gene therapy capabilities with the opening of its new previously announced viral vector manufacturing facility in Plainville, Mass. The 300,000 square foot, state-of-the-art site will […]

ABEC continues proactive investment to support broad industry adoption of its Custom Single Run (CSR®) single-use biomanufacturing solutions Bethlehem, PA, USA – ABEC, a global provider of engineered solutions and services for biotech manufacturing, today announced it will invest $11 million to expand single-use disposable container (DC) manufacturing capacity for its CSR biomanufacturing solutions. The company’s project in […]

Spear Bio is working towards commercializing its first assay, which accurately assesses levels of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies in dried-blood spot samples (BOSTON) — Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Spear Bio, Inc. announced that the Institute’s DNA nanotechnology-driven ultrasensitive SPEAR protein-detection technology has been licensed to the newly formed Boston-based startup. Spear […]

Cytiva contributions will enable Caring Cross to develop and freely distribute its open-source CAR-T cell therapy production methods Cytiva, a global life sciences leader and company of Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR), and Caring Cross, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, have agreed to contribute their respective expertise to develop a CAR-T cell therapy for people with HIV. Cytiva […]

One of the largest manufacturing sites for the company, the $105 million facility adds capacity to enable more life-saving vaccines and therapies WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today opened its largest single-use technology manufacturing site in Greater Nashville. The $105 million, 400,000-square-foot facility enables the company to […]

Session will focus on disrupting the status quo by empowering consumers to make more proactive, informed health care decisions SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced that it will feature Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of personal genomics company 23andMe, at its inaugural Illumina Genomics […]