New Promega Water-Glo™ System Combines ATP Detection and Bioluminescence Technologies for Quick, Highly Sensitive Water Quality Testing

Madison, WI USA. Promega Corporation’s new Water-Glo™ System offers water plant operators a rapid, highly sensitive and flexible measurement tool for monitoring microbial contamination in freshwater, process water, seawater or wastewater samples. The Water-Glo™ System, launched by Promega this week, uses bioluminescent technology to measure adenosine triphosphate or ATP, the "energy currency" of all living cells that [...]

IDBS engaged to help Genevant advance drug discoveries

IDBS, a leader in enterprise scientific informatics platforms, is pleased to announce a new SaaS contract with Genevant Sciences Corporation, a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of a broad range of RNA-based therapeutics across multiple modalities. The arrangement will combine Genevant’s RNA therapeutic expertise with the R&D and discovery data management expertise of IDBS. [...]

SP2000 robotic platform for automatic sample filtration, analysis and distribution

Skalar has automated the sample filtration of water samples, followed by the measurement of conductivity (EC) / pH and the sample distribution to several destination racks for further analysis on other analyzers. The SP2000 analyzer holds 1 rack with 30 bottles for the original water samples, 1 rack with 30 empty bottles for filtered water [...]

Othram Awarded a Research Sequencing Grant at SXSW by Illumina Accelerator

Othram wins a research grant from Illumina Accelerator and presents at SXSW on breakthrough sequencing and informatics techniques for reconstructing genomes from challenging DNA samples.  THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS Othram, Inc. was awarded a research sequencing grant from Illumina Accelerator after presenting at SXSW for the “Digitizing Biology Through Genomics” session as part of the Energizing [...]

Matereality Adds LIMS to Material Data Mgmt Software

ITHACA, NY – The release of Matereality version 12 software is accompanied by eLim, a new bolt-on for companies to manage and operate their test labs. eLim is a web-based software where engineers in the enterprise can browse test catalogs and submit clearly defined test orders that can be carried out by the lab technicians [...]

Summa Equity acquires Olink Proteomics

Summa Equity acquires Olink Proteomics, a Swedish life science company that has developed a unique technology for human biomarker discovery, targeting the global biopharma and academic research and discovery markets. Olink’s purpose is to enable precision medicine through proteomics, thereby contributing to advancing healthcare worldwide. Summa Equity is excited to support this development, and to [...]

Diagenode Launches State-of-the-Art Solution for Shearing DNA Up to 100 kb Fragments for Long-Read Sequencing

Diagenode's new Megaruptor 3 can process 1-8 samples in parallel to a fragment range of 5-100 kb using a completely closed system. DENVILLE, N.J. and LIÈGE, Belgium -- Diagenode, a leading global provider for complete solutions for sample preparation and epigenetics research, has launched its third generation long-fragment DNA shearing innovation, the Megaruptor 3. This new solution builds [...]

Aldevron Releases GMP-Grade SpyFi™ Cas9 Nuclease

Product is the result of a partnership with Integrated DNA Technologies, and provides clinical-stage clients with a critical raw material FARGO, ND: Aldevron, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization serving the biotech industry, announces the release of GMP SpyFi Cas9 Nuclease for clinical and commercial applications. SpyFi Cas9 Nuclease, the trade name for Aldevron’s research grade and GMP [...]

PAA appoints Hongkong Zaotong as exclusive distributor in China and Hong Kong

Growing demand for PAA’s innovative lab automation solutions in Asia Farnborough, UK and SHANGHAI ZHANGJIANGJIANG HIGH-TECH PARK – Peak Analysis & Automation (PAA), a global leader in laboratory automation, and Hongkong Zaotong International Group Co. Limited, have announced a distribution agreement covering mainland China and Hong Kong. This agreement, signed on 17th January 2019, comes in response to a growing [...]

NanoView Biosciences Opens UK Office for Sales and Application Support

BOSTON, MA — NanoView Biosciences, Inc., today announced that it has established a new administrative and demonstration facility near Birmingham, UK. The new office will allow NanoView’s sales, support, and applications team to work more closely with customers in the UK and Europe. NanoView recently launched its first product, ExoView™, to enable accurate identification and [...]

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