Aldevron Expands Commercial Leadership Team with Addition of Two Industry Veterans
April 14, 2021
Aldevron, the world’s leading biomanufacturer of plasmid DNA, mRNA and proteins, is expanding its commercial leadership with the addition of Beth Thompson-Webb as Chief Commercial Officer and Todd Howren as Vice President of Sales. Thompson-Webb will be responsible for leading Aldevron’s worldwide sales and marketing strategy where she will utilize her 30 years of industry [...]
ATS Acquires Fluid Dispensing & Laboratory Automation Equipment Provider BioDot Inc.
April 14, 2021
Cambridge, Ontario – ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. (TSX:ATA) (“ATS” or the “Company”), an industry-leading automation solutions provider, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioDot, Inc. (“BioDot”), a leading manufacturer of automated fluid dispensing systems for US$84 million (~C$106 million), subject to customary post-closing adjustments, representing 9.7x BioDot’s FY2022 expected EBITDA [...]
AXT add Oxford Instruments’ Benchtop NMR Products to their range of Scientific Solutions
April 14, 2021
Benchtop NMR solutions from Oxford Instruments, now available from AXT. Sydney, Australia - AXT are proud to announce that they have just entered into an agreement with Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance, a leading provider of high technology products and services to the world's leading companies and scientific research communities to distribute their range of benchtop Nuclear [...]
Genomic Vision appoints Mark David Lynch as Global Commercial and Marketing Director
April 14, 2021
Bagneux (France) - Genomic Vision (the “Company” - FR0011799907 – GV), a biotechnology company that develops tools and services dedicated to the analysis and control of changes in the genome, today announces the appointment of Mark David Lynch as Global Commercial and Marketing Director. Graduated in microbiology from University of Glasgow, Mark David Lynch has [...]
April 14, 2021
Developer of World’s First Integrated Centrifugal Partition Chromatography Platform Enhances North America Team. RotaChrom announced today the promotion of Kelly Peterson to Vice President of Technical Services, North America, as well as the hiring of Donnie Lummus as Senior Account Executive for the RotaChrom North America sales team. In his new role, Peterson will provide [...]
BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES LICENSING OF PROPRIETARY ANTIBODY TO XENCOR FOR THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT
April 14, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced a license agreement for use of a proprietary Bio-Techne antibody by Xencor, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered monoclonal antibodies and cytokines for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, for its therapeutic development pipeline. Bio-Techne is a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and [...]
High Recovery of Top-Quality Purified RNA
April 14, 2021
Porvair Sciences has launched new kits for rapid extraction of total RNA from a wide range of biological samples. These proprietary kits enable extraction of up to 1000 µg of application-ready pure RNA in as little as 10 minutes. Extraction and purification of RNA is required for numerous downstream molecular biology applications such as RT-PCR, [...]
Benchling Raises $200M Series E To Accelerate Biotech R&D
April 14, 2021
Led by Sequoia, new funding will fuel life sciences cloud leader's global growth and product expansion SAN FRANCISCO -- Benchling, the leading life sciences R&D cloud, has raised $200 million in Series E funding led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities and joined by Altimeter Capital, Byers Capital and Elad Gil. Existing investors participated, including Thrive [...]
Molecular Devices opens Organoid Innovation Center
April 14, 2021
Modular, automated 3D cell culture and image analysis lab enables customers to streamline and scale organoid interrogation, advancing drug discovery research San Jose, Calif. – Molecular Devices, LLC., an industry leader in 3D biology and automated high-content imaging, has opened an Organoid Innovation Center at the company’s global headquarters. The center expands beyond imaging to demonstrate an [...]
Pure Biologics Selects Twist Bioscience to Expand Phage Display Technology Capabilities
April 14, 2021
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced a partnership with Pure Biologics to accelerate the discovery of immuno-oncology antibody-based drugs. “Twist’s unique technological approaches and abilities allow for the rapid generation of diverse [...]

