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 [...]
April 26, 2021
Support for TESCAN Rocking Stage and the new 3D Volume Analysis software are among the enhancements for TESCAN FIB-SEM users Brno, Czech Republic ―TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. announces the release of new features for its FIB-SEM Tomography software packages, including support for TESCAN’s Rocking Stage and multi-modal, multi-channel acquisition, plus features that improve stability during [...]
Avantor® to Boost Global Production of Single-Use Technologies and Address Growing Biopharma Demand
April 26, 2021
Increases single-use manufacturing footprint and cleanroom space in the U.S. and Europe Enables reliable supply of critical materials used in the manufacture of biologics and vaccines RADNOR, Pa. -- Avantor Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, today [...]
BC Platforms Partnership to Drive New UK Health Data Research Tool
April 26, 2021
Health Data Research’s Cohort Discovery functionality to transform UK’s COVID-19 response through improved, safe access to data – using BC Platforms’ BC|RQUEST technology Today BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management, analytics and access, announced the launch of the new Cohort Discovery (CD) search functionality on the Health Data Research (HDR UK) Innovation Gateway (The Gateway) – powered by BC|RQUEST technology in partnership [...]
The Carlyle Group to acquire rapidly growing life sciences tools company Unchained Labs
April 26, 2021
Pleasanton, CA – Global investment firm The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) today announced that it has agreed to acquire the rapidly growing life sciences tools company Unchained Labs for $435 million, in partnership with its management team, from Novo Holdings A/S, Canaan Partners and TPG Biotech. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected [...]
DANAHER ANNOUNCES RENOWNED SCIENTISTS TO JOIN NEW SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
April 26, 2021
DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND PROPRIETARY INSIGHTS WILL SUPPORT COMPANY GROWTH AND IMPACT WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher"), the global science and technology company, announced today the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board ("Board") to support its innovation and investment strategy. The Board will help the company protect and grow existing scientific innovations, support its development [...]
April 26, 2021
HiFi Sequencing and Software v10.1 Release on the Sequel II and IIe Systems Increases Scalability, Improves Usability, and Unlocks Additional Sample Types to Extend the Value of HiFi Reads MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB), a global leader offering a comprehensive view of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, today announced the availability of [...]

