Multi-partner project to automate microfluidic systems for gene editing
February 18, 2019
Oxford: Oxford Genetics and Sphere Fluidics announce a multi-partner collaboration to expedite the development of automated microfluidic systems for rapid and high-throughput gene editing in mammalian cell lines. Under the agreement, Sphere Fluidics will act as the lead partner, looking to utilise its extensive expertise in microfluidic systems to produce new products designed to meet the [...]
Prometic retains investment bank for strategic transactions
February 14, 2019
LAVAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI, OTCQX: PFSCF) (“Prometic” or the “Corporation”) today announced that it has engaged Lazard to review and execute key strategic transactions for the Corporation focused on maximizing shareholder value. These transactions could include, among other things, the out-licensing of drug candidates and monetization of non-core assets. Commenting on [...]
IDT expands free next-day delivery service
February 14, 2019
LEUVEN, BELGIUM – As an advocate for researchers in the genomics age, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is expanding its courier zones to ensure that the highest-fidelity oligos are available in less time and at the same price, to more customers. UK scientists based in Cambridge, Oxford, and London—both inside and out of the M25 orbital—can now benefit [...]
Global Genomics Leader MGI Expands in Middle East
February 14, 2019
MGI, a subsidiary of BGI Group, announced it is expanding in the Middle East with a new office in Dubai to better serve partners and clients in the region. MGI’s expansion in the region will include UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, serving universities, hospitals, healthcare institutions and other customers and partners throughout the Middle East. [...]
Versatile High-Power LED Photoreactor for Continuous Flow Chemistry
February 14, 2019
Uniqsis announces its PhotoSyn™ high-power photoreactor light module for continuous flow chemistry is now available with alternativeLED array configurations that makes it compatible with a broader range of photochemical reactions. The availability of 3 new alternative switchable LED configurations (Blue, UVA-Blue and Blue-Green-White) provides chemists with the unique ability to optimally undertake almost any photochemistry reaction. [...]
PAC ROTTERDAM (NL) MOVED TO A BRAND-NEW FACILITY
February 14, 2019
As of February 4, 2019, PAC’s Rotterdam site has moved into a new, high-tech facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. At this PAC brand center, the AC Analytical Controls and Antek product lines are developed, produced and tested for customers around the world. After more than 27 years of operation at the same location, the time [...]
Cellectricon to collaborate with world-renowned pain scientists in the EU-funded Bone Pain Network
February 14, 2019
Cellectricon, a collaborative services provider dedicated to advance drug discovery and research in the areas of chronic pain and neurodegenerative disease, is delighted to announce that we will participate in BonePainII, a European Innovative Training Network committed to promote frontline research, innovation and education within bone pain. Millions of Europeans and beyond suffer from bone [...]
February 14, 2019
HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that its QXDx AutoDG ddPCR System, which uses Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR technology, and the QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit are the industry’s first digital PCR products to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
February 14, 2019
Collaboration Provides Personalised Healthcare Benefits to Patients and Contributes Diverse Data Samples for Research BC Platforms, a global leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announced it is providing its world leading genomics platform to Bumrungrad International, a multi-specialty hospital located in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand handling more than 1.1 million patients per year. [...]
Hach becomes the first global Nereda® certified preferred supplier
February 14, 2019
Loveland, Colo. – (February 2019) – In October 2018, after rigorous testing and analysis at Epe Wastewater Treatment Facility in the Netherlands, Hach’s instrumentation and Prognosys® predictive diagnostic system have been certified by Royal HaskoningDHV and approved for global use with the Nereda® waste water treatment process. This makes Hach the first global Nereda supply partner to have their [...]
