Sphere Fluidics and Heriot-Watt University collaborate to develop next generation droplet generator instrumentation

Partnership awarded Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership grant Dr. John McGrath appointed as Research Scientist to support development work Cambridge and Edinburgh, UK: Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Heriot-Watt University, a specialist, pioneering Scottish University, today announced they have been awarded a Knowledge Transfer [...]

PerkinElmer Launches Gluten Quality Testing Solution for Grain and Flour Based on World-Standard Perten Gluten Index Method

Perten Glutomatic® 2000 System delivers touchscreen UI, automation and LIMS-connectivity WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today launched the Perten Glutomatic® 2000 System for gluten quantity and quality testing of wheat, durum, semolina and flour. The solution features the new Perten Glutomatic 2000 instrument with a modern user interface and simplified [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific and QIAGEN N.V. Agree on Amended Terms to Acquisition Agreement

-- Offer price increased from €39.00 to €43.00 per QIAGEN share in cash -- Minimum acceptance threshold lowered from 75% to 66.67% of outstanding QIAGEN shares -- QIAGEN Supervisory and Managing Boards reaffirm unanimous recommendation that QIAGEN shareholders tender all of their QIAGEN shares WALTHAM, Mass. and VENLO, The Netherlands -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. [...]

Save Time Using Automated Analysis of Chemotaxis Assays

Munich, Germany - In cooperation with MetaVi Labs, ibidi is launching FastTrack AI, an automated software solution that tracks and analyses chemotaxis data. Thanks to artificial intelligence, FastTrack AI helps you save time on your chemotaxis assays—there is no need for both manual tracking and fluorescence labeling. After sample preparation and live cell imaging (e.g., [...]

Twist Bioscience Partners with Invetx to Deliver Best-in-Class Antibody Therapeutics for Dogs and Cats

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & BOSTON, Mass.-- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and Invetx, a pioneer in protein-based therapeutics for animal health, today announced a partnership for the engineering and optimization of novel antibodies for the treatment of [...]

Differentiation of Human iPS and ES Cells

AMSBIO has introduced StemFit® for Differentiation - a new chemically defined and animal component-free formulation that enables unmatched differentiation of human Induced Pluripotent Stem (hiPS) and Embryonic Stem (hES) cells. The unique chemically defined composition of StemFit® for Differentiation minimizes lot-to-lot variation, enabling highly consistent cell differentiation. Free of animal- and human-derived components, StemFit® for [...]

Berkeley Lights Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Berkeley Lights, Inc., a leader in Digital Cell Biology, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,100,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $22.00 per share. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Berkeley Lights. In addition, Berkeley Lights has granted the underwriters a [...]

RareCyte® announces the Orion™ spatial biology platform with breakthrough technology for same-day highly multiplexed tissue analysis

A complete platform of instrumentation, software, and reagents for rapid fluorescence staining and 21-channel whole-slide imaging Seattle, WA. – RareCyte, Inc., a company focused on providing Precision Biology™ solutions for life sciences, announced today the Orion spatial biology analysis platform applicable to translational and clinical research. Orion is based on a patented and proprietary technology that [...]

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Selects Cambridge Semantics as Enterprise Data Fabric Provider

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Selects Cambridge Semantics as Enterprise Data Fabric Provider Cambridge Semantics Aiding Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in Modernizing its Data Integration Capabilities and in Forging Multiple Data-driven Initiatives Business Wire BOSTON --  Cambridge Semantics, the leading provider of modern, graph-driven data integration for the enterprise data fabric, today announced that Merck KGaA, [...]

Vizgen to Launch Early Release Program for Proprietary Spatial Genomics Technology

MERFISH Platform Illuminates Biology at the Nanoscale to Advance Discovery and Translational Research in Neuroscience, Immuno-Oncology, Infectious Disease/COVID-19 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Vizgen, the company developing the next generation of single-cell, spatial genomics profiling tools, today announced the launch of an Early Release Program for its novel MERFISH imaging platform. The program provides scientific investigators an opportunity [...]

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