Bionano Genomics Appoints Tech Executive Christopher Stewart as its Chief Financial Officer to Help Manage, Grow and Expand Bionano’s Global Business

Chris Stewart joins Bionano from Tesla where he headed up the ultracapacitor business unit. Over his career, he has served in a number of executive roles in private and public commercial stage companies including as controller, V.P. of Finance and CFO. Chris’s breadth of operational finance experience will be a key to Bionano’s continued global [...]

Synthego Raises $100 Million to Accelerate CRISPR Platform Scale-up in Response to Growing Demand

Major Life Sciences Investors Support Company’s Vision, Strengthen Its Position as the Leader in Genome Engineering for Rapid Therapeutic Discovery, Development and Manufacturing REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Synthego, the genome engineering company, today announced that it raised $100 million in a Series D financing led by new investor Wellington Management, co-led by RA Capital Management and [...]

Illumina Reaches Milestone with 1,000 NovaSeq™ 6000

Three years after its debut, NovaSeq makes deeper discoveries more accessible than ever A little more than three years after launching its most powerful sequencer, Illumina installed its 1,000th NovaSeqTM 6000 Sequencing System. The sequencer was placed at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 2020. An early adopter of genome sequencing technology, [...]

Axol Bioscience appoints Liam Taylor as Chief Executive Officer

New CEO to steer the next stage of Axol Bioscience’s growth in the global iPSC stem cell markets Cambridge, UK: Axol Bioscience, a biotechnology company specializing in the use of stem cell technology to manufacture disease relevant cell based assay systems to the drug discovery industry, today announced the appointment of Liam Taylor as CEO. Liam [...]

High Quality 8-Position Parallel Reaction Station

Asynt has introduced a second-generation version of its popular DrySyn OCTO reaction station that delivers the same outstanding performance, at the same price, with improved features and a new, more aesthetically pleasing, design. Like its popular predecessor, the DrySyn OCTO Mk II is an 8-position reaction station that provides chemists with powerful magnetic stirring, heating, inert [...]

Astrea Bioseparations announces acquisition of Essential Life Solutions

Astrea Bioseparations acquires Essential Life Solutions providing expanded product range and sales reach SNAP® columns to complement Astrea’s existing column offerings Astrea to establish North American presence in greater Boston area Cambridge, UK –  Astrea Bioseparations Ltd is pleased to announce closing of the acquisition of Essential Life Solutions Ltd, a US corporation with an [...]

IsoPlexis Announces Partnership with Medquest for IsoLight Expansion into Singapore and Malaysia

IsoPlexis partners with Medquest to expand its single-cell proteomic analysis platform, the IsoLight system and IsoCode & CodePlex Chips, throughout the pharmaceutical and life science markets in Malaysia and Singapore BRANFORD, Conn. -- IsoPlexis, the leader in single-cell proteomics products, today announced an exclusive agreement with Medquest, a company offering top-tier healthcare solutions to healthcare [...]

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and Front Range Biosciences Partner to Establish a Hemp Science Center of Excellence

The Colorado-based center is poised to lead the industry in innovation, technology and discovery COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) and Front Range Biosciences (FRB) announced today their partnership to establish a Hemp Science Center of Excellence. Through this collaborative research and education agreement, SSI will provide instrumentation to support FRB’s new analytical laboratory [...]

Illumina Welcomes Kathryne Reeves as Chief Marketing Officer

Kathryne Reeves (Photo: Business Wire) SAN DIEGO -- Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that Kathryne Reeves will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer on September 28, 2020. Reeves brings more than 25 years of marketing and general management experience in roles across the healthcare, technology, and consumer products industries. Reeves will report to Chief [...]

Biocom Institute, Illumina and Illumina Foundation Partner to Bring Genomics Education to the Classroom

SAN DIEGO -- Biocom Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that supports life science innovation by strengthening the workforce and leaders of tomorrow, today announced a partnership with Illumina and the Illumina Foundation to advance the Illumina Genomic Discoveries Educator Program & Curriculum. Using Illumina’s latest technologies, this comprehensive program will allow teachers and students the opportunity [...]

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