Waters Gives More Laboratories Access to Mass Spectrometry with Rapid, Easy, and Compact RADIAN ASAP System

Direct MS system quickly analyzes samples requiring minimal prep or expertise to help improve operational efficiencies and competitiveness The Waters RADIAN ASAP System is a novel direct-from-sample mass detector engineered for non-mass spectrometry (MS) experts to conduct fast and accurate analyses of solids and liquids with minimal sample prep. MILFORD, Mass.-- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today [...]

LECO adds Hydrogen to the 828 Series

St. Joseph, Mich. – LECO announces the addition of hydrogen analysis capabilities to the 828 series, which will transform the way users determine carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in a variety of petrochemical and other organic materials. The CHN828 maintains the core capabilities and performance of previous generations of LECO macro combustion instruments while possessing key [...]

Sartorius closes acquisition of BIA Separations

Combination of businesses creates a premium portfolio for advanced therapies Course set for successful integration Göttingen -- The life science company Sartorius successfully closed the acquisition of the Slovenian purification specialist BIA Separations. The transaction was completed on November 2, 2020, after receiving the required approvals. “BIA´s portfolio is highly complementary to Sartorius. We are [...]

Agilent Announces Memorandum of Understanding to Collaborate with GI Innovation for Biomarker Profiling in Phase 1/2 Study of Cancer Immunotherapy GI-101

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GI Innovation (GII), a Korean clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The MOU establishes a framework in which the two companies will enter into a strategic partnership to explore potential genomic biomarkers of the tumor microenvironment in an early-phase [...]

Polyplus-transfection Names Mario Philips As Chief Executive Officer. Appoints Dr. Andreas Rummelt and Jean-Paul Mangeolle to its Board of Directors

Illkirch, FRANCE – Polyplus-transfection® SA (“Polyplus”), the leading biotechnology company that supports the gene and cell therapy market by supplying innovative transfection solutions, today named Mario Philips as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Mr. Philips succeeds Karsten Wilking, who will transition into a Strategic Advisor role. In addition, Polyplus has named Dr. Andreas Rummelt and Jean-Paul [...]

LUMICKS enters strategic collaboration with Leucid Bio to evaluate next-generation pCARs with the z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer

Amsterdam, the Netherlands — 30 October 2020 — LUMICKS is pleased to announce a collaboration agreement with clinical-stage biotech company Leucid Bio, which seeks to utilize LUMICKS’ z-Movi® Cell Avidity Analyzer (z-Movi) to accelerate entry of immunotherapeutic candidates into clinical trials. The goal of the partnership is to evaluate the efficacy of Leucid Bio’s next-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells using the [...]

908 Devices Names Kevin Hrusovsky, 30-year Biotechnology Veteran and Founder of Powering Precision Health, as Chairman of its Board of Directors

Company elects luminary as Chairman as they reimagine where Mass Spec technology can be used when it is small in size, low in cost, and simple to operate BOSTON -- 908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop Mass Spec devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, today announced the appointment of Kevin Hrusovsky as the Chairman of [...]

Mission Bio Launches Single-cell Multi-omics System for Faster, More Successful Development of Precision Cancer Therapies

By combining two assays in a single platform, the integrated solution offers deeper insight into therapy resistance and relapse, saving billions in drug development costs SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Mission Bio, Inc. today announced the launch of a complete Tapestri® Single-cell Multi-omics Solution, the most comprehensive single-cell multi-omics platform on the market. With a new [...]

QIAGEN expands its existing Epigenomic offering in the United States with Sample to Insight solution for Hi-C NGS analysis

EpiTect Hi-C Kit helps researchers to better understand key aspects of long-range genome architecture License agreement enables QIAGEN to sell Phase Genomics’ proprietary proximity-ligation technology in the United States research market Adds to QIAGEN’s epigenomic capabilities in identification of individual methylation marks and histone modification at the nucleotide level Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland – QIAGEN [...]

Optimised Microplate for SARS-CoV-2 Nucleic Acid Purification

Porvair Sciences has introduced a new 2.2ml 96 deep well plate specifically designed to be fully compatible with the Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ range of nucleic acid purification systems. For many labs, up-front sample preparation and handling represents a major bottleneck in their research workflow, as it is largely done manually. Widely used for the nucleic [...]

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