PacBio Expands Partnership with seqWell to Bring Scalable Long Read Sample Prep to More Labs

Highly scalable, cost-effective LongPlex™ kit delivers streamlined tagmentation and multiplexing for low-pass whole genome sequencing, plasmid resequencing, and microbial sequencing MENLO PARK, Calif. -- PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced an expanded partnership with seqWell, a global provider of genomic library and multiplexing workflow solutions. Under the [...]

BrightSpec Names Rick Gordon as CEO

New leadership with a proven track record in life sciences will drive commercialization of spectraMRR, the first molecular rotational resonance platform in over 50 years BrightSpec, the leader in molecular rotational resonance (MRR) spectroscopy, today announced the appointment of Rick Gordon as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Gordon joins BrightSpec after successfully growing Halo [...]

Wasatch BioLabs Expands Service Portfolio with Oxford Nanopore Assays in Pharmacogenomics, Telomere Sequencing, and mRNA Vaccine Quality Control

SALT LAKE CITY -- Wasatch BioLabs (WBL), a Renew Biotechnologies subsidiary, and the largest U.S. sequencing service provider dedicated exclusively to long-read sequencing, today announced the addition of three Oxford Nanopore–developed research-use-only (RUO) assays to its service portfolio: a Pharmacogenomics (PgX) panel, Telomere Sequencing, and mRNA Vaccine Quality Control. Headquartered in a 20,000sqft CLIA-registered laboratory, [...]

Lonza Expands its TheraPEAK® Product Portfolio with the Addition of AmpliCell® Cytokine Range and TheraPEAK® 293-GT® Medium

Caption: TheraPEAK 293-GT media system for suspension HEK203 cell lines.   Caption: TheraPEAK AmpliCell Recombinant Interleukin Cytokines. AmpliCell® Cytokines enable cell expansion optimization, batch-to-batch consistency and easy transition from research to manufacturing TheraPEAK® 293-GT® Medium System aims to help accelerate development timelines and improve consistency from research through to GMP gene therapy production Basel, Switzerland [...]

Twist Bioscience and Element Biosciences Advance Collaboration with Launch of New Trinity Freestyle™ Sequencing Workflow for the AVITI™ System

Launch of End-to-End Workflow for AVITI and AVITI24™ Enabling Sample to Sequencer in as Little as Five Hours -- Twist Gains Exclusive Access to the new, co-developed Trinity Freestyle™ Sequencing Workflow – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & SAN DIEGO--Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a mid-cap growth and value biotech company, and Element Biosciences, Inc., a [...]

MaxCyte Announces Strategic Platform License Agreement with Moonlight Bio to Advance T Cell Therapies for Solid Tumors

MaxCyte’s Flow Electroporation® Technology will support efficient gene delivery to advance Moonlight Bio’s engineered T cell therapies ROCKVILLE, Md. -- MaxCyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXCT), a leading cell-engineering company providing enabling platform technologies to advance the discovery, development, and commercialization of next-generation cell-based therapeutics, today announced the signing of a Strategic Platform License (SPL) agreement with [...]

Lonza Expands its TheraPEAK® Product Portfolio with the Addition of AmpliCell® Cytokine Range and TheraPEAK® 293-GT® Medium

• AmpliCell® Cytokines enable cell expansion optimization, batch-to-batch consistency and easy transition from research to manufacturing • TheraPEAK® 293-GT® Medium System aims to help accelerate development timelines and improve consistency from research through to GMP gene therapy production Basel, Switzerland – Life Science Newswire – Lonza, one of the world’s largest contract development and manufacturing [...]

Shimadzu Introduces the ALTRACE Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments announces its new ALTRACE energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, designed with the latest X-ray optical system and proprietary high-speed signal processing technology to achieve outstanding high-sensitivity analysis. This instrument is ideal for detecting hazardous heavy metals and inorganic elements from sodium to uranium across diverse industries including food safety, [...]

Bruker Announces Orders for NIH- and NSF-Funded NMR Systems from New York Structural Biology Center, University of Delaware and Northwestern University

BILLERICA, Mass.-- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today announced new orders for advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrumentation from the New York Structural Biology Center (NYSBC), the University of Delaware and Northwestern University. Supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), these high-performance systems will enable leading research teams to [...]

Avantor® Appoints Gregory T. Lucier to its Board of Directors

Brings more than three decades of leadership experience in the life sciences industry RADNOR, Pa. -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technology industries, today announced the appointment of Gregory T. Lucier to its Board of Directors. Mr. Lucier brings [...]

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