May 3, 2019
The new cloud-based service enables quick access to scientific information -- including key restriction enzyme details -- for molecular biologists in the lab. IPSWICH, Mass. -- Imagine you're at the bench performing a restriction enzyme digest, and you need information about an enzyme and don't want to have to take your gloves off. myNEB, an Alexa cloud-based [...]
FBI Approves Verogen’s Next-Gen Forensic DNA Technology for National DNA Index System
May 2, 2019
SAN DIEGO--Verogen Inc., the world’s first DNA sequencing company dedicated to forensic science, announced today that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has approved the company’s next-gen forensic DNA technology for use by forensic laboratories generating DNA profiles for upload to the National DNA Index System (NDIS). The FBI manages NDIS to enable comparison [...]
Zebra Analytix Receives Phase I SBIR Award from the National Institutes of Health
May 2, 2019
FUNDS WILL ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENT TO RAPIDLY AND DIRECTLY ANALYZE DRINKING WATER SAMPLES AT THE POINT OF COLLECTION. FAYETTEVILLE, AR – Zebra Analytix™, a VIC Technology Venture Development portfolio company, announced today that it has received a National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in the amount of $225,000. [...]
May 2, 2019
Ghent University, one of the leading research institutes working on digital PCR (dPCR) technology, recently signed a collaborative agreement with Stilla technologies. Stilla’s Naica system, a dPCR equipment, offers multiplexing to detect multiple target genes in a single assay with high precision and accuracy. In this collaborative project, the two parties will be joining hands [...]
May 2, 2019
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) announced today that the Group for Innovative Cancer Treatment Division of the National Cancer Center in Japan has expanded its clinical research in colorectal cancer using the Hyperion™ Imaging System to study regulatory T (Treg) cell proliferation in tumor tissue with the goal of discovering a novel target for immunotherapy. Globally, colorectal cancer [...]
May 2, 2019
Direct integration of Genedata Bioprocess® and Umetrics® Suite MODDE® software enables seamless data flow and facilitates both design and execution of experiments in large-molecule process development Basel, Switzerland ‒ Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced a new out-of-the-box integration of the Genedata Bioprocess® platform with MODDE®, the Design of Experiment (DOE) software from Sartorius [...]
European Space Agency and Merck Expand Cooperation
May 2, 2019
Merck and the European Space Agency (ESA) today signed a Letter of Intent to extend by a further two years their cooperation agreement from 2016. DARMSTADT, GERMANY Successful collaboration extended by a further two years Partnership to include the future topics Biosensing and Biointerfaces Clean Meat and Liquid Biopsy technologies are further areas of focus [...]
Sartorius Stedim Biotech Launches New ambr® 15 Cell Culture Microbioreactor System
May 2, 2019
New design for improved clone selection as well as media and feed optimization in fed‑batch and perfusion mimic conditions System supports Cell & Gene therapy applications, including HEK293 for viral vector production, T-cells, iPSCs and other immune-derived cell lines Official launch at the ESACT Conference in Copenhagen (May 5–8, 2019) GOETTINGEN, Germany and ROYSTON, UK - Sartorius [...]
Applied DNA’s Molecular Tagging Technology to Ensure Authenticity of Egyptian Cotton
May 2, 2019
SigNature® T Traceability System to be Installed in Egypt to Tag Two Cotton Varietals STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (“Applied DNA” or the “Company”), a leader in PCR-based manufacturing for product authenticity and traceability solutions, announced today it received an order for the implementation of its SigNature® T cotton traceability system in Egypt to [...]
Micromeritics Names Petra Roth, European Marketing Manager
May 2, 2019
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation today announced it has named Petra Roth, to the newly created position of European Marketing Manager. Petra Roth had spent 15 years with industry giant Thermo Fisher Scientific in various positions, most recently as Marketing Business Partner serving the Life Sciences business unit. “We are delighted to have a seasoned professional like [...]
