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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

SOUTHPORT, N.C. – Cygnus Technologies, the leading assay and services provider for the detection and characterization of impurities in biopharmaceuticals, introduces the EndonucleaseGTP™ ELISA Kit for the detection and quantitation of residual endonuclease impurities in recombinant vaccines and viral vectors used for gene therapy. Endonucleases such as Benzonase* and Denarase* are often used to cleave host [...]

Wilmington, Delaware – CloudLIMS, a leading laboratory data management informatics provider, announces the release of the Document Management Module for its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), CloudLIMS. The Document Module is for food and beverage, cannabis, water, and soil testing laboratories, enabling them to meet ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation requirements. The module helps laboratories manage, and [...]

Cambridge, United Kingdom – Congenica, the global diagnostic decision support platform provider, congratulates its co-founder and Scientific Director, Dr Matthew Hurles, FMedSci FRS, who has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s most prestigious scientific organisation. Election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society is the highest accolade in UK science and recognises individuals [...]