FREDERICTON, CANADA – LuminUltra has partnered with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to implement a cutting-edge, on-site laboratory to perform wastewater surveillance testing at Pearson International Airport. This pilot project, supported in part by funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program, is using LuminUltra’s technology to test for the […]

Whole-genome sequencing of 35,000 de-identified, diverse genomic DNA samples will begin this month SAN DIEGO — Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, and Nashville Biosciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), today announced an agreement with Amgen, a global biopharmaceutical company, to whole-genome sequence […]

Protein Enrichment Kits to Enable Deep Interrogation of Proteoforms through Protein Sequencing GUILFORD, Conn. — Quantum-Si Incorporated (Nasdaq: QSI) (“Quantum-Si,” “QSI” or the “Company”), The Protein Sequencing Company™, today announced that it entered into a partnership with Aviva Systems Biology, a leading provider of antibody, protein, and immunoassay reagent products with an extensive portfolio of over […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced a collaboration with the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine to study the use of long-read sequencing and novel bioinformatics methods in the hopes of better understanding the genetic causes of certain rare diseases in individuals and cohorts within the Japanese population. […]

RADNOR, Pa. and SOMERSET, N.J. — Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year supply and services agreement with Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leader in enabling the development […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced a research collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) to discover antibodies against multiple targets of interest to develop curative therapies for […]

Agilent and Akoya Biosciences Announce Partnership to Drive Multiplex Tissue Assay Development for Biopharma Applications Will commercialize end-to-end workflow solutions for tissue biomarker analysis in companion diagnostic development SANTA CLARA, Calif, & MARLBOROUGH, Mass.– Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a partnership with Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKYA), The Spatial Biology Company®, to develop multiplex-immunohistochemistry diagnostic solutions […]

Dublin, Ireland: ERS Genomics announced that its first Canadian patent, CA 2872241, with broad claims to compositions and methods of using CRISPR/Cas9 in humans, animals, plants, and microbes has been granted to the CVC group. CVC stands for University of California, University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier and is the acronym used to describe the […]

Partnership to leverage the Helix® Laboratory Platform powered by QIAGEN’s biopharma relationships, NGS capabilities, and global regulatory expertise Addressing health burden in neuro-degenerative diseases, cardio-vascular diseases, and auto-immune and inflammatory diseases that affect hundreds of millions globally Combined offerings include accelerated patient recruitment, real world evidence and diagnostic solutions using NGS and PCR technologies VENLO, Netherlands […]

GÖTTINGEN, Germany — The life science group Sartorius extended a strategic collaboration partnership agreement with RoosterBio Inc. (RoosterBio) to address purification challenges and establish scalable downstream manufacturing processes for exosome-based therapies. Through this collaboration, Sartorius and RoosterBio will provide best-in-class solutions and expertise for a human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (hMSC) – based exosome production platform that delivers industry-leading yield, purity, […]