A new package is available from Ziath, designed for smaller biobanks and biorepositories, that contains everything you need to start up and maintain enhanced sample integrity, tracking and audit trail. The ‘BB package’ combines top-quality 2D coded sample storage tubes, a high performance 2D barcoded tube scanner and a semi-automated tube selector that makes picking individual tubes very easy, [...]

New Service Supports ATCC's "Advancing Authentication" Initiative by Minimizing the Risk of Cell Line Misidentification and Cross-Contamination MANASSAS, Va.-- ATCC today announced the launch of a new authentication service that will allow researchers to easily confirm the identity of mouse cell lines. Developed in partnership with the National Institutes for Standards and Technology (NIST), the service [...]

As reported by Genomeweb and ClinicalOMICs, powerful new curated data has been integrated into our Congenica platform along with enhancements to our secondary analysis pipelines, enabling the analysis and interpretation of genomic data to be performed faster and with greater precision than ever before. The latest version of Congenica (v2.2) enables you to: Achieve 10X faster genomic data [...]

Scientifica are pleased to announce our partnership with Chromacity, a provider of ultrafast laser systems. This partnership means that Chromacity lasers can be offered as a light source option for Scientifica multiphoton imaging systems. Christian Wilms, Scientifica’s R&D Manager, said “Life scientists using multiphoton microscopy in their research are always striving to look deeper into living tissue. The recent [...]

Focus on joint development of sensor technology  Oberkochen, Germany, Dresden, Germany | ZEISS’ investment in Senorics marks the start of a technology collaboration with the sensorics startup based in Dresden, Germany. The partnership aims to further the joint development of small and cost-effective sensors for industrial use in quality assurance and in process monitoring, e.g. [...]

Gardner, MA: New England Peptide, a leading provider of high-quality custom peptides and antibodies to the global life sciences market, today announced the majority recapitalization of the company by Ampersand Capital Partners. Ampersand’s investment will be used to support the company’s worldwide growth initiatives, including fueling the expansion of peptide synthesis capabilities to better serve an [...]

Peer M. Schatz to step down as CEO to pursue new opportunities Remains as Special Advisor to facilitate a smooth transition Search started for permanent CEO to lead QIAGEN in next growth phase Thierry Bernard to act as interim CEO, working in tandem with CFO Roland Sackers Venlo, The Netherlands – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime [...]

Porvair Sciences has launched a new range of Liquid Handling Pipette Tip Filters that provide unmatched capabilities to block out aerosol and liquid contaminants.Hilary Bishop, Product Manager for Porous Products commented “Using our proprietary Vyon® porous plastics, the new pipette tip filters are fully compliant with FDA, USP Class VI and European Pharmacopoeia statutory regulations as [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH), a family of brands with a unique and leading portfolio of reagents and instruments for life science and clinical research, has been validating a growing number of immunohistochemistry (IHC) antibodies using the Advanced Cell Diagnostics™-branded RNAscope in situ hybridization (ISH) platform to leverage its transcriptomics approach to providing high quality, validated IHC [...]

Partnership to accelerate the adoption of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in clinical decision-making SAN DIEGO & HILDEN, Germany & GERMANTOWN, Md.--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN) (Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced a 15-year partnership intended to broaden the availability and use of NGS-based IVD kits, including companion diagnostics, for patient management. The [...]