April 27, 2021
Shoreline Biome’s microbiome products now available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. FARMINGTON, Conn.— Shoreline Biome, a microbiome research company that develops complete solutions for characterizing microbiome populations down to the strain level, has entered into an exclusive distribution partnership with BioCat GmbH, a leading provider of life sciences solutions, for the promotion, sale and support [...]
Pacific Biosciences Nominates Dr. Hannah Valantine to its Board of Directors
April 27, 2021
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, long-read sequencing platforms, announced today that Dr. Hannah Valantine has been nominated for election to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class II director at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Dr. Valantine is currently a Professor [...]
DNA Script Partners with Moderna to Develop On-Demand Vaccines and Therapeutics for DARPA
April 27, 2021
Company will receive up to $5 Million in grant funds from DARPA as part of the agency’s Nucleic Acids On-Demand World-Wide Program to plan for and prevent the next viral pandemic SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS -- DNA Script today announced a partnership with Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA) to develop a prototype for rapid mobile manufacturing of [...]
Aigenpulse launches CytoML 5.2: automated flow cytometry with unbiased analysis
April 27, 2021
Aigenpulse has rolled out an update to its CytoML Experiment Suite – its automated, end-to-end, machine learning solution specifically aimed at streamlining and automating cytometry analysis at scale and replacing manual gating processes. The latest release of the Suite (v5.2) introduces new unbiased analysis features and has an easy-to-use interface with no need for difficult [...]
April 27, 2021
BOSTON -- Seven Bridges, the industry-leading bioinformatics ecosystem provider, today announced the close of the first $15 million of a planned $30 million Series C from a new life sciences investor. This investment will support the company in its mission to accelerate scientific discovery and speed the path from raw experimental data to new treatments and diagnostics. "Multi-omics tools are [...]
April 27, 2021
Nikon Instruments Inc. announces the release of the next generation confocal microscope series, AX and AX R. This new confocal series features a completely re-designed scan head with 8k x 8K resolution*1, ultra-high speed resonant scanning, and world’s largest*2 25mm field of view*3. Combined with a new user-friendly interface and advanced AI-based tools, the AX/AX R confocal [...]
Ultivue Announces $50M Financing Round
April 27, 2021
Ultivue, a leader in advancing precision medicine solutions through a unique approach that combines multiplex biomarker analysis with same slide traditional H&E for tissue phenotyping, today announced the completion of a $50 million Series D round of financing. New investors include Ally Bridge Group, Pura Vida Investments and Tao Capital Partners. Previous venture investors in Ultivue [...]
Murrieta Genomics Spinout simplSEQ Completes Seed Round Funding
April 27, 2021
Company Plans Commercial Operations in 2021 MURRIETA, Calif. -- Murrieta Genomics, the launch pad for genomic sequencing startups, has announced that simplSEQ, an incubator company, has completed its seed round funding, having received $2 million in total. Funds are to be used to validate the company's novel sample preparation technology with external labs, further protect its patent-pending intellectual property and [...]
April 27, 2021
Spectrometer's reduced body size and new filters, as well as free experiments, help students further explore chemical kinetics and photochemistry BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Vernier Software & Technology recently updated its Vernier Flash Photolysis Spectrometer to further support college-level chemistry exploration. This user-friendly, compact tabletop instrument—used for demonstrating the fundamental principles of chemical kinetics and photochemistry—now features an even [...]
Hamilton Brings Solid-State, Optical Dissolved CO₂ Measurement to Bioreactors
April 26, 2021
With a goal of giving bioproduction scientists and engineers greater control to measure, monitor, and automate fermentation processes, Hamilton Process Analytics announced today the launch of a new optical dissolved carbon dioxide (DCO₂) sensor for use in R&D, pilot, and production bioreactor applications. Dubbed “CO₂NTROL” (simply pronounced “CON-TROL”), the DCO₂ probe leverages a solid-state, optical [...]

