Breakthrough platform optimizes productivity and expands cryo-EM entry path for a broader range of researchers HILLSBORO, Ore. — Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced Astex Pharmaceuticals, a leader in innovative drug discovery and development, selected the Thermo Scientific Glacios Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) to aid in its drug discovery and development program. Astex’s […]

Revolutionary milk analysis platform allows for multiplex analysis of 100 antibiotic residues and toxins in a single test Unisensor produces the lateral flow biosticks for its unique Extenso platform with SCIENION’s unrivalled sciFLEXARRAYER ultra-low volume dispensers Berlin, Germany, and Seraing, Belgium: SCIENION AG and Unisensor SA today announced that Unisensor has trusted SCIENION’s outstanding sciFLEXARRAYER technology […]

Laboratory network standardizes on common NGS platform to efficiently profile patient samples across multiple cancer centers CARLSBAD, Calif. — At risk cancer patients across Canada may now be able to have their tumors molecularly profiled using next-generation sequencing (NGS) as part of a national effort to expedite enrollments in clinical trials. Led by Exactis Innovation, a non-profit organization […]

LAUSANNE, Switzerlan: SOPHiA GENETICS, global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today that its technology for clinical genomics, SOPHiA artificial intelligence, has reached a key milestone in helping better diagnose 200’000 patients. Adopted by over 430 hospitals across 60 countries, SOPHiA AI has proven to be a robust and standardized decision support technology for clinicians. SOPHiA is […]

First Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization to Install Carterra’s Next Generation Label-Free Biosensor to Support Antibody Discovery Services Business Salt Lake City, Utah and South San Francisco, California. Carterra™ Inc., a provider of innovative drug discovery technology, and LakePharma a leading biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today that LakePharma has purchased a Carterra […]

Padova, Italy and Utrecht, the Netherlands The Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV) has acquired MILabs’ latest generation VECTor5CT as a key imaging tool to support its translational oncology mission, entrusted by the Italian Ministry of Health and the Organization of the European Cancer Institutes. Due to its high-resolution imaging capabilities, MILabs’ preclinical Versatile Emission Computed Tomography […]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Luisa Mestroni’s research laboratory which specializes in the study of genetics of cardiac muscle diseases. They use the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to help the characterization of cardiomyopathies. Professor Luisa Mestroni heads a laboratory studying […]

World’s first commercially available platform for high-throughput single-cell DNA analysis expands capabilities to include HiSeq and new targeted panels CHICAGO.—Mission Bio, Inc., a leader in single-cell DNA analysis and precision genomics, today announced at the American Association for Cancer Research 2018 annual meeting multiple premier cancer centers have added the Tapestri platform to their laboratories. […]

Canada’s national nuclear laboratory invests in new focused ion beam capability, opening up commercial opportunities in nuclear material characterization CHALK RIVER, Ontario — Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announced today that it has successfully commissioned a new FEI Versa 3D dual beam focused ion beam (FIB) facility at its […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced that the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is using the organization’s newest Sequel® Sequencing System to support the goal of dramatically increasing the diagnostic success rate in challenging pediatric clinical cases. Led by faculty investigator Greg Cooper, Ph.D., the institution’s NIH-funded Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) […]