October 12, 2020
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications today announced a new commercial agreement with JAN Scientific (JANSi), a specialist provider of imaging solutions for macromolecular crystallography. The distribution agreement for North America will enable SPT Labtech to promote JANSi's plate hotels and scanning imagers for [...]
Introducing NGSgo-MX11-3 Easy as one-two-three
October 12, 2020
The multiplex you have been waiting for! Amplification primers for eleven loci are multiplexed in three tubes. The three-tube design results in lower noise levels, better-balanced alleles, and higher quality compared to a one-tube approach. This means more reliable typing results. From DNA to results in only 1,5 days! Start your amplification on day 1 [...]
October 12, 2020
Oxford Nanopore, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, US CDC, Microsoft and Illumina collaborate with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to launch Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI) $100 million four-year initiative will rapidly expand access to next-generation genomic sequencing tools and strengthen public health surveillance networks across Africa Oxford [...]
MilliporeSigma Licenses CRISPR Genome-Editing Technology to PanCELLa and Takara Bio USA
October 12, 2020
Licenses aim to accelerate drug discovery leading to development of new therapies PanCELLa agreement marks MilliporeSigma’s first CRISPR license for bioproduction Takara Bio USA agreement gives access to MilliporeSigma’s CRISPR integration and vector technologies for Takara’s vector products and cell engineering services MilliporeSigma today announced that it has signed agreements licensing its CRISPR technology to two [...]
Illumina Pledges US $20 Million in Sequencing Tech for Africa
October 12, 2020
Joins Africa CDC alongside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others in a four-year plan October 12, 2020 A dangerous novel pathogen emerging in any region is devastating, but even more so when genomics and bioinformatics infrastructure is insufficient to identify, monitor, or slow its spread. In resource-limited environments, public health officials struggle to allocate [...]
October 12, 2020
Indianapolis, IN and Burlingame, CA — The Indiana University School of Medicine-Purdue TREAT-AD Center today announced that it has implemented the CDD Vault informatics platform to manage research data in the center’s Alzheimer’s disease drug development pipeline. The TREAT-AD Center, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, is focused on developing high-quality research tools and technologies to validate and [...]
Misa – a new, portable food analysis system
October 9, 2020
Protecting consumers with the latest in food testing technology Metrohm is proud to announce the launch of the Misa – its first handheld solution to detect and identify trace level food contamination in the field. Misa overcomes the complexity of food samples to deliver results in just a few seconds, helping quickly identify threats to [...]
New ASpect LS software simplifies analysis process with AAS instruments
October 9, 2020
Modern design and intelligent features - with the completely overhauled Aspect LS software, Analytik Jena is accelerating the analysis processes for its novAA 800 and ZEEnit 650P/700P series of atomic absorption spectrometers. Many new convenience features and a completely new user interface make routine work with the analytical instruments considerably easier. The user interface of the Aspect LS software [...]
LamPORE test for SARS-CoV-2 detection gains CE-IVD mark
October 9, 2020
LamPORE is a new, rapid, scalable, accurate test, for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. LamPORE is designed to be performed on a desktop device, GridION, or a palm-sized device, MinION Mk1C. Following an application to the UK’s MHRA, the LamPORE assay is now CE marked for in vitro diagnostic use for [...]
LamPORE test for SARS-CoV-2 detection gains CE-IVD mark
October 9, 2020
OXFORD, England -- LamPORE is a new, rapid, scalable, accurate test, for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. LamPORE is designed to be performed on a desktop device, GridION, or a palm-sized device, MinION Mk1C. Following an application to the UK's MHRA, the LamPORE assay is now CE marked for in vitro [...]
