Unchained Labs gets teed up for the future, snags $50 million debt facility with Silicon Valley Bank
May 13, 2019
PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Unchained Labs, the life sciences company that's all about getting biologics researchers the right tool for the job, today announced it has closed a $50 million debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to further support its working capital growth, along with adding dry powder for future acquisitions. The agreement allows the company to retire its [...]
New tissue clearing kits and reagents for faster, accurate 3D imaging
May 13, 2019
Cambridge, UK – Abcam’s tissue clearing kits and reagents enable easy and rapid clearing for 3D imaging of tissues and cell culture models. Traditionally, 3D imaging of thick tissue sections and 3D cell culture models (organoids, microtissues, spheroids) has presented many technical challenges, including laborious and time-consuming tissue processing, layer-by-layer 2D imaging of thin sections and in silico 3D reconstruction. [...]
May 13, 2019
World's highest field preclinical MRI will be used for oncology and neuroscience research MONTREAL -- At the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Bruker today announced an agreement to develop the world's first 18 Tesla 11 cm bore, preclinical ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and its [...]
May 13, 2019
Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the AGX-V series of Autograph universal testing machines. This series offer the highest level of measurement capacities in the industry along with significantly improved operability and safety. This series consists of high-end models developed based on Shimadzu's cumulative knowledge gained by developing testing machines for more than 100 years. [...]
MGI Announces US$200 Million in First Round Fundraising
May 11, 2019
On May 9, 2019, MGI disclosed that its first round of fundraising exceeded US$200 million, the largest amount of capital raised in the genetic field in China in 2018. Investors included well-known institutions such as CITIC, Jinshi Capital, Songhe Capital and Dongzheng Capital. MGI Highlights Rapid Progress in Transforming Industry In recent years, the gene [...]
Verifiable 2D Coded Tube Selection from Racks
May 10, 2019
Ziath has announced a unique combination of instruments that ensures the correct 2D coded tubes are automatically withdrawn from storage racks without the huge expense of a fully-robotic tube picking system.The Mohawk tube selector from Ziath is a cost-effective semi-automated unit for selecting 2D-bar coded tubes from their storage racks, an ideal solution for many medium-throughput applications [...]
May 9, 2019
Stellenbosch University have used both laser-based powder bed fusion (LPBF) and in situ microCT systems to study Ti6A14V microlattice structures. Funded by the South African Collaborative Program in Additive Manufacturing (CPAM), their work focused on the production and mechanical properties of the microlattice structures. They also looked at the in situ deformation of these structures, [...]
Hitachi High-Tech Science Launches the “NEXTA STA Series” Thermal Analyzer
May 9, 2019
—World-class High-Sensitivity Measurements for Testing and Component Analysis of Minute Sample Quantities— Tokyo, Japan—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary and analytical instrument manufacturer and marketer Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation (HHT Science) has developed the new “NEXTA STA Series” of thermal analyzers. The NEXTA STA Series enables high-sensitivity [...]
New Ultra Convenient Solid Phase Extraction Disks from Biotage
May 9, 2019
UPPSALA, Sweden -- Biotage (STO: BIOT), a leading global supplier of solutions and technology for analytical, medicinal and peptide chemistry, is pleased to announce the launch of the Atlantic® ReadyDisk® product family - solid phase extraction (SPE) disks, pre-assembled into single-use holders, for extracting semi-volatile organic compounds from aqueous samples. Single-use disk holders have become more popular for high throughput [...]
NanoCellect Biomedical Announces Distribution to Korea
May 9, 2019
SAN DIEGO – NanoCellect Biomedical Inc., a leader in the development and manufacture of microfluidic cell sorting solutions for cell-based assays, today announced the selection of Seoul-based DAON BioSciences as exclusive distributor in the South Korea market. DAON is a leading distributor of instruments, reagents and software to the Korean biotechnology research market. “Korea is a key [...]

