May 12, 2020
Southampton, UK – Utrecht, the Netherlands The Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton have been awarded a large equipment grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) under a consortium of investigators led by Professor Richard Oreffo entitled: Correlative In Vivo Fluorescence and Micro-Computed Tomographic Imaging of Tissue Structure and Function. The Biomedical Imaging Unit [...]
May 12, 2020
TOKYO, Japan – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that at the meeting of the Executive Committee held on May 12, 2020, a resolution was passed to acquire the shares of Techcomp Scientific Limited (Headquarters: Hong Kong, hereinafter "TSL"), and consolidate said company into a subsidiary, as detailed below. 1. Reason for the [...]
Agilent Awards Trilogy Sciences with a Golden Ticket at LabCentral
May 12, 2020
Sponsorship will enable advancements in cancer research SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announces that biotech startup Trilogy Sciences has been awarded an Agilent Golden Ticket at LabCentral, a leading biotech innovation hub based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LabCentral is a shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups. [...]
Researchers bringing single-cell gene expression studies to a benchtop near you
May 12, 2020
By disrupting the expression of a particular gene and observing how this change affects expression of other genes, researchers can learn about the cellular roles of the disrupted gene. New technologies such as Perturb-seq offer unprecedented detail and depth of insight from such genetic disruption studies, but technical and practical hurdles have limited use of [...]
May 12, 2020
- KAPA HyperExome is a state-of-the-art whole exome research panel with improved performance over the on-market SeqCap portfolio, providing improved coverage and uniformity - The KAPA Target Enrichment portfolio empowers clinical researchers to process more samples successfully while optimizing sequencing efficiency - When linked with KAPA library prep, the portfolio can reduce turnaround time for [...]
Aldevron Appoints James Brown, Ph.D. President of Research Grade Nucleic Acids Business Unit
May 12, 2020
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 [...]
May 12, 2020
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 [...]
May 11, 2020
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 [...]
May 11, 2020
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
May 11, 2020
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 [...]
