February 4, 2021
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia - Bruker Corporation and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly announced the establishment of the Bruker Arabia office at the KAUST Research and Technology Park, furthering the trusted partnership between the two organizations. The University’s partnership with Bruker began more than a decade ago, with Bruker a key partner [...]
Cytiva launches exosome manufacturing challenge to advance next-generation therapies
February 4, 2021
Winning proposal will receive an award valued at up to USD 100 000 in Cytiva’s Fast Trak services* to further develop ideas Cytiva launches the “Exosome Challenge,” an industry challenge to overcome hurdles in exosome production and manufacturing. The challenge will focus on the standard workflow, in three focus areas: Cell engineering ― Developing innovative technologies [...]
February 4, 2021
With only two PCR reactions, the Shiga toxins (stx1, stx2), the adherence factor intimin (eae) and the eight most important STEC serogroups can be detected and individually identified Potsdam – We are pleased to announce that our foodproof STEC Screening LyoKit and STEC Identification LyoKit in combination with our extraction kit, StarPrep Three, have now [...]
University of Wollongong Upgrade XPS Capabilities with New NEXSA Installation
February 4, 2021
Sydney, Australia - The surface science capabilities at the Australian institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) at the University of Wollongong (UoW) have recently been upgraded with the installation of a highly versatile Thermo Scientific NEXSA XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) system. The flexible design of the new system allows for broader usage by researchers with additional analytical [...]
GenapSys Names Jason Myers CEO
February 4, 2021
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- GenapSys Inc. (GenapSys), the company behind the world’s first highly accurate, affordable, and accessible gene sequencer, today announced it has named Jason Myers as its Chief Executive Officer, effective February 15, 2021. He will also join the GenapSys Board of Directors. Myers will succeed Dr. Hesaam Esfandyarpour, founder and CEO of [...]
LabTwin Helps Power Covestro’s Digital Innovation Program
February 4, 2021
Covestro, a leading polymer materials company, and LabTwin have joined forces to tackle documentation and reproducibility challenges within materials science laboratories. Covestro chose LabTwin’s voice-activated digital lab assistant to add to their strategic digitalization program. The new solution supports scientists with their processes, automatically captures data from integrated lab instruments, tracks deviations and allows to [...]
February 4, 2021
Study will measure the impact of comprehensive genomic profiling on access to, and uptake of, personalized medicines and on clinical outcomes for patients SAN DIEGO -- Today, Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) announced an agreement with the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) which is running a new national pilot to evaluate the use of comprehensive genomic [...]
February 4, 2021
BALLETT Study will measure the impact of comprehensive genomic profiling on access to, and uptake of, personalized medicines and on clinical outcomes for patients PierianDx, the global leader in clinical genomics knowledge, today announced a partnership with the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) to study the impact of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) on clinical [...]
SWIFT BIOSCIENCES ACCELERATES ITS GLOBAL EXPANSION IN CHINA AND ASIA PACIFIC
February 4, 2021
A pioneer in the development of DNA and RNA library preparation kits for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) systems Swift Biosciences announces the addition of Bruce Zhang, Director of Sales and Marketing, APAC to its global commercial team. Bruce comes to Swift with ten years of rich experience and has led efforts in increasing product adoption in his previous companies [...]
BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES EXPANDED SIMPLE PLEX IMMUNOASSAY CARTRIDGE PORTFOLIO
February 3, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, has expanded its Simple PlexTM immunoassay cartridge portfolio to include nine new cartridge formats. These new cartridge offerings provide Simple Plex users with increased flexibility in the number of samples and biomarker assays run on each cartridge. Simple Plex assay cartridges, run on [...]

