By reason of chairman Klas Cramborn’s death, the Board of Directors of Phase Holographic Imaging (PHI) has decided to appoint Mats Lundwall as acting chairman of the Board. “Klas has meant a lot to PHI’s development. With his strategic skills in combination integrity and humor Klas has led the Board in a very commendable way [...]

On April 3, MGI's new automated sample preparation system received a Class IImedical device registration certificate, the first one-stop gene sequencing preparation system in China to receive the certification. The MGISP-100 automated sample preparation system is an automated workstation developed by MGI . It features comprehensive functions, high efficiency, stable operation and strong expandability, and [...]

WEST CHESTER, PA – Chiral Technologies, Inc., part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, begins 2019 by announcing the promotions of two key leaders and the addition of two sales Managers to the Company. Lisa Newton promoted to Vice President, Sales.  Newton joined Chiral Technologies in 2003. In her former role as [...]

April 23rd, 2019 -- Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Inc., a San Diego based biotechnology company focused on the development and clinical translation of cutting-edge technologies, has partnered with Addgene, a global nonprofit organization helping scientists share plasmids, to further facilitate academic use of mNeonGreen. Addgene will leverage its field-leading distribution platform to increase the availability [...]

Illumina Accelerator graduate companies have raised $190 million so far from leading life science and tech investors Illumina Accelerator turns five this year and is welcoming its ninth class of genomics startups to the growing network of successful companies. Since launching in 2014, Illumina Accelerator, the first business accelerator focused on creating an innovative ecosystem for early-stage genomics [...]

BERLIN -- LabTwin GmbH, the world's first voice and AI-powered digital lab assistant, has joined forces with BioRN Life Science Cluster to expand its offering to the Rhine-Main-Neckar Region in Germany. As part of this collaboration, BioRN members will have access to LabTwin's platform. LabTwin uses machine learning and voice-recognition technologies to assist scientists with day-to-day tasks, saving [...]

LAVAL, QC Stefan Clulow appointed as Chair of the Board Kenneth Galbraith appointed as Chief Executive Officer LAVAL, QC, April 23, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) (OTCQX: PFSCF) ("Prometic" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce today's closing of the recapitalization and equity offering previously announced on April 15, 2019. Prometic received C$75 million (approximately US$56 million) in gross proceeds from the equity [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]