Western blotting, also known as immunoblotting, is a technique for detecting proteins. Used since the 1970s, it has become an industry standard for protein detection and characterization. It allows researchers to verify the expression of a specific protein, determine the relative amount of protein present and analyze protein-protein interaction. Western blotting relies on a handful […]
Company Announcements ZEISS announced that fiscal 2015 revenues for the year ending September 30, 2015, for the Research & Quality Technology business, consisting of the Industrial Metrology and Microscopy business groups, increased 11.4% to €1,356 million ($1,559 million) to make up 30% of company revenues. Microscopy sales were below expectations. In January, TESCAN USA appointed […]
Company Announcements SomaLogic established in December 2015 its first continental European SOMAscan Assay Site at VU University Medical Center Amsterdam. Mimetas received $1.6 million in industry funding to develop an organ-on-a-chip model for neurotoxicity. Mimetas will lead a consortium that includes the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences and Cellular Dynamics. PerkinElmer and EpiCypher collaborated to […]
Company Announcements Berkeley Lights, which is developing nanofluidic biosystems for single-cell analysis, announced in September 2015 that it raised $90 million in funding to date in partnership with Sequoia and Walden Riverwood Ventures. Berkeley Lights announced early access agreements with the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at Mount Sinai and the University of […]
Company Announcements For the fiscal half year ending September 2015, Oxford Instruments sales fell 5.8%, down 2.8% organically, to £164.8 million ($253.5 million) (see IBO 11/15/15). Growth was hampered by weak global Industrial Analysis sales within the Industrial Products segment, which fell 7.9% organically. While organic growth for the Nanotechnology Tools segment was marginally lower, […]
Company Announcements AstraZeneca announced in November 2015 a five-year collaboration with Genedata to speed up data sharing. AstraZeneca will share the collaboration platform software with early-stage partners. In January, Schrödinger announced a research collaboration agreement with Pfizer to develop a computational model for predicting key properties relevant to biotherapeutic candidates. Qlucore named Genomax as a […]
Every year, IBO selects three new products at Pittcon that standout among the many product introductions. These three products are distinguished by their innovation, commercial potential and advanced technology. This year’s top products feature capabilities that are the first of their kind. Hitachi High-Technologies’ AeroSurf 1500 SEM One of the drawbacks of EM is that […]
Each year, IBO compiles a list of new products on display or introduced at Pittcon. New products are generally defined as those that started shipping since winter 2015 or later. More new products will appear in the March 31 issue. The list is not all inclusive. Atomic Spectroscopy SciAps announced new versions of its Z […]
Science and technology are major sectors of investment for China’s next five-year plan, according to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. China’s 13th five year plan from 2016 to 2020 will include a 9.1% increase to ¥271 billion ($41 billion) for science funding, as well as a focus on environmental sustainability and a cutting back on bureaucratic […]
According to BIO Deutschland’s annual biotechnology sector survey, the German biotech industry is optimistic for 2016. Many companies are planning to invest more in R&D and company personnel, with a little less than 60% of firms expecting business in the biotech sector to improve. Generally, two thirds of respondents believe nothing will change for German […]
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