Hologic Acquires European Molecular Diagnostic Company Diagenode for Approximately $159 Million
March 1, 2021
Transaction Expands and Diversifies Hologic’s Diagnostic Business Across Test Menu, Customer Segments and Geography MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX), a global leader in women's health, announced today that it has acquired Diagenode, a privately held, European developer and manufacturer of molecular diagnostic assays and epigenetics products, for approximately $159 million (130 million euros), [...]
Rebus Biosystems Launches Automated Spatial Omics Platform
March 1, 2021
Rebus EsperTM Delivers High-Resolution High-Throughput Spatial Data with Minimal Hands-On Time Tens of Millions of Analysis-Ready Data Points from Hundreds of Thousands of Single Cells with Subcellular Resolution SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Rebus Biosystems, Inc., a life science technology company creating revolutionary tools to enable spatial omics research without compromise, today announced the launch of the [...]
Vizgen Debuts Next Generation Genomics Platform at AGBT
March 1, 2021
Scientific Research Community to Gain Access to First Single-Cell Spatial Genomics Turnkey System for Advancing Biomedical Research and Discovery Vizgen, the life sciences company visualizing biology to advance human health, today announced the highly anticipated MERSCOPE™ platform ahead of their presentation tomorrow at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) 2021 General Meeting. Vizgen is unveiling [...]
March 1, 2021
OmniTier announced today that its CompStor® family now supports mitochondrial analysis in both its secondary and tertiary analysis appliances. Accurate identification of the mitochondrial genome and its translocations into the nuclear genome are key requirements for researchers and clinicians seeking to improve their understanding of mitochondrial dysfunction. CompStor Novos® now generates small-variant identification that is [...]
MBF Announces the Acquisition of Vidrio Technologies
March 1, 2021
MBF Bioscience is expanding our two photon and laser scanning technology capabilities by acquiring Vidrio Technologies. Vidrio and MBF share a deep passion for helping scientists reveal the fundamental structures and functions of the brain. Our teams are committed to serving the neuroscience community by providing innovative hardware and software tools to help researchers achieve [...]
Gas Chromatography High-Resolution Mass Spectrometer Offers New Opportunities for Analytical Testing
March 1, 2021
The Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris GC Mass Spectrometer simplifies operations, delivers consistently accurate results and expands analytical capability AUSTIN, Texas – Analytical testing laboratories performing high-throughput analysis in the food safety, environmental, pharmaceutical, anti-doping and forensic toxicology sectors can benefit from a simplified high resolution accurate mass gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) designed to provide sensitive [...]
March 1, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. -- Today, at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) 2021 General Meeting held virtually, BioSkryb, Inc., a developer of genomic amplification technologies, announced the winners of a research grant program sponsored by the company. The grant program was created to accelerate innovation of single-cell genomic studies using the primary template-directed amplification (PTA) [...]
March 1, 2021
The Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris GC 240 Mass Spectrometer delivers high data quality and versatility to accelerate scientific discovery for academic, industry research, government and omics laboratories AUSTIN, Texas – Addressing the need for increased flexibility, speed and accuracy in research applications throughout academic and industry laboratories, a new gas chromatography (GC) high-resolution mass spectrometer [...]
Miroculus Collaboration Pushes Boundaries of PCR-free WGS: Data to be Presented at AGBT 2021
March 1, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO -- Miroculus, Inc., a developer of revolutionary tools for personal lab automation today announced new research optimizing an automated PCR-free Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) library prep workflow for very low input human samples. The work done in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Purigen Biosystems will be presented at [...]
Vivlion® licenses CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio from Broad Institute
March 1, 2021
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY -- Vivlion GmbH today announced the execution of a non-exclusive license agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The agreement provides Vivlion with access to CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property from the Broad Institute and its partners. Vivlion is a Frankfurt-based startup company providing next generation CRISPR/Cas gRNA libraries and screening services for the [...]

