Agilent to Acquire Resolution Bioscience, Strengthening Leadership Position in Cancer Diagnostics

Highlights: Resolution Bioscience is a fast-growing, innovative leader in next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based oncology solutions. Combination brings together Resolution Bioscience’s noninvasive liquid biopsy platform that improves cancer diagnostics with Agilent’s leadership in tissue-based companion diagnostics and global commercial and regulatory scale. Furthers Agilent’s participation in fast-growing NGS technologies for precision oncology, expanding Agilent’s addressable market by [...]

CN Bio awarded Innovate UK grant to develop single and multi-organ models for COVID-19 research

Funding will advance 3D lung cell culture models to accelerate drug discovery Cambridge, UK: CN Bio, a leading developer of single and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), otherwise known as organ-on-a-chip, today announced it has received a grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to develop human-relevant MPS to advance investigations into SARS-CoV-2 infection. The funding [...]

Akoya and Johns Hopkins’ Collaborative Agreement Supports Pioneering New Approach to Immunotherapy Biomarker Discovery and Validation

Astronomy and Pathology (AstroPath™) come together for the first time to discover and clinically validate new spatial phenotypic signatures using multiplex immunofluorescence. Marlborough, MA —  Akoya Biosciences, Inc., The Spatial Biology Company®, today announced a collaboration with the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (BKI) and the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy at the Johns [...]

Twist Bioscience and Watchmaker Genomics Announce Partnership to Drive New Applications of High-throughput Genetic Sequencing

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & BOULDER, Colo. -- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and Watchmaker Genomics today announced a broad partnership to enable innovative research across a wide range of high throughput sequencing applications including oncology and tumor [...]

Agilent Announces Darlene Solomon Award Presented to University of Geneva Scientist Noemi Jiménez-Rojo

Award offers recognition and support for promising women scientists SANTA CLARA, Calif. --  Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the recipient of the 2021 Darlene Solomon Award is Noemi Jiménez-Rojo, a postdoctoral fellow studying membrane biology, lipid diversity, and function at the University of Geneva. The award was presented at a virtual ceremony during the [...]

HORIBA SCIENTIFIC introduces χSTaiN™, the LabSpec 6 app for automated expert Raman analysis

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy for over 50 years, is proud to announce the launch of their new and innovative LabSpec 6 Application, χSTaiN™. Lille, France --  HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy for over 50 years, is proud to announce the launch of their new and innovative LabSpec 6 Application, χSTaiN™. χ STaiN™ App was [...]

DNA Script Joins GE Research Collaboration to Develop On-Demand Vaccines and Therapeutics in Response to Biothreats for DARPA NOW Project

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and PARIS -- DNA Script, a leading pioneer in enabling DNA synthesis on demand, today announced that the company has been selected by GE Research to join a collaboration to develop a rapid response, mobile medical manufacturing platform to enable on-demand production of nucleic acid-based vaccines and therapies. The $41-million, five-year project was awarded as [...]

PierianDx Announces the Appointment of Lindsay Mateo as Chief Business Officer

ST. LOUIS, MO. — PierianDx, the global leader in clinical genomics knowledge, today announced the appointment of Lindsay Mateo as Chief Business Officer, effective immediately. In her new role, Ms. Mateo will reinforce the company’s position as the leading provider of clinical genomics solutions in the fight against cancer and hereditary disease. She will also head [...]

Purigen Simplifies Simultaneous Extraction and Purification of DNA and RNA from Challenging FFPE Samples

Company is showcasing advantages of the automated Ionic® Complete FFPE Purification Kit during the virtual AGBT 2021 meeting Pleasanton, Calif. –  Purigen Biosystems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation technologies for extracting and purifying nucleic acids from biological samples, today announced the launch of the Ionic® FFPE Complete Purification Kit. Scientists are now able to consistently recover [...]

OnRamp Bio Debuts as ROSALIND at AGBT and Launches First-of-its-Kind Single Cell Data Analysis Solution

Solution delivers end-to-end single-cell analysis in an intuitive web-based interface ROSALIND, a leader in extracting meaningful insights from diverse pools of life science data, today announced the commercial launch of its new solution for single cell data analysis. The new analysis module, which enables web-based collaboration and the analysis and interpretation of 10X Genomics-generated single [...]

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