Researchers from BGI-Shenzhen, the South China University of Technology, and elsewhere have isolated almost 6,500 bacterial representatives from fecal samples donated by 155 healthy individuals, using 11 types of growth media to culture the gut bacteria under anaerobic conditions in the lab. From there, the investigators turned to 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing, as well as [...]

Bruker among growing list of forward-thinking technology providers that integrate with innovative Genedata Biopharma Platform Washington, DC  Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced Bruker, a preeminent provider of high-performance scientific instruments and high-value analytical and diagnostic solutions, as a new Genedata Ready-to-Run partner. Bruker joins the rapidly growing [...]

Advanced technology platform enables greater interoperability, connectivity and collaboration across the development lifecycle Philadelphia, USA: Clarivate Analytics, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, today launched Cortellis Cloud, an integrated, scalable technology platform that serves as a single point of access to Cortellis, the company’s suite of [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Science Exchange announced today a strategic partnership that will expand Thermo Fisher’s services business through a new online services marketplace. Thermo Fisher provides industry-leading scale and access to a growing customer base. This partnership will allow Science Exchange to extend the impact of its comprehensive R&D services e-commerce workflow — from searching and ordering [...]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. & SARASOTA, Fla.--Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) and Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP) (“Roper”) jointly announced today the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition by Teledyne of the Scientific Imaging businesses of Roper for $225 million in cash. The Scientific Imaging businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, as well as other [...]

INTEGRA has responded to customers’ requests and developed two new 24-channel pipetting heads, extending the capabilities of its popular VIAFLO 96/384. Designed to make cell biology workflows more efficient and reliable, these handheld electronic pipettes allow plate filling, reagent addition or sample transfers to be performed in a single step, enabling quicker and more accurate [...]

Tecan's NGS DreamPrep™. Maennedorf, Switzerland – Tecan today announces the launch of NGS DreamPrep™, a fully-automated approach to next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation for research use. This groundbreaking new approach offers quality controlled, sequencing-ready NGS libraries in just a matter of hours, with minimal manual interaction and no sample loss. NGS DreamPrep™ is a full walkaway solution [...]

Biologic drugs are precision medicines which have revolutionised the treatment of chronic diseases such as cancer and inflammatory disorders. However, there are significant manufacturing challenges in translating these therapies to the market, due to a complex, time-consuming and labour-intensive manufacturing process. Andrew Alliance S.A., the robotics company that is improving laboratory workflow execution through the [...]

QCI is a powerful, high quality decision support solution for rapid interpretation of hereditary diseases Hilden, Germany, and London, United Kingdom – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that Genomics England have selected QIAGEN’s QCI (QIAGEN Clinical Insights) portfolio offering on behalf of the NHS in England to support the UK’s program to sequence, [...]

New generation direct cDNA and PCR-cDNA 109 Kits provide full-length cDNA transcripts at high yields. Oxford Nanopore has launched new ‘109’ cDNA Kits for its real-time, scalable sequencing technology. The new kits provide high throughput whilst generating complete sequences of full-length cDNA strands, with a low input option of just 1ng PolyA+ RNA. The new cDNA sequencing [...]