HighRes? and Opentrons? Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch the Industry’s First AI Agent-to-Agent Lab Automation Workflow

Joint collaboration unites powerful robotics with AI-driven orchestration to redefine how labs scale automation BEVERLY, MA and NEW YORK — HighRes, Inc., a leader in laboratory automation and orchestration software, and Opentrons Labworks, Inc., the leading laboratory robotics company building the physical infrastructure for AI-driven autonomous science, today announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and demonstrate the [...]

ChemoMetec enters Letter of Intent with Roche Diagnostics

ChemoMetec enters Letter of Intent with Roche Diagnostics ChemoMetec has entered a Letter of Intent with Roche Diagnostics aiming to pursue a collaboration with the goal of creating synergies between the parties’ technologies in the field of bioprocess monitoring. Over the course of 2026 the parties intend to explore and solidify initial ideas of combining [...]

Illumina and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance partner to sequence the Frozen Zoo®, supporting critical conservation genetics efforts globally

Illumina will sequence up to 4,000 unique individual animals across 1,300 species, unlock genomic insights from 50-year-old biological samples Sequencing connects decades of preserved biodiversity with the latest multiomic technologies SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a sequencing agreement with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA)'s Frozen Zoo®. The 50-year-old biobank is the [...]

Biotium Introduces Flexible, Time-Saving, and Cost-Effective Fluorescent Labeling for HaloTag? Fusion Proteins

ViaTag™ Haloalkane Ligands streamline workflows in a wide range of colors with lower overall cost compared to other wash-intensive haloalkane ligands. FREMONT, CA -- Biotium, a leading provider of innovative fluorescent reagents and kits for life science research, announces the release of a new line of bright fluorescent ligands designed for flexible labeling of HaloTag? self-labeling protein [...]

Cirena Launches High-Purity Long RNA to Accelerate CRISPR and Genome-Editing Research

Breakthrough technology delivers 100–400nt RNA with exceptional purity, enabling faster design cycles and improved editing precision BOULDER, CO - Cirena, pioneers in long and ultra-long, high purity RNA synthesis for gene editing and functional genomics, today announced its public launch following successful delivery of high-quality long RNA to leading academic and pharmaceutical research teams across [...]

HORIBA Acquires Pristine Deeptech Private Limited in India

Establishing an R&D Footprint in India for Analytical and Measurement Solutions for Advanced Materials HORIBA India Private Limited (Head Office: New Delhi, India; President: Rajeev Gautam), a HORIBA Group company, announces that it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Pristine Deeptech Private Limited*1 (Head Office: Gujarat, India; CEO: Ashvani Kumar; hereinafter “Pristine [...]

LifeCanvas to advance spatial profiling of human tumors with translational cancer lab

Collaboration will allow high-throughput, multiplexed spatial profiling of solid tumors, paving the way for precision oncology CAMBRIDGE, MA – LifeCanvas Technologies announces a collaboration with the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology (LSP) at Harvard Medical School, led by Professor Peter Sorger, to investigate solid tumor biology in 3D. The joint effort combines the LSP’s world-leading translational cancer biology expertise [...]

Slingshot Biosciences Announces Rapid Expansion into the United Kingdom and European Union Markets

Life sciences innovator and leader in precision-engineered synthetic cell mimic technology expands its UK/EU operations to accelerate cell and gene therapy and pharmaceutical development EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Slingshot Biosciences, the pioneer of synthetic cell mimic technology for flow cytometry controls, today announced its further expansion into the United Kingdom and European Union markets. This investment provides [...]

Phylo Introduces Biomni Lab, an Integrated Environment for AI-Native Biology

Backed by a $13.5M seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund with Anthropic, Phylo is led by Stanford AI and biology researchers Kexin Huang, Ph.D. and Yuanhao Qu, Ph.D. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Phylo, an applied AI research lab building technology to help biologists get more done, faster, today announced the [...]

Spectral Evolution Announces New Partnership with GWM Engineering to Expand Advanced Field Spectroscopy Solutions in Finland

Spectral Evolution, the leading provider of high-performance field-portable spectrometers and remote sensing solutions, is pleased to announce a new partnership with GWM Engineering, a well-established distributor of field-portable measurement and sampling instruments based in Finland. With more than 30 years of experience, GWM Engineering has built a strong reputation as a pioneer in the utilization [...]

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