May 7, 2020
Custom Projects and Consultation from Experimental Panel Design to Data Analysis Providing Instrument Access Prior to Purchase Decision and Much‑Needed Capacity for Customers Affected by COVID-19 Related Laboratory Closures New Collaboration via Therapeutic Insights Services Provides Visikol Customers Access to Rich Data and Powerful Analysis Tools from Imaging Mass Cytometry SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), [...]
AUM LifeTech and AUM BioTech Launch “Knockdown Coronavirus” Research Program
May 6, 2020
Philadelphia-based Initiative Will Facilitate SARS-CoV-2 Research to Develop Antiviral Therapy for COVID-19 Using RNA Silencing FANA ASO Technology PHILADELPHIA -- The coronavirus pandemic has significantly disrupted life in most countries around the globe, causing a severe health and economic crisis. AUM LifeTech, Inc., a preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA therapeutics, and AUM BioTech, LLC, [...]
Scanning Capacitance Microscopy: Asylum Research Jupiter XR
May 6, 2020
Santa Barbara, CA -- Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is pleased to announce the release of a new Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM) accessory for its Cypher and Jupiter XR atomic force microscopes (AFMs). SCM is a powerful imaging technique that can map electric charge carrier locations, types (p-type vs. n-type), and relative dopant concentration in semiconductors [...]
Danaher Corporation Announces CEO Transition
May 6, 2020
RAINER M. BLAIR TO SUCCEED THOMAS P. JOYCE, JR. AS PRESIDENT AND CEO IN SEPTEMBER 2020 WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher" or "the Company") today announced that Executive Vice President, Rainer M. Blair, will succeed Thomas P. Joyce Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Company's Board of Directors, upon Mr. [...]
Twist Bioscience Identifies Competitive Antibodies for SARS-CoV-2
May 6, 2020
– Functional Antibodies Identified to S1 Spike Protein and ACE2 Cellular Receptor – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST) today reported it has identified competitive antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which could potentially be used for diagnostic tests or therapeutic treatments. Twist’s unique monoclonal antibody candidates bind with high affinity to [...]
U.S. FDA Renews Annual DILIsym Software Licenses
May 6, 2020
DILIsym Services, a Simulations Plus company, today announced that the FDA has renewed its annual multi-seat license for the DILIsym QST software. FDA Maintains Access to Leading Liver Injury Software Program DILIsym Services, Inc., a Simulations Plus company (Nasdaq: SLP) and a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical safety and efficacy, today announced that [...]
Rapid COVID-19 Genome Sequencing Aids Outbreak Investigations
May 6, 2020
New Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Research Panel, now optimized for the Ion Torrent Genexus System*, assists with contact tracing to identify coronavirus hot spots CARLSBAD, Calif. -- As countries begin to ease restrictions and allow some businesses to reopen, contact tracing and epidemiological studies will be critical to understand resurgence of potential COVID-19 outbreaks. Scientists not only [...]
May 6, 2020
Highest level of AOAC approval includes testing for foods such as romaine lettuce, raw salmon, dairy products and herbs and spices WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced its Solus One™ Salmonella assay and methods have been granted First Action Official Methods of AnalysisSM (OMA) status, number 2020.03, [...]
ARRAYJET AT CUTTING EDGE OF COVID-19 ANTIBODY SCREENING TRIALS TO AID QUEST FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
May 5, 2020
EDINBURGH – Arrayjet Limited, the Scottish-based bio-printing technology specialist for the life sciences industry, has re-purposed its in-house antibody screening technology to create a population-scale diagnostic programme that will help scientists better understand the behaviour of the Covid-19 virus and further the rapidity of a global vaccination programme. For this screening platform, an international collaborative [...]
May 5, 2020
Technology Advances Rapid, Cost-effective DNA Sequencing on Portable Devices SAN DIEGO, Calif. and LEUVEN, BELGIUM -- Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc., the leader in molecular electronics sensor chips, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announced today a partnership to develop the first commercially available molecular electronics biosensor chips. These chips are the brains [...]

