LogPhase 600 Microbiology Reader Measures Microbial Growth Curves in Multiple Microplates

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek unveils a unique class of microplate readers with the new LogPhase 600 Microbiology Reader. The LogPhase 600 is the only four-plate microplate reader purpose-built to perform microbial growth curve analysis. Multiple plate measurements increase throughput and reduce the need for multiple costly single-plate absorbance readers that take up valuable bench space. [...]

Seven Bridges Selected by CareDx to Advance Its Transplant Care Solutions

The Seven Bridges Bioinformatics Ecosystem Supports the Critical Turnaround Times for the CareDx AlloSure® 3.0 Workflow BOSTON—Seven Bridges, the industry-leading bioinformatics ecosystem provider, announced today a new partnership with CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA) supporting the CareDx AlloSure 3.0 workflow. CareDx is a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Co-develop a Global Companion Diagnostic for Low-grade Glioma with Agios Pharmaceuticals

Agreement calls for identifying IDH gene mutations using Oncomine Precision Assay and the Ion Torrent Genexus System, a new turnkey, next-generation sequencing solution CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced that it has expanded its strategic partnership with Agios Pharmaceuticals by adding the co-development of a second companion diagnostic (CDx) for oncology to their existing [...]

Stilla Technologies Launches the World’s First Six-Color Digital PCR Instrument

Key Applications Include Oncology, Infectious Disease and Food Testing PARIS — Stilla Technologies, a leading provider of digital PCR (dPCR) solutions for high-precision genetic analysis, today launched the world’s first six-color digital PCR instrument, the six-color Prism. The instrument expands the multiplexing capabilities of the company’s digital PCR platform, the Naica™ System. The instrument has [...]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd – G42 and ONT Co-Develop Ultra-Scalable Solution for COVID-19 Detection

End-to-end solution will enable mass/on-demand screening to support the re-opening of global economies. Group 42 (G42), a leading AI and Cloud Computing company based in the United Arab Emirates, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, an advanced sequencing technology company based in the United Kingdom, announced today they have developed an unprecedented population-scale technology that rapidly and [...]

IsoPlexis Awarded $2 Million NIH Phase 2 SBIR Grant for Expanding Development of a Cellular Platform for Analyzing the Peripheral Immune Response in Alzheimer’s Disease and Neuroinflammation with Single-cell Proteomics

BRANFORD, Conn. -- Isoplexis, the leader in functional single cell proteomics, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health for $2 million to continue analyzing the highly multiplexed proteomic responses of trafficking leukocytes in patients with Alzheimer's disease, neuroinflammation, [...]

Park Systems, the leading innovator in Atomic Force Microscopy, opens a NEW PARK UK OFFICE in Nottingham, United Kingdom

Park Systems expends its leadership in Europe by establishing Park Systems UK Limited, based in Nottingham to serve the best the British and Irish SPM community I am delighted to be appointed as part of the UK Park Team and to continue their vision of sharing innovative technology for the purpose of continuing the legacy [...]

Qkine secures £1.5M series A funding from leading life science investors to accelerate global scale-up and make key hires to leadership team

Cambridge, UK -- Qkine – a specialist developer and manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications – today announced the successful closure of a £1.5M series A investment round to accelerate the global scale-up of its commercial operations and make key hires to its leadership team. The funding round attracted support from a [...]

CDD JOINS THE MICROSOFT CLOUD STORAGE PARTNER PROGRAM

Users can now collaborate in real-time on Microsoft Office documents within the CDD Vault platform Burlingame, California — Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD), provider of the CDD Vault web-based research informatics platform, announced that it has officially joined the Microsoft Cloud Storage Program. As part of this group of software vendors, CDD now provides direct integration of Microsoft Office [...]

BINDER has the answer: The new CB 260 provides even more space for cell cultivation

BINDER has the answer: Cell cultivation on a grand scale with the new CB 260 CO2 incubator. When stacked as a pair, the incubator provides a full 535 liters of interior space with a footprint of just 0.58 m2 – what more could you want? The new CB 260 opens up new possibilities for cell culture specialists thanks to [...]

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