Somatic Variant Calling Is Added to OmniTier’s CompStor Novos® Genomics Analysis Appliance
January 19, 2021
OmniTier today announced that its genomic secondary analysis appliance, CompStor Novos®, has added somatic variant calling from matched, whole genome sequencing (WGS) tumor-normal sample pairs. About Somatic Variant Calling The biggest challenge of somatic variant calling is to disambiguate low-frequency variants from artifacts. To solve that challenge OmniTier implemented sensitive statistical modeling to develop a [...]
January 19, 2021
Shimadzu has signed comprehensive collaboration agreements in the clean energy field with TOTAL SE, University of Pau (UPPA) in France, and University of Oviedo (UO) in Spain. The four parties aim to develop an "Oxygenated compound analysis system" within two years to research biofuels. This system is a breakthrough analyzer combining Shimadzu gas chromatography with [...]
CELLINK TO BRING LIVECYTE HIGH CONTENT LIVE CELL IMAGER TO A WIDER AUDIENCE
January 19, 2021
Today, CELLINK and Phasefocus announced a partnership to bring Livecyte, a high content live cell imager, to a wider market. Live cell imaging is essential to answering some of the most pressing questions in the life sciences, but conventional methods often involve labeling cells, a potentially harmful process that can alter research outcomes. Livecyte’s integration of the patented [...]
Datacolor Introduces High-Efficiency Benchtop Spectrophotometer Series, Spectro 1000/700
January 19, 2021
Lawrenceville, NJ – Datacolor®, a global leader in color management solutions, announced today the launch of the Spectro 1000/700 series, a family of close-tolerance benchtop spectrophotometers designed for high efficiency and confidence in color formulation and quality control in a wide range of industries. The new series features the high inter-instrument agreement Datacolor customers have [...]
January 19, 2021
PALO ALTO, Calif.-- Artificial, a lab automation company that is catalyzing the life science digital revolution with its first-of-its-kind orchestration platform, announced the addition of Dr. Yvonne Linney to its Board of Directors and executive leadership team as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dr. Linney brings more than 30 years’ experience as an executive at industry-leading [...]
January 19, 2021
Novel RHINOstic™ Swab Collection Device and LabElite® DeCapper Increase Sample Throughput and Consistency Compared to Manual Methods Franklin, Mass., and Cambridge, Mass. – Hamilton Storage and Rhinostics, an early-stage Harvard University spin-out company, are pleased to announce the first step in a collaboration to improve decapping and accessioning of patient samples. These common bottlenecks occur during [...]
LabMinds Successfully Receives Approval for Use in a GMP Certified Laboratory.
January 19, 2021
BOSTON -- LabMinds ®, Inc., a pioneer in automation for solution preparation in life sciences, today announced that the Revo has been approved for use in a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certified laboratory in a Top 10 Pharmaceutical company. LabMinds is an internationally recognized, award-winning robotics company in the pharmaceutical industry. This approval follows a [...]
January 19, 2021
New release of Genedata Imagence boosts speed, efficiency, and quality of HCS image analysis Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced the release of Genedata Imagence® 3.0, the latest version of the deep learning-based software that automates the analysis of high-content screening (HCS) imaging data. The [...]
January 19, 2021
Neuried, Germany – Life Science Newswire – The rapid spread of the newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 virus variant B.1.1.7 in Great Britain and other countries shows changes in the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can lead to new biological properties. Most of the approximately 12,000 mutations in the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that have been identified since February [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific to Acquire Point-of-Care Molecular Diagnostics Provider Mesa Biotech
January 19, 2021
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mesa Biotech, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostic company, for approximately $450 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will pay up to an additional [...]

