New England Biolabs®, Inc. Launches Primer Monitor Tool for Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants That May Impact Primers Used in Diagnostic Assays

This open access tool, powered by data supplied by GISAID, provides virologists and COVID-19 test developers insight to the latest viral variants and primer designs used around the world. IPSWICH, MA — New England Biolabs (NEB®), a leading supplier of reagents for the life sciences, today announced the launch of a web-based tool for monitoring [...]

GenapSys™ Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- GenapSys Inc. (GenapSys), a company developing a highly accurate and scalable electronic sequencing platform, today announced the appointment of Fredrik Eliasson, Diana McKenzie, and Loretta Cecil to its Board of Directors. "I am delighted to welcome our new Board members during this exciting phase of transformation and growth for GenapSys," said Jason Myers, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer [...]

New Spatial Omics Partnership Aims to Accelerate Understanding of Complex Disease Biology

Combines Veranome Biosystems’ world-class, high-definition imaging from the semiconductor field with Portal Bioscience’s highly specific probe ligation-based biochemistry Enables tracking of fragmented RNA often found in FFPE specimens Promises detection of mutations, gene fusions and splice variants MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and BALTIMORE -- Veranome Biosystems LLC and Portal Bioscience LLC today announced the companies have [...]

Excel Scientific, a Leading Provider of Microplate Sealing Films, Appoints Julie Cameron as Chief Executive Officer

Victorville, CA – Excel Scientific, a leading manufacturer of microplate sealing films and foils used in life science and diagnostics applications, today announced the appointment of Julie Cameron as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  The company is a portfolio company of Vance Street Capital, a middle-market private equity fund focused on highly-engineered solutions businesses in the medical, [...]

ENAMINE IMPLEMENTS CDD VAULT TO DIGITALIZE ITS INTEGRATED MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, ADME-PK AND SCREENING SERVICES

Enamine's Expansion in the Biological Assay Space Aided by the CDD Vault Data Platform San Francisco and Kyiv — Enamine, a leading provider of R&D Services as well as Screening Compounds, Fragments, Building Blocks and specialized libraries for Drug Discovery, announced today that it had implemented Collaborative Drug Discovery's CDD Vault to manage its biological assay data. The platform will [...]

DNA Data Storage Alliance Publishes First White Paper, Launches Website

-- New Storage Technologies Needed to Address Emerging Data Oceans -- -- Dense, Stable, Low Power Data Storage in DNA Provides Option to Traditional Storage -- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --  The DNA Data Storage Alliance, an organization of more than 25 leading companies formed by Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) [...]

BIO-TECHNE FURTHER ENHANCES ITS GENE ENGINEERING & CELL & GENE THERAPY MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES

MINNEAPOLIS and LONDON -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH), a leader in developing innovative tools and technologies for cell and gene therapy research and manufacturing, has partnered with Autolomous to implement a first of its kind electronic batch record system, AutoloMATETM, at Bio-Techne's GMP cellular manufacturing center. Through this partnership Bio-Techne will be able to offer [...]

10x Genomics Unlocks Whole Transcriptome Analysis in FFPE Tissues With New Visium Assay, Now Shipping

Fueling Discovery in Preserved Tissue Samples to Advance Clinical Translational Research PLEASANTON, Calif. -- 10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG) today announced it is shipping its new Visium Spatial Gene Expression for FFPE (formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded) assay. The offering gives researchers access to the whole transcriptome across their entire tissue, enabling true unbiased discovery in FFPE [...]

RedWave Technology Awarded $14M Purchase by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to Help Protect the Nation’s Mail

DANBURY, Conn. -- RedWave Technology, an innovative homeland security technology company, today announces the receipt of a $14M purchase order from the United States Postal Inspection Service. The Inspection Service is responsible for protecting the United States Postal Service, securing the nation's mail system and ensuring public trust in the mail. Postal Inspectors within the Inspection Service's Dangerous [...]

ZEISS Innovation Hub in Dresden Opens Its Doors

Head of the ZEISS Innovation Hub in Dresden, Dr. Kai Wicker, and his team have moved into the building of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health on the campus of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden. Oberkochen/Dresden, Germany | ZEISS Group In late May, the team at the ZEISS Innovation [...]

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