August 3, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Swift Biosciences, a leader in Next-Generation Sequencing Technology lays the groundwork for emerging research into common and rare disease as well as novel infectious disease. The Company’s Accel-Amplicon® and Swift Normalase® Amplicon Panels (SNAP) use a patented single tube workflow, to create ready to sequence libraries for research in Cancer, Antibiotic [...]
JEOL Introduces New Compact Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
August 3, 2020
Peabody, Mass. JEOL expands its revolutionary FE SEM product group with the introduction of a compact, versatile Field Emission SEM that offers ultrahigh resolution and versatile analytical capabilities at a great value. The new JSM-IT700HR InTouchScope FE SEM is equipped with a large specimen chamber and both High and Low Vacuum modes for managing a wide variety of specimen [...]
BioSkryb Launches Researcher Early Access Program for Genomic Amplification Technology
August 3, 2020
DURHAM, N.C. -- BioSkryb, Inc. ("BioSkryb"), a developer of genomic amplification technologies that deliver higher coverage and fidelity for gene sequencing, today announced that it has launched an Early Access Program (EAP) for researchers to test its proprietary genomic amplification technology (Primary Template-directed Amplification or PTA). Enrollment in the program secures dedicated workflow support to ensure [...]
August 3, 2020
Joint research effort will lead to molecular assays that can improve variant detection and access difficult-to-sequence regions of the human genomeAUSTIN, Texas and MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, and Asuragen, a molecular diagnostics company delivering easy-to-use products for complex [...]
BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF JULIE L. BUSHMAN TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
August 3, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced the appointment of Julie L. Bushman to serve as an independent director on the company's board of directors, effective as of July 31, 2020. Following the appointment, the board of Bio-Techne will be comprised of ten directors, nine of whom are independent. Bushman, 59, is the former Executive Vice [...]
August 3, 2020
Cancer Transcriptome Atlas is the First in a Portfolio of GeoMx Products That Enable Spatial Genomics Using the Installed Base of Nearly 20,000 Next Gen Sequencers SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational research, today announced the commercial availability of the first GeoMx® Digital Spatial [...]
August 3, 2020
Ground-breaking British technology will initially provide hundreds of thousands of fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 tests under new agreement with the UK Government, with the potential to build to millions of tests per month The “LamPORE COVID-19” assay provides precise detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using Oxford Nanopore’s DNA/RNA sequencing technology. LamPORE is [...]
July 31, 2020
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced execution of a letter contract with the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, for a proposed project under the agency’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) [...]
Launch of a New Spike-In RNA Variant Module with 4 – 12 kb long RNAs
July 31, 2020
Today we launched the Long SIRV module. The long SIRVs are the latest addition to the Spike-In RNA Variants (SIRVs), Lexogen’s portfolio of external RNA reference standards. The 15 RNAs in this module cover the five length categories of 4 kb, 6 b, 8 kb, 10 kb, and 12 kb, each represented by three unique transcripts. [...]
Corning Adds 3D Clear Tissue Clearing Reagent to its 3D Cell Culture Imaging Portfolio
July 31, 2020
Corning’s new tissue clearing technology is designed for in vitro 3D cell culture models such as spheroids, organoids, and microtissues. Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced the launch of its 3D Clear Tissue Clearing Reagent, allowing for rapid and easy imaging of tissues in 3D cell culture without damaging the underlying cellular morphology. This solution, manufactured [...]
