Leading Global Equipment Manufacturers Form Alliance to Set International Standard for Botanical Extracts Processing

Founding Members Look to Provide Operators with Best Practices and Equipment in Raw Material Manufacturing. Global Allied Processing Solutions (“G-APS” or “Organization”) today announced its strategic focus on the global organic material industry through its recent formation of an alliance representing companies on the forefront of technological advancements in processing equipment and practices. Founding members RotaChrom [...]

Sartorius pays employees a coronavirus bonus

Thanks and appreciation for commitment and flexibility of employees during the coronavirus pandemic as well as recognition of additional burdens entailed Bonus payments to total around ten million euros The life science company Sartorius will pay a total of around ten million euros in coronavirus bonuses to its employees in appreciation of their extraordinary commitment [...]

Dotmatics appoints Matt Burnett as Chief Technology Officer

Bishop’s Stortford, UK: Dotmatics Ltd, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, today announced the appointment of Matt Burnett as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).  In this role, Matt will work as part of the senior management team taking ownership of the company’s [...]

ZEISS Invests by Acquiring Majority Stake in arivis AG

ZEISS further expands its imaging technology capabilities for research microscopy with leading 3D and big image data software expertise Jena / Munich, Germany | ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions ZEISS is expanding its imaging technology capabilities with 3D and big image data software by acquiring a majority stake in the imaging business of arivis. With this [...]

MilliporeSigma Expands Production Capacities

MilliporeSigma today announced the broadening of its manufacturing footprint with a combined $47 million investment at its production facilities in Danvers, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire. New England expansions to significantly increase capacity to meet unprecedented demand Combined expansion of Danvers, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New  Hampshire, facilities to create nearly 700 new positions 2020 investments [...]

QIAGEN to launch QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 for research into causes, spread and control of COVID-19 through T-cell response

• T-cell response has the potential to give a clearer picture of immunity and course of illness • T-cell response to SARS-CoV-2 may decline less rapidly than antibodies • Potentially vital tool for research into immune response and vaccination efficacy Hilden, Germany and Germantown, Maryland – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today [...]

Life Science Labs Produce Accurate and Reliable Data with Biosero and Elemental Machines Integrated Technologies

SAN DIEGO & CAMBRIDGE, MASS.  – Biosero, Inc. and Elemental Machines will integrate Biosero’s Green Button Go™ Automation Scheduling Software with Elemental Machines’ AI-powered platform so scientists and researchers can produce consistent, reliable results from every life science laboratory experiment. Biosero’s device- and data-agnostic laboratory automation software will integrate with the Elemental Machines intelligent IoT platform to connect it [...]

Deepcell Closes $20 Million Series A Round to Develop AI-Powered Capture of Cells for Precision Medicine

Company’s intelligent microfluidics platform can identify virtually any cell type, at frequencies as low as one in a billion MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. − Deepcell, a life science company pioneering AI-powered cell classification and isolation for cell biology and translational research, today announced that it has closed its Series A round of financing with $20 million, [...]

Omega Bio-tek Announces Facility Expansion To Accommodate Growth

NORCROSS, GA – Omega Bio-tek, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer of nucleic acid purification kits, is announcing a new facility acquisition in response to the increased demand for the company’s DNA/RNA purification kits and automation support services. The new building investment will bring the total square footage of Omega Bio-tek’s facilities to over 65,000 square feet. [...]

Agilent Presents Thought Leader Award to IIT Delhi Scientist Professor Anurag Rathore

Prof. Rathore is the first researcher in India to receive this award; he has been recognized for his contributions to biopharmaceutical research SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has honored Prof. Anurag Rathore, a scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, with an Agilent Thought Leader Award, for his contributions to the [...]

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