FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Introduces Sterile Express Media Service
December 1, 2020
The first manufacturing service of its kind delivers tested sterile, non-GMP media designed for feasibility testing before scale-up, to support development of cell and gene therapies SANTA ANA, California: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., today announced the launch of Sterile Express Media Service (SEMS), for small-scale, rapid production of non-GMP media tested for sterility. With SEMS, customers [...]
NEWOMICS CLOSES $7.9 MILLION SERIES B FINANCING TO ACCELERATE GROWTH
December 1, 2020
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Newomics Inc., a biotechnology company developing and commercializing mass spectrometry solutions for molecular detection applications, today announced the closing of their $7.9 million Series B financing, led by MSA Capital. Joining the round are new investor LDV Partners, and existing Series A investors, including the Berkeley Catalyst Fund and the Photon Fund. [...]
Banner Industries Signs Partnership Agreement with Atonarp
December 1, 2020
Banner Industries is pleased to announce that it recently formed a partnership with Atonarp, Inc., effective October 15, 2020. Atonarp, a leading manufacturer of molecular diagnostics products, is spearheading the digital transformation of advanced molecular analysis and quantification in the industrial and healthcare space. Atonarp’s miniature spectrometers capture process-specific data, then translate that data into [...]
December 1, 2020
WITec GmbH, the German manufacturer of high-performance Raman, AFM, SNOM, and correlative nano-analytical microscopy systems, announces a new cooperation in Japan for particle analysis. Dr. Yutaka Kameda, Associate Professor at the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Japan, and his team have been working very successfully for several years on the analysis of microplastics in [...]
Miltenyi Biotec launches all-in-one kits for stimulation and analysis of SARS-CoV-2–reactive T cells
December 1, 2020
T cell activation an important parameter in COVID-19; linked to execution and control of multiple mediators in controlling infections1, 2 BERGISCH GLADBACH – Miltenyi Biotec today launches new all-in-one kits for the efficient stimulation and functional analysis of SARS-CoV-2‒reactive T cells. Specifically developed for fast and rapid detection in PBMC samples after stimulation with the SARS-CoV-2 [...]
Congenica Appoints Dr. Muthu Meyyappan as Chief Commercial Officer
December 1, 2020
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 appointment of Dr. Muthu Meyyappan as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective immediately. Muthu will lead all aspects of Congenica’s sales and marketing and will be based in Boston, MA. [...]
Eppendorf SmartBlock™ for Cell Thawing: Reproducible and Reliable Process
November 30, 2020
Eppendorf offers now a further building block in supporting scientists with tailored solutions for the daily lab routine: Controlled and reliable cell thawing is mandatory for further downstream experiments in every cell handling lab. Although water-bath based or even manual thawing of cells is still commonly used, these methods are not the desired ones due [...]
November 30, 2020
ALMERE, THE NETHERLANDS, 23 November 2020 – Today, Tracamyl announced the acquisition of the brand Geneye from Biowire for an undisclosed amount. The Geneye brand was launched in 2016 by Biowire, a company based in Hong Kong. Bertrand Coissac, Managing Director of Biowire comments: “For the past several years, we have worked closely and with great success [...]
Fire Monkey v8 HMW DNA extraction delivers 30Gb+ yield from sequencing on the ONT MinION
November 30, 2020
Increased yield can drive disposable costs for MinION to $35/Gb and for PacBio to <$10/Gb Fire Monkey version 8 (FMv8) record-breaking 30Gb+ yield of raw DNA data from an E. Coli sample on a single Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) MinION flow cell (Fig. 1) Increased yield boosts DNA recovery and improves sequencing (Fig. 2) Based [...]
November 30, 2020
Riffyn was selected as a key digital-infrastructure partner of BioMADE — the $87.5M DoD-sponsored biomanufacturing network — to future-proof America’s biomanufacturing economy. OAKLAND, Calif.--Riffyn, a pioneer of cloud-based software provider for scientific R&D, announced today that its flagship software, Riffyn Nexus, has been selected as the digital backbone for 90-and-growing bio-innovators of Bioindustrial Manufacturing And [...]

