Breakthrough pathogen identifier gives food and beverage companies new, rapid solution to ensure food safety Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, was granted an AOAC INTERNATIONAL Performance Test MethodSM (PTM) program certification number 122005 for its Listeria CANARY® assay. The assay, used in the company’s Zephyr pathogen identifier, gives food and beverage companies a new, rapid solution […]

WALTHAM, Mass. — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has committed to investing up to $25 million in minority-serving financial institutions. “Unequal access to capital is hurting Black-owned businesses, Black entrepreneurs and Black communities in the United States,” said Marc N. Casper, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Thermo Fisher […]

STOCKHOLM — MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (“MGI”)’s high-throughput gene sequencer has helped the regions throughout Sweden greatly improve their COVID-19 testing capabilities from the laboratory at the National Pandemic Center located in Karolinska Institute (KI). Sweden’s STV News, the national public television, recently reports that only one percent (1%) of the positive COVID-19 samples have been currently sequenced in Sweden and main regions in […]

Researchers Seek Insight into Development and Progression of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Study Exemplifies Increasing Use of CyTOF Technology in Clinical Research SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced that Fluidigm® mass cytometry technology and the Maxpar® Direct™ […]

LONGMONT, Colo. — ANDE Corporation, the global leader in Rapid DNA, today announced the availability of its Rapid DNA Booking Management product suite, which is available for immediate delivery. Effective February 1, 2021, ANDE received approval from the FBI for its technology to be deployed in booking stations to support processing of DNA samples from […]

Commitment from Cornerstone Investor LifeArc to Advance Genomics Startups in the UK SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) has selected nine new genomics companies to join the second global funding cycle of Illumina Accelerator in the U.S. and UK. The global company creation engine, focused on partnering with entrepreneurs to build breakthrough genomics startups, […]

THUWAL, Saudi Arabia – Bruker Corporation and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly announced the establishment of the Bruker Arabia office at the KAUST Research and Technology Park, furthering the trusted partnership between the two organizations. The University’s partnership with Bruker began more than a decade ago, with Bruker a key partner […]

Winning proposal will receive an award valued at up to USD 100 000 in Cytiva’s Fast Trak services* to further develop ideas Cytiva launches the “Exosome Challenge,” an industry challenge to overcome hurdles in exosome production and manufacturing. The challenge will focus on the standard workflow, in three focus areas: Cell engineering ― Developing innovative technologies […]

With only two PCR reactions, the Shiga toxins (stx1, stx2), the adherence factor intimin (eae) and the eight most important STEC serogroups can be detected and individually identified Potsdam – We are pleased to announce that our foodproof STEC Screening LyoKit and STEC Identification LyoKit in combination with our extraction kit, StarPrep Three, have now […]

KNAUER has opened offices in Austria and Switzerland with immediate effect – for greater customer proximity and direct specialist advice on site. KNAUER, a family business known for its sustainable approach, previously only had its own customer advisors in Germany and relied internationally on a network of specialist dealers. The long-time distributor Bruckner Analysentechnik remains […]