SERSTECH AB: Serstech receives EU funding for CBRN project

A consortium of public and private organizations, of which Serstech is part, has been granted funding from the European Commission. The project aims to develop technologies, based on Raman and SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy), to detect and identify chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial compounds in liquid and gas form. Serstech will supply modified [...]

CANNON IS GROWING WITH A 12,000 SQ. FT. ADDITION

We are so pleased to announce the addition to our current building - a state-of-the-art, 12,000 sq.ft. space designated for Research & Development, among other departments. This addition brings CANNON Instrument Company's facility to a whopping 50,000 sq.ft. We are growing and advancing, with so many exciting products and events ahead, and this is a [...]

Mission Bio Raises $70M in Series C Funding Led by Novo Holdings to Accelerate Development of Cancer Therapies with Single-cell Multi-omics

Capital raised will scale the Tapestri Platform to advance the development of precision medicine through improved biomarker discovery and drug development SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Mission Bio, Inc., the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, today announced $70 million in its Series C financing led by Novo Growth, the growth equity arm of [...]

METTLER TOLEDO and TetraScience Collaborate to Power the Digital Lab Movement

OLUMBUS, Ohio and BOSTON -- METTLER TOLEDO International Inc. (NYSE: MTD) and TetraScience, Inc. announce a new collaboration to knock down life sciences R&D data silos by providing complete and unified R&D data in the cloud. The integration will join METTLER TOLEDO's precision instruments, such as balances, pH meters, titrators, UV/VIS spectrophotometers, density, refractometers, and LabX™ laboratory software with the TetraScience Platform [...]

QIAGEN to continue successful growth strategy focused on execution and greater value creation after voluntary public takeover offer falls short

• Tender offer acceptance of 47% did not reach minimum threshold of 66.67% • QIAGEN Supervisory Board and Managing Board respect the views of shareholders • Focus on execution with strong outlook for 2020 and 2021, QIAGEN to continue strategy of creating value through Sample to Insight portfolio for growing molecular testing needs • QIAGEN [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Results of Offer to Acquire QIAGEN, Lapse of Offer and Termination of Acquisition Agreement

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that its offer to acquire all of the ordinary shares of QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) has lapsed. Based on information provided by the settlement agents for the offer, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft and American Stock [...]

BioSpyder Files Action Against HTG Molecular Diagnostics in Federal Court

CARLSBAD, Calif.--On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, BioSpyder Technologies, Inc. (“BioSpyder”) filed a civil action in the federal court for the Northern District of California, seeking a declaratory judgment that the BioSpyder TempO-Seq gene expression profiling assay does not infringe any valid claim in U.S. Patent No. 8,741,564 (“the ’564 patent”) for Quantitative Nuclease Protection Assay [...]

Purpl Scientific Announces Free Firmware Update To Extend Battery Life On The Purpl PRO

The portable, lab-accurate potency and moisture measurement device now lasts significantly longer between charges ST. LOUIS  -- Purpl Scientific (www.purplscientific.com), developer of the Purpl PRO – the affordable, lab-accurate, hand-held potency and moisture measurement system for cannabis and hemp – announced it released a free firmware update to improve device battery life. The Purpl PRO, like most electronic devices, will [...]

Covalent Metrology Advances (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy Analytical Services

Installation of a new Talos S/TEM from Thermo Scientific at Covalent's Sunnyvale, CA, headquarters will accelerate analysis and enhance the ease and quality of S/TEM services. SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Covalent Metrology has completed installation of a new Thermo Scientific Talos F200X G2 S/TEM at its Sunnyvale, CA headquarters. This system, available now, generates clearer images with greater and improved elemental [...]

Park Systems Introduces Park SmartLitho™ for Nanolithography and Nanomanipulation at the Virtual ACS Conference

Park Systems, world leader in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), announces Park SmartLitho™, a newly added software to the revolutionary Park SmartScan™ operating system on Park Systems AFM systems. Park SmartLitho is next-generation nanopatterning technology for nanodevices, offering significant potential for customized nanosensor surface modification. SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Park Systems, world leader in Atomic Force Microscopy [...]

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