Company Announcements In September, as part of an NIH-funded project, NanoCellect Biomedical began a collaboration with the University of California, San Diego, to develop single-cell applications based on its microchip-enabled WOLF Cell Sorter. Venneos raised €1 million ($1 million) in seed financing in September to develop a semiconductor chip–based imaging system for cell analysis. MaxCyte […]
Company Announcements In October, Horizon Discovery announced that Swift Biosciences will incorporate its HDx Quantitative Multiplex Reference Standards into the Accel-Amplicon 56G Oncology Panel. Rubicon Genomics named Eurofins Genomics as a US distributor of its DNA library preparation products. Agilent Technologies named the Australian Genome Research Facility as a Certified Service Provider for NGS. Under […]
Company Announcements Ridgeview Instruments announced in August that AceProbe Technologies will market its LigandTrace technology in India. In September, Biometrics completed a financing round with €3.1 million ($3.5 million) to further develop its label-free system based on 1-lambda RIDe technology. In October, Sony DADC BioSciences and FIANOSTICS announced a collaboration to develop highly sensitive and […]
Microsaic Systems announced in September that it has OEM agreements in place with four companies, a distribution agreement with one company and Heads of Terms agreements with two other companies, one being Quantum Analytics for the US. Proteome Sciences reported that TMT reagent sales increased 13% for the six months ending June 30. SCIEX announced […]
Company Announcements The Boston Business Journal reported in October that EMD Millipore is moving its membrane manufacturing for drug discovery, filtration and research from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Ireland, affecting 75 employees. Johnson Matthey acquired the Pharmorphix solid form research business from Sigma-Aldrich in October. Phenomenex’s PhenoLogix in-house analytical services group opened a 9,000 ft2 dedicated […]
Company Announcements In October, Tornado Spectral Systems named Dr. Andrew Boorn, who currently serves as chairman, as CEO. He previously served as president of Bruker’s Chemical and Applied Markets Division. TeraView announced a new investment, sponsored by Samsung Ventures, to support the expansion of its products for the development and manufacturing of advanced integrated circuits […]
Spain has announced the creation of the State Research Agency, which will fund scientific research. It replaces the State Secretariat for Research Development and Innovation. It will not receive new funding but rather reallocated funding. The new Agency will have around 300 employees and will be formed through a spin-off of resources from the Secretariat. […]
Chinese R&D spending grew 12.4% in 2014 to CNY 1,331.2 billion ($216 billion) or 2.09% of GDP. Five percent was for “fundamental research programs.” In 2013, R&D spending increased 15.0%. The number of authorized patents fell 0.8% in 2014 to 130,000. The number of product inspection labs totaled 27,051, of which 597 were national centers. […]
The Australian government has published a “National Innovation & Science Agenda,” to which AUD 1.1 billion ($80.3 million) will be allocated over four years. The Agenda consists of four pillars: Culture and Capital, Collaboration, Talent and Skills, and Government as an Exemplar. The pillar of Culture and Capital addresses funding shortfalls for technology development, and […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 31 foodborne diseases (11 diarrhoeal diseases, 7 invasive infectious disease agents, 10 helminths, 3 chemicals) caused by 31 agents resulted in 600 million illnesses, or 1 in 10 people, and 420,000 deaths in 2010. Infectious diseases that led to diarrhoeal diseases (1 virus, 7 bacteria, 3 protozoa) accounted […]
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