Evonetix raises $30 million USD (£23 million GBP)

·        Series B investment led by west-coast investor Foresite Capital, with all existing investors participating in the round ·        Funds will be used to accelerate development of the Company’s gene synthesis platform, through to introduction of first products CAMBRIDGE, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene [...]

GE Healthcare Life Sciences to Manufacture RevoluGen’s Fire Monkey / Fire Flower Product for Enabling Long-Read DNA Sequencing

The UK genomic tools developer, RevoluGen Ltd., has entered into a global manufacturing arrangement with GE Healthcare Life Sciences which will ensure the supply chain for its world leading Fire Monkey / Fire Flower High Molecular Weight DNA (HMW-DNA) extraction and purification product. Under the non-exclusive agreement, GE Healthcare Life Sciences will manufacture RevoluGen's Fire [...]

Schrödinger Taps Google Cloud’s High-Performance Compute (HPC) Solution to Bolster Its Drug Discovery Efforts

Three-year deal will enable broader chemical exploration and accelerate advanced molecular modeling across internal and collaborative programs NEW YORK -- Schrödinger, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDGR) today announced it has entered into a three-year agreement with Google Cloud to substantially increase the speed and capacity of its physics-based computational platform for drug discovery. As part of the [...]

World’s First Next-Generation Protein Sequencing Device to Accelerate the Study of Diseases and Pandemics

From the team that brought the world the first high-throughput DNA sequencing technology. Quantum-Si, a Connecticut-based start-up, today introduced the world’s first next-generation protein sequencing platform at Cowen Healthcare 2020. The Quantum-Si ecosystem encompasses everything required to decode the molecules of life, including sample preparation, sequencing, and data analysis. The transition from analog to digital [...]

Exum Launches Massbox at Pittcon 2020

Experience the latest in high-performance organic and inorganic characterization at Pittcon 2020 DENVER -- Exum Instruments, a Denver-based firm, announced the launch of its first product offering, the Massbox. The Massbox is the first Laser Ablation Laser Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LALI-TOF-MS) instrument on the market, capable of analyzing any sample you can throw at it.  The [...]

BC Platforms Appoints Board Member Karen Tay Koh to Accelerate Asia Growth

ZURICH and BOSTON -- BC Platforms, a world leader in providing powerful genomic data management and analysis solutions, today announced the appointment of Karen Tay Koh to its Board. Singapore-based Karen, who has extensive experience and networks in finance, healthcare and education, will work closely with the company's recently established Singapore-based entity to support the Company's activities in the Asia Pacific region, including China. BC Platforms' Asia strategy includes [...]

CN Bio Innovations raises $9 million USD (c. £6.9 million GBP)

Investment will support commercial development in key markets, US and Europe  Funding led by CITIC Securities Investment and supported by existing investor CN Innovations Headquarters relocated to larger premises in Cambridge Science Park, a leading UK life sciences hub  Cambridge, UK: CN Bio Innovations (“CN Bio”), a leading cell culture company that has developed organ-on-chip laboratory [...]

Applikon partners with Sotelab Brazil to strengthen LatAm distribution network

Delft (NL) March, 2020, The Netherlands: - Dutch-based upstream bioprocess equipment specialist Applikon Biotechnology B.V. (Applikon) has announced a partnership with one of Latin America’s leading suppliers and distributors of laboratory and life sciences equipment, Sotelab of Brazil. The partnership between Applikon and Rio de Janeiro-based Sotelab Sociedade Técnica de Laboratório Ltda (Sotelab) significantly boosts [...]

Gardner Denver and Ingersoll Rand Industrial Segment Finalize Merger to Form a Global Leader in Mission-Critical Flow Creation and Industrial Technologies

Gardner Denver combined with Ingersoll Rand Industrial to provide a stronger, broader portfolio of mission-critical industrial, energy, medical and specialty vehicle products and services. Newly combined company now named “Ingersoll Rand Inc.” Integration efforts on track to deliver $250 million in synergy efficiencies. Ingersoll Rand will operate with a four-segment reporting structure, effective immediately. Three [...]

Azbil Appoints Managing Executive Officer Kiyohiro Yamamoto as New President and Group CEO – Aiming for New Growth Incorporating the Changing Business Environment and Technological Innovation –

TOKYO: Azbil Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange Code: 6845) today announced that its board of directors has appointed Kiyohiro Yamamoto, currently managing executive officer, as executive vice president effective as of April 1, 2020. At the same time, current President and Chief Executive Officer of the azbil Group (hereafter, Group CEO) Hirozumi Sone will assume the [...]

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