Fluidigm Revolutionizes Next-Generation Sequencing RNA Library Preparation with Microfluidic Automation

Fluidigm Launches Breakthrough RNA Sequencing Library Preparation Workflow, Delivering Substantial Cost Savings and Efficiency SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced the launch of a breakthrough RNA sequencing library preparation workflow that provides substantial cost savings and operational efficiencies [...]

Gyros Protein Technologies introduces Gyrolab p24 Kit to support the cell and gene therapy market

Ready-to-use kit enables lentivirus titer determinations during the manufacture of lentivirus vectors  Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced the introduction of Gyrolab® p24 Kit, for lentivirus titer determination in lentivirus vector manufacturing. The new Gyrolab p24 Kit adds to the Company’s wide range [...]

QIAGEN announces change in global sales structure

Venlo, The Netherlands – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that it has decided to integrate its global sales resources into its Business Areas (Life Sciences, Molecular Diagnostics and Bioinformatics). This transition is expected to allow the Business Areas to oversee the full value chain from innovation to commercialization, which is expected [...]

Cardea Bio and Nanosens Innovations Look to Combine Companies

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The Board of Directors of Cardea Bio and the Board of Directors of Nanosens Innovations have each authorized the respective companies to proceed with a proposed business combination. After the closing, Nanosens would become a subsidiary of Cardea, with the Nanosens brand representing a series of products leveraging the CRISPR-Chip technology. The closing [...]

World’s largest and most powerful nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer at St. Jude

New 1.1GHz NMR will allow St. Jude researchers to study proteins, DNA, RNA and other biomolecules to improve their understanding of the development of catastrophic diseases ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has acquired the first Ascend 1.1 GHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, the largest and most powerful device of its [...]

Fabric Genomics and XIFIN Partner to Expand Access to Clinical Genomics

OAKLAND, Calif.--Clinical genomic testing and next-generation sequencing (NGS) are integral parts of realizing the potential of precision medicine, but the data complexity and technical integrations needed to make genomic data clinically meaningful and routinized have slowed mainstream adoption of these breakthrough technologies. Today, Fabric Genomics, a global leader in clinical interpretation of genomic data, announced [...]

ERWEKA celebrates the inauguration of the new company headquarter with guests from all over the world

Langen, 2. September 2019. On August 30th, after two years of construction, Erweka finally celebrated the inauguration of the new company headquarter in the business center of the city of Langen. The leading manufacturer of test equipment for pharmaceutical and life science companies welcomed about 200 guests from all over the world. Many long-standing business [...]

Spartan Bioscience Hires Former Shopify VP as Chief Financial Officer; Names Former Shopify CFO as Strategic Advisor

  Spartan Bioscience, the leader in on-demand DNA testing, today announced that Blaine Fitzgerald, former Vice President of Finance for Shopify, has been named Chief Financial Officer. Spartan has also named former Shopify CFO Russ Jones and healthcare venture capitalist Joel Finlayson as strategic advisors. Additionally, Spartan has hired Steve Edgett as Executive Vice President [...]

ATL to Partner on Economic Development Initiative to Promote LIMS at WEFTEC 2019

Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Solutions (LIMS), is excited to announce that it will partner with the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) and share a booth at the 2019 Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition & Conference (WEFTEC). The Conference will take place September 21-25, 2019 at the McCormick Place Convention Center [...]

Inscripta Appoints Jim Lalonde to Lead Microbial Digital Genome Engineering Business and Portfolio Strategy

BOULDER, Colo.--Inscripta, Inc., developer of the first benchtop platform for scalable Digital Genome Engineering, today named Jim Lalonde, Ph.D. to its management team. Dr. Lalonde has spent more than 25 years in research and development leadership, overseeing significant advances in methods for enzyme engineering and directed evolution. He will lead strategic business and portfolio development [...]

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