Streamlined solution features quality control reagent kits, robotic sample preparation, mass spectrometry analysis and data reporting software to transform analysis efficiency WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today launched the cannabis industry’s first fully-automated liquid handling sample preparation and LC/MS/MS analysis workflow for pesticide residue testing of cannabis [...]

Hamburg -- The American scientist Christopher Zimmerman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, USA has won the 2020 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for his work on the neural circuits that govern thirst and drinking behavior. Zimmerman discovered that sensory signals originating throughout the body come together within [...]

Mastermind Genomic Search Engine Now Part of RCIGM’s Analysis and Variant Interpretation Workflow ANN ARBOR, MI -- The Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) and Genomenon, Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the diagnosis of critically-ill newborns with rare genetic disorders. The collaboration combines the Institute’s genomic research expertise with Genomenon’s Mastermind Genomic Search Engine to [...]

ERS scientific advisor and co-founder received award jointly with Jennifer A. Doudna, for 'the development of a method for genome editing' Dublin, Ireland – ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property (IP) co-owned by Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, congratulates Emmanuelle on being awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [...]

Ten new monoclonal antibodies recognise distinct Spike protein epitopes on SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies available are specific for S1, S2 and receptor-binding domain regions of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein Different epitopes support identification of matched-pair reagents for immunoassay development Oxford, UK: The Native Antigen Company (now part of LGC’s Clinical Diagnostics Division), one of the world’s leading suppliers of reagents [...]

Bournemouth, UK -- Solentim is pleased to announce the adoption of its VIPS™ single cell seeding platform and Cell Metric® CLD into Samsung Biologics’ new research and development facility in San Francisco, CA. These instruments are designed for single cell cloning and assurance of monoclonality to increase the speed and efficiency of Master Cell Bank development. Samsung’s new R&D facility in [...]

New data integrity solutions for the regulated environment MALVERN, UK -- Malvern Panalytical will unveil OmniTrust, a new suite of data integrity solutions, at a live online event on 13 October. OmniTrust delivers integrated access, audit and system validation services across a range of Malvern Panalytical instruments. This provides a common approach for compliance with regulatory requirements [...]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Synthego, the genome engineering company, today announced the design of new foundational technology for standardized precision and control of CRISPR-based gene editing inside cells using light. Described in Nature Communications, Synthego researchers developed a new class of guide molecules, CRISPRoff™, a synthetic sgRNA that fragments in response to light, enabling precise temporal and [...]

HERCULES, Calif. – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products today announced the global launch of its CFX Opus 96 and CFX Opus 384 Real-time PCR Systems along with BR.io, a cloud-based instrument connectivity, data management, and analysis platform. The CFX Opus 96 and CFX [...]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- PathogenDx, Inc., an Arizona based technology company which has developed a multiplexed microarray DNA-based pathogen testing platform, announced today that its EnviroX-f, an ultra-rapid microarray test designed for food safety, has earned an AOAC® Performance Tested Methods SM (PTM) Certificate from the AOAC Research Institute. EnviroX-f is the world's first multiplex Salmonella, Listeria spp and [...]