Avacta and Integumen plc collaborate for detection of SARS-COV-2 coronavirus in waste water
July 13, 2020
Partnership to evaluate the use of Affimer reagents to detect the coronavirus using novel sensors Cambridge and Wetherby, UK: Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Integumen plc (AIM: SKIN) (“Integumen”) to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind [...]
Element acquires strategic stake in Cambridge-based technology start-up Plastometrex
July 13, 2020
London, UK – Element Materials Technology (Element), a global leader in materials and product qualification testing, has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Plastometrex, a Cambridge-based technology start-up, which develops technical and software-led solutions for testing in material science. Founded in 2018 by a team of expert material scientists (all formerly of [...]
July 13, 2020
Strategic partnership will focus on commercializing CELLSEARCH platform for COVID-19 related use cases, along with other COVID-19 related products BOLOGNA, Italy and HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. and GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPGN), a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics to help combat infectious disease, announced today that it has [...]
Changes in Merck Executive Board
July 13, 2020
The Board of Partners of E. Merck KG appointed Belén Garijo as Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and Deputy CEO of Merck KGaA effective today. Belén Garijo appointed Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and Deputy CEO Udit Batra leaves the company to pursue other opportunities outside Merck Christos Ross will lead Life Science [...]
July 13, 2020
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific and First Genetics JCS, a manufacturer of diagnostic equipment and IVD kits intended to advance molecular genetic technologies into clinical practice, today announced a strategic partnership focused on commercializing next-generation sequencing (NGS)–based diagnostics in Russia. The agreement enables First Genetics to market its F-Genetics NGS System and IVD assays to Russian labs for [...]
New tube-below WDXRF spectrometer from Rigaku features improved performance and smaller footprint
July 13, 2020
Rigaku introduces new ZSX Primus IVi WDXRF spectrometer especially suited for X-ray analysis of liquids, alloys, and plated metals Tokyo, Japan. Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Rigaku ZSX Primus IVi tube-below sequential wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF) spectrometer. WDXRF analyzers are known for high sensitivity and spectral resolution, offering non-destructive trace elemental [...]
Skalar has successfully installed a SP2000 beer analysis robot at Brauerei C. & A. VELTINS GmbH & Co
July 13, 2020
Beer brewing is an art, involving the measurement of important parameters for guiding the brewing process towards the desired flavors and character of the beer to be brewed. Such a parameter is the bitterness of the beer, which stems from compounds such as humulones or alpha acids from hops used during brewing. Various other parameters [...]
Modern Water plc – Collaboration agreement between Integumen and Avacta
July 13, 2020
Modern Water is pleased to note that Integumen plc ("Integumen"), the Company's reagent production agency partner, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Avacta plc ("Avacta") for the evaluation of Avacta Affimers for the real-time identification of localised COVID-19 hotspots in wastewater, from which authorities can be alerted through Integumen's real-time alert system to prevent [...]
July 13, 2020
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- Sirius Automation Group, a market leader in benchtop Sample Preparation and Manipulation Laboratory Automation Workstations, is proud to announce their collaboration with Cerulean of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Cerulean will exclusively distribute worldwide outside the U.S., Sirius’ Automated Systems focusing on the UK and Ireland laboratory automation marketplace for implementations addressing [...]
July 11, 2020
Maennedorf, Switzerland – Tecan is excited to announce an agreement with Thomas Scientific, a distributor of laboratory solutions and equipment, to support the sales of Tecan’s detection instruments and consumables portfolio in the US. This collaboration will allow Tecan to expand its presence for these product lines and reach a wider customer base across the [...]
