SEATTLE -- LabKey has launched a comprehensive solution for managing laboratory freezer storage and sample locations within its user-friendly sample management software- LabKey Sample Manager. By including robust freezer management capabilities in a full-featured sample tracking and workflow management system, LabKey Sample Manager aims to serve as a collaborative hub for sample processing work in the laboratory. The application [...]

Digital PCR for COVID-19 wastewater testing overcomes limitations of traditional PCR Wastewater surveillance testing can quantify COVID-19 in populations and track mutations Custom QIAcuity One-Step Viral RT-PCR Kit supports wastewater testing applications Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN today announced the addition of kits for wastewater testing to its growing portfolio of COVID-19 products. The [...]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments, an Agilent Technologies, Inc., company, announces that it was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the Automated Media Exchange (AMX) module for the MultiFlo FX Multi-Mode Dispenser. In cell biology workflows, the automated MultiFlo FX with AMX module enables hands-free, gentle, and highly consistent media exchanges [...]

Wetzlar and London — Leica Microsystems and Imperial College London launch the Leica and Imperial Imaging Hub Leica Microsystems has announced a partnership with Imperial College London in the field of optical imaging and its use in research and innovation, to set up a dedicated imaging hub at Imperial, which will be equipped with advanced [...]

The ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT was officially opened in a virtual event, one year after it became operational. ZEISS enables high-tech and digital startups to move into the Hub, and is driving its own innovation and new business activities The new building on the North Campus is a milestone in the longstanding partnership with [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- OmniSeq®, an innovator in next generation sequencing in oncology, today announced its collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to employ its RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) gene expression profile assay for selecting immunotherapy combinations for patients in a Phase II clinical trial for patients with Recurrent/Metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma [...]

MINNEAPOLIS - Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH), a global life sciences company providing innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostic communities, today announced an initial minority strategic equity investment in Changzhou Eminence Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Eminence").  Eminence will use the financing proceeds to expand its manufacturing capacity and increase the service capabilities of [...]

New possibilities: tailor-made cell culture media and reagents that fulfil specific regulatory requirements are now available on request A streamlined process for defining regulatory specifications reduces the overall burden for customers, therefore saving cost & time and minimizing overall risk The company’s entire cell culture media and reagents portfolios are covered by the new certification [...]

Vector Controls and Automation Group is excited to announce that it will expand its partnership with SpectraSensors, an Endress+Hauser Company. SpectraSensors is the leading manufacturer of laser-based gas analyzers applying Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) to measure moisture, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, acetylene, and oxygen. Vector CAG has been selling the SpectraSensors’ portfolio in portions of [...]

Zurich -- We are delighted to announce that RAMCON has been appointed as distributor in the Nordic Countries. RAMCON will distribute our FluidFM BIO Series lab solutions that enable cutting-edge experiments in life sciences and nanotechnology – from neuronal cell network patterning and multiplexed CRISPR gene editing to unprecedented fast cell line development – in [...]