Following extensive support of, and collaboration with, public health professionals in China, Oxford Nanopore has shipped an additional 200 MinION sequencers and related consumables to China. These will be used to support the ongoing surveillance of the current coronavirus outbreak, adding to a large number of the devices already installed in the country. Oxford Nanopore […]

About: Eagle Genomics joins network of leading UK scaleups with Tech Nation’s Upscale programme Upscale provides expert advice from industry leaders and supports companies to achieve accelerated growth Programme alumni include Monzo, Deliveroo and Bulb Cambridge – Eagle Genomics is delighted to announce it has been chosen to be part of Upscale, an exclusive network of high-growth […]

NGS Accelerating Viral Identification and Control Measures   On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization was alerted to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China that appeared to be caused by a novel virus with unknown etiology. One week later, Chinese authorities confirmed that they had identified a new virus from the […]

Complete qPCR panel of the CDC-published sequences for coronavirus detection in addition to preferred pricing on gBlocks fragments and synthetic genes ordered for vaccine development CORALVILLE, IA  – Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading comprehensive genomics solutions provider, announced that it is accepting pre-orders from the global public health and research communities for qPCR primers and probes designed […]

Eppendorf and the journal Science are now accepting applications for the 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. This annual international research prize of US$25,000 is awarded to young scientists for their outstanding contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. Researchers who are not older than 35 years are invited […]

Global warming is a challenge for mankind on earth. Sustainability discussions primarily focus on energy consumption of devices. Even environmentally friendly and energy efficient ultra-low temperature freezers traditionally consume a large amount of energy as they maintain extremely low temperatures 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for years. The International Institute for Sustainable […]

GE Healthcare Life Sciences is building a new 7,360 square meter facility in Grens, Switzerland, in the new Signy Park, for the manufacture of single use kits for the Sepax and Sefia cell processing systems. The facility will meet global regulatory requirements and is expected to be fully operational in 2022. GE Healthcare Life Sciences is […]

Introducing the Dynamic Void Volume Analyzer (DVVA) II for automated, environmentally benign testing, for rubber compounding  Norcross, GA, USA — Micromeritics Instrument Corp., a leader in material characterization technology, has developed an optimized, automated solution for customers looking to characterize carbon blacks in accordance with the newly revised ASTM D1765-18 Classification System for Carbon Blacks […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Genomenon® announced that over 175,000 recently documented genetic variants (DNA mutations) have been added to the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine in the 4th quarter of 2019, for a cumulative total of more than 5.9 million genetic variants. This number reflects the rapidly accelerating pace of genomic discovery, and stands in stark contrast […]