January 21, 2020
VICTORIA, SAN DIEGO, and UTRECHT – IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES LTD. (the “Company” or “IPA”) (TSX VENTURE: IPA) (OTC QB: IPATF) a provider of best-in-class therapeutic antibody discovery capabilities for the global industry, and SGI-DNA, INC., a company dedicated to developing transformative synthetic biology technologies and revolutionary DNA data storage solutions, today announced that IPA is integrating [...]
January 21, 2020
Bio-Techne, Fresenius Kabi, and Wilson Wolf have formed a new joint venture company to provide dedicated support to researchers and biopharmaceutical companies in the field of cell and gene therapy. The joint venture will focus on providing scalable manufacturing technologies and processes needed to develop and commercialize new cell and gene therapies. Each of the [...]
Acquisition of INTEGRATED DYNAMIC ELECTRON SOLUTIONS, INC.
January 21, 2020
JEOL Ltd. (headquartered in Akishima, Tokyo; JEOL hereafter) acquired all shares of INTEGRATED DYNAMIC ELECTRON SOLUTIONS, INC. (headquartered in California, USA; IDES hereafter), an entrepreneurial venture specialized in technologies related to transmission electron microscopy (TEM hereafter), and made IDES its wholly-owned subsidiary. Background and Objective JEOL is driving continuous and sustainable growth by implementing initiatives [...]
Horizon Discovery grants a multi-product use license of its GS knockout CHO K1 cell line to NGM Bio
January 21, 2020
Cell line to be used to support research and development of biotherapeutics across therapeutic areas Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”, “the Company” or “the Group”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, today announced that it will license its gene-edited Glutamine Synthetase [...]
January 21, 2020
Introducing the Dynamic Void Volume Analyzer (DVVA) II for automated, environmentally benign testing, for rubber compounding Norcross, GA, USA -- Micromeritics Instrument Corp., a leader in material characterization technology, has developed an optimized, automated solution for customers looking to characterize carbon blacks in accordance with the newly revised ASTM D1765-18 Classification System for Carbon Blacks [...]
Companies Join Forces to Address Urgently Needed Quality Control of CRISPR Genome-editing
January 21, 2020
SAN DIEGO -- COBO Technologies and Cardea Bio partner to bring solutions to challenges with the precision of Genome editing. The partners have agreed to co-develop and market a portfolio of CRISPR QC products and services for quality control (QC) of CRISPR research, agricultural, and pre-clinical programs. Over the longer-term, the parties aim to develop a [...]
Genomenon’s Mastermind Continues to Outpace Qiagen’s HGMD Genetic Database
January 21, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Genomenon® announced that over 175,000 recently documented genetic variants (DNA mutations) have been added to the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine in the 4th quarter of 2019, for a cumulative total of more than 5.9 million genetic variants. This number reflects the rapidly accelerating pace of genomic discovery, and stands in stark contrast [...]
Scienta Omicron Acquires Sigma Surface Science
January 20, 2020
Scienta Omicron SPM and the Sigma Surface Science SPM and XPS businesses are merging into one new business unit under the roof of Scienta Omicron. Since its foundation in 2013, Sigma has invested significantly into innovative new lines of SPM and XPS products. These, together with the proven Scienta Omicron product range, will be offered [...]
Lasertec releases OPTELICS HYBRID+ confocal laser scanning microscope
January 20, 2020
Yokohama, Japan – Lasertec Corporation today announced the release of OPTELICS HYBRID+, the latest model of OPTELICS HYBRID series confocal laser scanning microscope that combines two sets of optics – laser confocal and white light confocal – for the pursuit of high performance and multi-functions. OPTELICS HYBRID+ will be presented to ELECTROTEST JAPAN from January [...]
Algentech Granted US Patent For A Key Genome Editing Technology
January 20, 2020
VERSAILLES, France -- ALGENTECH, announces the issuance of a key patent in the field of genome editing by the U.S. Patent Office (U.S. patent number 10457950). The technology claimed by the patent amplifies the effectiveness of gene editing in eukaryotic cells and can be applied in synergy with nucleases, including zinc finger nucleases, TALENs, Crispr-Cas9... Algentech's [...]
