Oxford Instruments today announced the launch of the new Ergo™️ software platform for their Asylum Research atomic force microscopes (AFMs). Based on the acclaimed AZtec® software interface for Oxford Instruments electron microscope analyzers, Ergo improves the productivity of both infrequent and expert AFM users. A streamlined workflow guides users quickly from setup to data acquisition. Intelligent algorithms automatically [...]

ANKENY, IA – Proliant Biologicals, LLC (Proliant), an LGI company (Lauridsen Group Inc.), today announced that it has acquired Boval BioSolutions from Lifecycle Biotechnologies of Fort Worth, TX. The acquisition concluded on September 2, 2019 and financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Stephen Welch, President of Proliant, “Boval possesses proprietary technologies [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Swift Biosciences announced the launch of its Swift RNA Library Kits today. Leveraging the company’s innovative and patented Adaptase® technology, the Swift RNA Library Kits allow direct conversion of first-strand complementary DNA (cDNA), reverse transcribed from RNA, into high-quality libraries for Illumina® sequencing. Swift is entering the RNA-Seq market with two kits, the [...]

Ipswich, MA –2019 sees New England Biolabs (NEB®) celebrate its commitment to advancing next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies through 10 years of innovation in the sample preparation and target enrichment space. For a decade, the NEBNext® portfolio of products has continued to evolve and address challenges associated with library preparation, providing reagents for DNA and RNA [...]

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Magnetic Insight, Inc., the leader in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) solutions, introduces the first commercially available MPI system with integrated X-ray computed tomography (CT), offering anatomical context to the newest breakthrough molecular imaging modality. The platform debuts September 3rd, 2019 at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Canada. The MOMENTUM [...]

CONCORD, Calif. -- BugLab, LLC,1 a US-based manufacturer of optical sensors for bioprocess monitoring, has just released the miniBE, the first noninvasive on-line sensor capable of accurately measuring cell biomass over the full range of process conditions typically encountered during microbial fermentations in small vessels and single use fermenters. According to Martin Debreczeny, Co-Founder of BugLab, "This product fulfills [...]

NESS ZIONA, Israel & SAN DIEGO-- NRGene, a leading artificial intelligence (AI), genomic solutions company, announced it has joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as an Advanced Technology Partner. The APN Advanced Technology Partner designation is the highest tier for APN Technology Partners. This achievement underscores NRGene’s mission to provide the power of [...]

Herlev, Denmark –  Today, Samplix announced the commercial launch of its Xdrop™ sample preparation products for PCR-free target enrichment yet maintaining PCR-level specificity. Xdrop™ enables single molecule resolution and bias free enrichment of genomic regions longer than 100 kb from as little as 1 ng genomic DNA. Xdrop™ fits seamlessly with any sequencing platform and [...]

San Jose, Calif. – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and Cedars-Sinai, a leading nonprofit academic healthcare organization, have entered into a collaboration to develop a pathway to precision medicine through the development of robust, reliable and sensitive liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based workflows for clinical research applications. Bringing together Thermo Fisher’s leading [...]

Freie Universität Berlin uses company's cutting-edge tools to examine effects of ecdysterone SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its instruments and expertise contributed to a groundbreaking study commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA. Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin used gas and liquid chromatography instruments, along with high-resolution mass [...]