Aldevron Appoints James Brown, Ph.D. President of Research Grade Nucleic Acids Business Unit

Aldevron Appoints James Brown, Ph.D. President of Research Grade Nucleic Acids Business Unit FARGO, N.D. --  Aldevron, the leading plasmid DNA manufacturing company, has expanded its leadership team by appointing Dr. James Brown President of its Research Grade nucleic acids business unit. Dr. Brown will oversee Aldevron’s strategy to provide plasmids and other nucleic acids [...]

Olink Proteomics AB announce strategic acquisition of Agrisera AB to accelerate production of dedicated antibodies for development of new immunoassays

UPPSALA, Sweden - Olink today announced the acquisition of Agrisera AB, a Swedish company specializing in polyclonal and monoclonal antibody production. Agrisera offers an extensive collection of primary and secondary antibodies for a broad range of applications, available in various quantities. The acquisition is an important milestone for Olink in its aim to rapidly increase [...]

Phenomenex Inc. Introduces Strata® PFAS SPE Cartridge – A Faster Solution for PFAS Extraction from Water

Torrance, Calif.  – Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research, design and manufacturing of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces Strata® PFAS, a new novel type of solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridge for extracting per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) from water. Due to the bioaccumulation and recent uptake in official methods, PFAS contamination has become a [...]

Norway’s arctic university Tromsø installs MR Solutions’ high field, dry magnet, PET-MR imaging system

Norway’s arctic university Tromsø installs MR Solutions’ high field, dry magnet, PET-MR imaging system For use in advanced medical research into inflammation, oncology and nephritis the 7T PET-MR imaging system from MR Solutions provides a combination of PET and MRI images either simultaneously or separately. This ground breaking combination technology allows researchers to have superior [...]

Changes to the Roche Enlarged Corporate Executive Committee

Basel -- Roche today announced that Michael Varney (1958) Ph.D., and Head of Genentech Research and Early Development (gRED) since 2015, will retire from the company at the end of July.  Aviv Regev (1971), Ph.D., and currently Chair of the Faculty, Core Institute Member, and member of the Executive Leadership Team of the Broad Institute [...]

Discngine and LabVoice Announce Strategic Partnership

Discngine is excited to announce a partnership with LabVoice. The partnership will focus on supporting the presence of voice assistants built for the laboratory and continue a shared vision of creating a more efficient, more compliant, and safer lab through the power of voice. With technology playing an increasingly critical role in every aspect of [...]

RESEARCHERS DEVELOP BREAKTHROUGH COVID-19 ANTIBODY TEST WITH 1,000-FOLD SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT USING QUANTERIX’ SIMOA TECHNOLOGY

Test deployed on Quanterix' Ultrasensitive Simoa® platform improves sensitivity and specificity for measuring immune response and seroconversion earlier and with higher resolution Non-exclusive agreement with Brigham and Women’s Hospital licensed technology to conduct serological assay to address unmet needs in the clinical setting, epidemiological studies, and for therapeutic and vaccine development BILLERICA, Mass.-- Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), [...]

Process Analytics Sensors Now Available Directly from Hamilton Company

Direct Business Model Further Strengthens Customer Focus and Enhances Value Reno, Nevada – Hamilton Company announces today that its process analytics (sensors) unit is transitioning to a direct sales model throughout most of the U.S. and Canada. The changeover from the existing third-party sales channel is currently underway and will conclude effective June 30, 2020. [...]

BIO-TECHNE ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF GMP CLOUDZ™ HUMAN T CELL ACTIVATION KIT

MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) today announced the release of the GMP Cloudz™ Human T Cell Activation Kit. This is the first GMP-grade kit within the Cloudz product line addressing the need for robust, yet safe products within the clinical- and commercial-scale of the Cell and Gene Therapy manufacturing process. The kit contains Cloudz particles, [...]

Leica Microsystems Donate an Advanced Microscopy System to Charité’s Institute of Virology to Progress Covid-19 Research

Wetzlar and Berlin — Leica Microsystems is pleased to announce the donation of a THUNDER 3D Live Cell imaging system to the Institute of Virology of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Since the start of the current coronavirus outbreak, the Institute of Virology on Campus Charité Mitte, led by Director Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, has been [...]

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