DSP to be Applied to Transplant Research of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Kidney Transplantation SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that the University of Oxford has been selected as the winning recipient of a grant for a GeoMx™ Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP) […]

COVINGTON, LA and BOSTON, MA With the successful installation of the 100th Mediso multi-modality preclinical PET system, the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC), division of the Tulane University, has become the fourth site in North America to install the MultiScan LFER150 PET/CT preclinical imager. In keeping with the mission of the center, the MultiScan LFER150 PET/CT will help enable researchers to […]

COVINGTON, LA and BOSTON, MA With the successful installation of the 100th Mediso multi-modality preclinical PET system, the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC), division of the Tulane University, has become the fourth site in North America to install the MultiScan LFER150 PET/CT preclinical imager. In keeping with the mission of the center, the MultiScan LFER150 PET/CT will help enable researchers to […]

Cambridge Pharmaceutical Cryo-EM Consortium to increase cryo-EM capacity HILLSBORO, Ore. — Only two years after its formation, the Cambridge Pharmaceutical Cryo-EM Consortium is increasing capacity of Thermo Scientific cryo-EM instruments. Researchers from member companies use Thermo Scientific Krios G3i Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) instruments to support drug discovery for various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, oncology and the central nervous […]

Sunnyvale — Arrayit Corporation (OTC: ARYC), a life sciences and personalized medicine company, reports the shipment of clinical instrumentation and quantification software to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Arrayit uses the same instrumentation and software to test for allergy and food intolerance as well as pipeline indications for ovarian cancer and Parkinson’s Disease […]

IsoPlexis’ groundbreaking platform has been shown in key studies to predict patient response to cell therapy BRANFORD, Conn. — The IsoLight® platform: profiles responses at the single cell level enabling researchers to generate a precise functional patient signature to help predict and understand complex patient response to cancer immunotherapies advances high-need areas of cell therapy research, development, and manufacturing, including product characterization, immune biomarker discovery, […]

–Custom NGS Panels for Illumina and Ion Torrent Platforms Use Paragon Genomics’ CleanPlex® Technology that Enables Interrogation of a Large Number of Targets in a Single Assay– –Complementary Expert Support Is Available to All Customers and Custom NGS Panels are Delivered in Just 2-4 Weeks– HAYWARD, Calif. — Paragon Genomics, Inc. today announced the launch of ParagonDesigner™, […]

Virus research in BINDER chambers   A new laboratory that conforms to the very highest standards of biosafety recently opened at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin. It is designed to provide a safe environment for diagnosing and conducting research into highly contagious and life-threatening viruses such as Ebola and Lassa. As part of their […]

High-quality reference genomes for thousands of plant, animal and microbial species to be created using SMRT SequencingMENLO PARK, Calif. — When creating a genomic ark of creatures great and small, scientists across the globe are turning to the comprehensive coverage and quality of long-read sequencing technology from Pacific Biosciences (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing […]

PEABODY, MA: The University of Houston has added two new JEOL NMR systems to its existing suite as demand for NMR spectroscopy among students and researchers grows. The University of Houston’s chemistry department now has four NMR systems and the pharmacy department has one – all from JEOL Inc. Users come from a range of disciplines, […]