New BMC Genomics publication validates novel TruDrop approach developed in collaboration with scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and RootPath Genomics WATERTOWN, Mass. – 1CellBio, Inc., announced today a new dual indexed library design capability that improves costs, throughput and data quality for its inDrop™ single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) System. The TruDrop capability was developed in collaboration [...]

Reduces genomic data storage and transfer costs associated with the data deluge In 2019, the volume of genomic data generated by Illumina’s global installed base of more than 15,000 sequencing systems increased more than 50 percent year-over-year, to 150 petabases. That is the equivalent of 500 years of continuous video recordings in high definition. This [...]

Forth Dimension Displays' LCOS Fast Switching Binary Modulators enable new Ultra-Fast, High-Resolution Microscopes WESTBOROUGH, Mass. - Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading provider of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) and Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i), a Colorado-based manufacturer of fluorescence microscope systems for biomedical research, expanded their [...]

Donates $100,000 (US) to Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) through the HP Foundation to research possible treatments for the virus Deploys BioPrinters to four major research facilities: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the largest and leading public research institution in Spain. Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Laboratory at Fondazione Toscana Life Sciences (Italy), which focuses on monoclonal antibody [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]