November 10, 2020
New all-in-one SEM-EDS platform provides high-quality quantitative elemental data twice as fast as competing solutions HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific today unveiled the Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM, a cost-effective, floor-model scanning electron microscope (SEM) that takes materials micro-structural analysis and defect discovery to a new level of speed and simplicity. Axia ChemiSEM includes always-on energy dispersive [...]
Streck launches rapid, modular qPCR instrument with market-leading speed
November 10, 2020
La Vista, NE – Streck is proud to announce the launch of the Zulu RT®, a rapid, modular qPCR instrument capable of performing four independent experiments simultaneously. It can perform a 40-cycle, 6-channel 3-step real-time PCR in less than 20 minutes, making it the fastest qPCR instrument in the world. The Zulu RT uses unique, proprietary [...]
November 10, 2020
New additions provide genomics researchers with improved extraction methods for ultra HMW DNA, with reduced time and increased purity, from a wide variety of biological samples IPSWICH, Mass., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New England Biolabs (NEB®) today released two high molecular weight (HMW) DNA extraction kits — the Monarch HMW DNA Extraction Kit for Cells & [...]
Optibrium Enters Cheminformatics Collaboration with MSD
November 10, 2020
The collaboration will see the integration of Optibrium’s StarDrop software as a central component of MSD’s global drug discovery infrastructure CAMBRIDGE, UK: Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced a collaboration with MSD tradename of Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth NJ USA. As part of the collaboration MSD has adopted Optibrium’s StarDrop™ software [...]
Shimadzu Announces the Start of Its Blood-Based Amyloid Mass Spectrometry Service
November 10, 2020
Dedicated to Drug Discovery and Development Shimadzu Scientific Instruments introduces the Amyloid Mass Spectrometry (MS) Service for early screening of amyloid-positive subjects. This simple blood analysis method enables early and accurate prediction of amyloid pathology in the brain with an easy-to-acquire blood sample. Although the screening analysis is Research Use Only and cannot diagnose Alzheimer’s [...]
November 10, 2020
The “Advanced i-Series” High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (LC-2050 model) Shimadzu Corporation is announcing the release of its “Advanced i-Series” HPLC, with sales of both new models beginning on November domestically and overseas. Retaining the excellent basic functions of the flagship “i-Series”, the Advanced i-Series boasts increased pressure resistance and additional functions to support remote work [...]
Newomics Launches New Platform for High-Throughput Biomedical Analysis
November 10, 2020
Newomics, a biotechnology company developing and commercializing mass spectrometry solutions for molecular detection applications, today announced the launch of a novel biomedical analysis platform to drive innovation in clinical diagnostics and drug discovery research. The new Microflow-nanospray Electrospray Ionization (MnESI) Source offers unmatched sensitivity, robustness and reproducibility for small-volume, high-throughput analysis of antibodies, proteins, nucleic acids and [...]
November 9, 2020
Workflow to play a vital role in enabling rapid testing of large numbers of people AUSTIN, Texas -- L7 Informatics announced that it has deployed L7|ESP to automate all lab operations starting with COVID-related workflow at the Genome Technology Access Center (GTAC@MGI) in the McDonnell Genome Institute at the Washington University School of Medicine. The COVID-related workflow supports the [...]
November 9, 2020
Mathias Mandt, ZAGENO's vice president of engineering CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BERLIN, Germany and WROCLAW, Poland -- ZAGENO, a leading enterprise marketplace solution connecting eCommerce to life science, today announced that it is doubling the size of its engineering team to support its customer-centric operation model. ZAGENO’s newly appointed vice president of engineering Mathias Mandt is [...]
November 9, 2020
New Funds to Drive Further Commercialisation of Rare and Inherited Cancer Applications and Expansion into Oncology, Wellness and Pharma Collaborations Cambridge, United Kingdom – Congenica, the digital health company enabling rapid and accurate analysis of complex genomic data to transform people’s lives, is pleased to announce the completion of its Series C funding round, raising US$50m/£39m. [...]

