CDD WINS $120,000 PRIZE IN COMPETITIVE NCATS ASPIRE CHALLENGE #2
April 24, 2021
Biotech-in-a-Box, CDD’s Solution for Combating the Opioid Crisis Burlingame, California — Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD) won $120,000 in the 2nd competitive stage of an NCATS ASPIRE Challenge hosted by the National Institutes of Health. In Oct 2019, CDD won $100,000 in the 1st competitive stage. For this challenge CDD designed a unique screening program that NCATS can [...]
Elite dairy testing made available for quality control of plant-based drinks
April 23, 2021
FOSS announces the availability of global calibrations for testing plant-based drinks with the MilkoScan™ FT3 dairy analyser. The calibrations allow the MilkoScan FT3™ to be used for testing six plant-based drink products and a range of parameters (fat, total solids, sugar and protein) for each product type. In this way, the speed, accuracy and ease-of-use associated with [...]
April 23, 2021
Centrillion’s sequencing chips for high throughput SARS-CoV-2 variant detection are faster and more accurate than other methods PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES -- Centrillion Technologies, an innovator in DNA chip technologies, is announcing the world-wide availability of its VirusHunter™ QuadCore chips for SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing and multi-pathogen detection. The chip set contains probes for sequencing [...]
Nanonis Position Readout Module for Capacitive Position Sensors PR5e
April 23, 2021
Scanning probe microscopes usually have x/y/z coarse positioning motors, which allow for tip/sample positioning with a precision below the µm range within a larger sample area, which is usually in the range of several millimeters. While software displays all typical signals related to the experiment, the exact position on the sample where a measurement takes [...]
Quantum-Si Announces Appointment of Claudia Napal Drayton as Chief Financial Officer
April 23, 2021
Quantum-Si Incorporated, a pioneer in next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, announced today the appointment of Claudia Napal Drayton as Chief Financial Officer. "Claudia joins Quantum-Si at a period of growth in anticipation of our planned merger with HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. and oversubscribed $425 million PIPE financing to pioneer an end-to-end proteomics solution," said John Stark, [...]
Genestack joins the Pistoia Alliance
April 23, 2021
Collaboration is essential for innovation to thrive. At Genestack we help life-science organizations generate insights and value from their multi-omics data through FAIR (and beyond) data management and collaboration. The Pistoia Alliance is a global, not-for-profit organization that lowers barriers to R&D innovation by providing a legal framework to enable straightforward and secure pre-competitive collaboration [...]
April 22, 2021
SAN DIEGO--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Kartos Therapeutics, Inc. are pleased to announce a new partnership to co-develop a TP53 companion diagnostic (CDx) based on the content of Illumina’s comprehensive genomic profiling assay, TruSight™ Oncology 500 (TSO 500). This companion diagnostic for multiple hematologic indications will be the first to use TSO 500 with peripheral [...]
Applied Photophysics celebrates 50 years
April 22, 2021
Leatherhead, UK – Life Science Newswire – Applied Photophysics (AP) started in Mayfair, London, in April 1971. An unusual place perhaps for a start-up scientific instrument company, was although explained by the fact that the origins of the company lie within the Royal Institution (RI). The Royal Institution has been at 21 Abermarle Street, Mayfair since 1799 and [...]
April 22, 2021
The CFIA awards grant funding through Innovative Solutions Canada for Project BISTRO for the detection of salmonella, listeria and other food borne pathogens in leafy greens and produce GUELPH, ON - Precision Biomonitoring has received a grant from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) through the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) Program to develop a rapid, [...]
Milk Screening improves food safety in the dairy supply chain
April 22, 2021
FOSS announces the release of targeted-adulteration models allowing milk-testing centers to program test instruments to screen raw milk samples for known sources of milk adulteration. Testing for adulteration can be time-consuming and expensive. The targeted models improve both these aspects by exploiting existing test equipment and infrastructure. The models are for MilkoScan™ 7, CombiFoss™ 7 and FT+ analysers [...]
