Renishaw introduces the world’s first Raman system with remote probes capable of focus-tracking

Renishaw's latest version of its Virsa™ Raman analyser, with new WiRE™ 5.5 software, enables its users to analyse samples away from the confines of the laboratory microscope, using remote fibre-optic probes. Its features expand the use of Raman spectroscopy to new samples, applications, and environments. The new Virsa system has LiveTrack™ focus-tracking technology and the [...]

SCIEX and Waters Corporation Collaborate to Deliver Fully Configured and Interoperable LC-MS Systems

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & MILFORD, Mass. -- SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced an agreement with Waters Corporation to offer customers fully configured and interoperable Waters™ Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC™) instruments as part of their purchase and deployment of SCIEX mass spectrometry (MS) systems. The collaboration makes it easier for customers to choose the [...]

Accellix Expands its Leadership Team

Accellix Inc. is pleased to announce that Terrance Gin is joining its leadership team as Vice President Global Operations effective immediately. Terrance brings over 30 years of management experience in IVD manufacturing, process and product development, clinical laboratory operations, quality assurance, capital improvement, facility, and EH&S. He was VP of Operations at Singulex in charge [...]

Biosero Appoints Ryan Bernhardt as Chief Commercial Officer

With a focus on commercial expansion, Biosero also names Ruth Petersen as Director of Marketing Biosero, Inc., developer of automation solutions that enable laboratories to make better decisions in less time using more data, today announced two key hires as it expands commercial operations. Ryan Bernhardt joins the company as Chief Commercial Officer, and Ruth [...]

IsoPlexis Appoints Siddhartha Kadia to its Board of Directors

BRANFORD, Conn. -- IsoPlexis, the leader in functional single-cell proteomics, today announced the appointment of Siddhartha Kadia to its Board of Directors. Dr. Kadia joins IsoPlexis' Board of Directors with over 20 years of experience in evolving a combination of technology, life science and healthcare industries. Dr. Siddhartha Kadia previously served as the President of [...]

Zymo Research Releases Open-Source Bioinformatics Pipeline for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detection in Wastewater

Early Release of the VirSieve™ Bioinformatics Pipeline Will Promote Collaboration in Environmental SARS-CoV-2 Research IRVINE, Calif. -- Zymo Research has released the VirSieve™ Bioinformatics Pipeline source code to the environmental microbiology community to promote global collaboration and support for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater. VirSieve™ is an automated computational pipeline that analyzes sequencing reads from the SARS-CoV-2 [...]

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US, upholds jury decision to invalidate certain PacBio patents

Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a unanimous Precedential Opinion and Judgment affirming the jury’s March 2020 verdict in the PacBio v. Oxford Nanopore case, that invalidated a number of PacBio patents.  This has been a long running dispute in which Oxford Nanopore has repeatedly prevailed.  In 2018, Oxford Nanopore was [...]

Euformatics signs distribution partnership with Illumina distributor for Saudi Arabia, Al Jeel Medical and Trading Company

HELSINKI, Finland -- Euformatics and Al Jeel have signed a distribution partnership covering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expanding the reach of the company’s omnomics Suite of NGS software products to hospitals and laboratories as NGS sequencing technology uptake continues to expand in the Middle East. The agreement follows the selection of Al Jeel as [...]

Sensirion fully acquires infrared spectrometer specialist IRsweep

Sensirion Holding AG, a leading provider of environmental and flow sensor solutions, completes the acquisition of IRsweep AG, an innovative provider of optical sensing solutions. IRsweep, based in Stäfa, Switzerland, develops, manufactures, and supplies optical spectroscopy solutions based on semiconductor quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb technology in the mid-infrared. Sensirion has been a minority [...]

BROOKS ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO SEPARATE INTO TWO INDEPENDENT PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES

Separation Will Create Focused, High-Growth Life Sciences and Automation Companies Tax-Efficient Separation Expected to be Completed by End of Calendar Year 2021 CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Brooks Automation, Inc. ("Brooks") (Nasdaq: BRKS) today announced its intention to separate its business into two independent, and publicly-traded companies. The transaction is intended to be structured as a pro-rata distribution of [...]

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