Thermo Scientific Axia ChemiSEM Increases Data Acquisition Speed, Simplicity for Materials Micro-Analysis

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

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 [...]

New England Biolabs® broadens its Monarch® portfolio with high molecular weight (HMW) DNA extraction kits for long-read sequencing

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

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

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 [...]

Release of the “Advanced i-Series” High Performance Liquid Chromatograph – The enhanced flagship LC model that supports remote work

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

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 [...]

L7 Informatics Automates Lab Operations and Supports Washington University School of Medicine with Workflow for Its Saliva-based COVID-19 Test

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 [...]

ZAGENO Doubles Engineering to Support High-Paced, Customer-Centric Operating Model Under Leadership of New VP of Engineering

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 [...]

Congenica Completes $50m Series C Funding Round to Advance Clinical Genomic Analysis Software and Data Platform

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. [...]

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