EMERYVILLE, Calif. and INCHEON, South Korea – Berkeley Lights, a company dedicated to finding the best cells, continues to see accelerated adoption of the Beacon® optofluidic platform in Asia Pacific as Samsung Biologics becomes the first Korean company to use the technology for cell line development. The platform will help Samsung Biologics improve the speed of cell line development […]

AMSBIO reports on how it has worked with Singapore General Hospital (Singapore) to help them identify the best reagent to transfect their human embryonic stems cells. Historically the research group of Prof Tan Eng-King had used GeneIN, a transfection reagent specifically developed for stem cells which is now no longer available. Working with AMSBIO, Singapore […]

Uniqsis has recently installed a 4-channel FlowSyn™ flow chemistry system in the Riley Research Group Laboratories at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). The Riley Research Group (www.rileygroup.co.za) is well known for its development of novel pharmaceuticals using flow synthesis, reaction engineering and the development of new chemical reactors. Currently the Riley group medicinal chemistry team is focusing on lead […]

Collaboration between drug companies and contract research partners drives innovation in evolving business environment. Columbus, Ohio – CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, announced today that leading contract research, development and manufacturing organization (CRO/CDMO) BioDuro has signed a five-year agreement for SciFindern. This agreement provides enterprise-wide access to the most advanced scientific information solution […]

As part of their commitment to ensuring that the response community is prepared for and capable of responding to all-hazard events, FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has purchased several MX908 devices to incorporate into their 40-hour Hazardous Materials Technologies course. This in-depth course focuses on developing skills related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or […]

Technology brings university scientists unparalleled potential for chemical, biological and human disease research First commercial research instrument of its kind in the world. MILFORD, Mass.–Aston University and Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today the completed installation of the world’s first Waters™ SELECT SERIES™ Cyclic™ IMS (ion mobility spectrometry) mass spectrometer within the University’s School of Health and […]

Collaboration between Rigaku and Covalent expands metrology capabilities for semiconductor and electronics markets with installation of new WDXRF and micro-CT systems Sunnyvale, CA. Rigaku Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of X-ray metrology technology, is pleased to announce the installation of two of its newest analytical instruments in the recently-expanded Sunnyvale, CA service lab of Covalent […]

First American Academic Institution Install for Agricultural Applications Analyzing heaps of sequencing data is about to get orders of magnitude faster at the Texas A&M AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service. Illumina’s DRAGEN (Dynamic Read Analysis for GENomics) server has recently been added to the Texas A&M AgriLife Sequencing Center. The new server can reduce the amount […]

Warminster, PA UMass Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (Photo credit: Tory Wesnofske for UMass Lowell). SP Scientific was delighted to support today the ribbon-cutting event officially launching the new UMass Lowell state-of-the-art, pilot-scale lyophilization facility. As the newest member of UMass Lowell’s Core Research Facilities, this non-GMP Lyophilization Lab (LyoBay) provides an R&D test bed for process […]