Extract & Purify DNA/RNA in 1-2 Minutes with Biomeme’s New M1 Sample Prep Cartridge
April 23, 2019
No pipettes, vortexer, heatblock, centrifuge, electricity, or cold chain required. PHILADELPHIA Biomeme, Inc., the leading manufacturer of the world's smallest end-to-end PCR platform announced the release of it's latest mobile solution for the extraction of purified nucleic acids called the M1 Sample Prep Cartridge Kit. Starting today, the company will offer four different versions (DNA, DNA-HI, [...]
April 23, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--ZAGENO, the leading enterprise marketplace for lab supplies, today announced it raised a $20 million Series B round led by General Catalyst, with follow-on investment from Grazia Equity and Capnamic Ventures. ZAGENO curated more than 8 million research materials and products from premium manufacturing brands on its online platform to serve this $130 billion [...]
KromaTiD is awarded Phase 2 Small Business Innovation and Research Grant
April 23, 2019
LONGMONT, Colo. -- KromaTiD, Inc. announced today that after successfully meeting the Phase 1 grant milestones, the company has been awarded Phase 2 funding from a Fast Track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The SBIR program enables scientific excellence and technological innovation by incentivizing small businesses to [...]
Information about the Termination of Support for Atomic Force Microscopes
April 23, 2019
Please accept our sincere gratitude for using Hitachi High-Tech Science (formerly SII NanoTechnology Inc. (SIINT)) atomic force microscopes for a lengthy period of time. While we make significant efforts to prolong the useful lifetime of our instruments and ensure that customers get a good value for their purchase, increases in parts prices and the lack [...]
Macrogen and Exosome Plus to Jointly Develop Exosome-based Diagnostic and Treatment Solutions
April 23, 2019
SEOUL, South Korea--The precision medicine and biotechnology company Macrogen (CEO Kap-Seok Yang, www.macrogen.com/en/ ) announced on April 24 that it had signed a supply contract with Exosome Plus (CEO Jong-Uk Bu, www.exosomeplus.com ) on April 19 to become the exclusive buyer of the exosome isolation kits developed by Exosome Plus. The two companies also signed an MOU for the joint development of exosome-based [...]
Elpiscience and Bio-Techne Announce Strategic Collaboration
April 22, 2019
SHANGHAI and MINNEAPOLIS - Elpiscience BioPharma and Bio-Techne Corporation announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic collaboration for the development of anti-cancer therapeutics. Under the terms of the agreement, Elpiscience will have access to multiple antibodies from Bio-Techne's extensive product portfolio for use in the development of preclinical, clinical, and commercial biopharmaceuticals. The collaboration between Elpiscience, a biotech [...]
Illumina and China’s Children’s Hospital of Fudan Bring Rapid WGS to the NICU
April 22, 2019
This collaboration is the first to introduce the concept of rWGS in China for indiscriminate detection in the NICU Illumina and Children’s Hospital of Fudan University in China reached an agreement to conduct rapid whole genome sequencing (rWGS) for critically ill infants in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The program is planning to [...]
Bio-Rad Appoints Andrew Last as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
April 22, 2019
HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Last as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective April 22, 2019. In this role, Dr. Last is responsible for all operating functions of the company on a [...]
Igenbio introduces automated sequence analysis for researchers
April 18, 2019
CHICAGO--Igenbio, Inc. announced today the addition of ‘ERGO Workflows’, a suite of automated analysis pipelines that transforms raw sequence data into actionable results. “Bioinformatics tools are typically command line Linux programs requiring intensive computer resources. This presents a major barrier to starting research. Igenbio’s aim is to make the best analysis tools available to every [...]
April 18, 2019
CINCINNATI -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) today announced the launch of its Inhibitor-tolerant qPCR Mix, a novel mix to accelerate workflows and improve DNA target amplification and quantification from crude samples; adding to its growing portfolio of molecular diagnostic products. A variety of different inhibitors inherent to clinical and environmental samples can negatively impact the sensitivity [...]
