Hitachi High-Tech opens new state-of-the-art production facility in Shanghai, China

Shanghai, China – Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science (part of Hitachi High-Tech Group), engaged in the manufacture and sales of analysis and measuring instruments, today opened a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China. The state-of-the-art 4,118sqm facility in Laigangxin Bay Technology Innovation Park, Minhang District, has been designed to support a rapid upscaling in the [...]

LUMICKS to return COVID-related relief funding to Dutch and US governments

Funds played a key role in positioning LUMICKS for future success   Amsterdam, the Netherlands — LUMICKS, a leading next generation life science tools company renowned for its innovative platforms for Dynamic Single-Molecule and Cell Avidity analysis, announces that it has made the decision to return the COVID-related relief funding it received in both the Netherlands [...]

IsoPlexis Partners with Bucher Biotec to Expand into Switzerland Market

IsoPlexis adds Switzerland as the latest country with access to their unique functional single-cell proteomics platform, adding to their existing partnerships across Asia and Europe. BRANFORD, Conn. -- IsoPlexis, the leader in single-cell proteomics, today announced an exclusive agreement with Bucher Biotec AG, a Swiss distributor company representing some of the most advanced US, European, and [...]

LightDeck Diagnostics Partners with Hach to Deploy Portable, 10-Minute Water Quality Tests Nationwide

The deal will commercialize LightDeck’s environmental offering to ensure public safety in drinking, recreational, and agricultural water sources Boulder, CO. -- LightDeck Diagnostics today announced its partnership with Hach, a global leader in water quality analysis and a subsidiary of Danaher to scale its proprietary environmental offering. As part of the commercial agreement, Hach will [...]

Lonza Launches Next Generation 4D-Nucleofector Cell Transfection Platform with Proven Performance and Enhanced Ease of Use

Lonza launches next-generation 4D-Nucleofector® Platform, the leading non-viral cell transfection method for a wide variety of cell types – even those traditionally hard to transfect Modular design offers unmatched flexibility in scale and throughput with proven performance 4D-Nucleofector® Core Unit with user experience upgrade for even more intuitive experimental setup and data management Quote from [...]

Gamma Biosciences Acquires Controlling Stake in Mirus Bio to Expand Reach in Gene Therapy and Next Generation Vaccines

Lipid-polymer nanocomplexes (LPNCs) developed by Mirus enable superior transfection performance in a range of delivery applications Investment will support GMP launch of TransIT VirusGEN for high-productivity, cell-adaptive transfection in viral vector manufacturing Highly complementary engineering and delivery capabilities extend Gamma’s advanced therapy offering Menlo Park, CA and Madison, WI – Gamma Biosciences, a global life [...]

Single-use sensing system used to monitor foam level in single-use bioreactors

Developed in cooperation with Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG, Sartorius has launched BioPAT® Foam as part of its Biostat STR® Generation 3 system. The BioPAT® Foam is a single-use sensing system used to monitor foam level in single-use bioreactors.  Ebnat-Kappel -- A good deal of current pharmaceutical production relies on cell cultures with single-use systems [...]

Emulate Announces Colon Intestine-Chip Grant Program to Inspire Research into Intestinal Diseases

Winner will receive Organ-on-Chip products and training to initiate complex research projects BOSTON, Mass. – Emulate, Inc., a leading provider of advanced in vitro models, today launched the Emulate Colon Intestine-Chip Grant Program. The program will help researchers begin using Organs-on-Chips technology to study intestinal diseases. The Emulate Colon Intestine-Chip is a physiologically-relevant model of [...]

Atonarp Announces $50M Series D Financing to Scale its Molecular Sensing and Digital Diagnostics Testing Platforms

Michael Marks, Founding Partner for WRVI Capital, Joins the Atonarp Board and Former Berkeley Lights CFO Shaun Holt Joins as Atonarp’s Chief Operating Officer TOKYO — Atonarp, a leading manufacturer of molecular sensing and diagnostics products for the healthcare, pharma, and semiconductor industries, today announced it has raised a $50 million Series D financing, led [...]

Charles Fracchia selected for DARPA ISAT Study Group

Boston, US: Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, today announced that the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has named Charles Fracchia, Founder of Dotmatics BioBright, to its Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group for a [...]

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