February 28, 2019
Series B financing will drive expansion of commercial operations and development of new microOrgan® platforms MAPLE GROVE, MN – StemoniX® Inc., a biotech company revolutionizing how new medicines are discovered, announced today that it has secured $14.4 million USD in Series B funding from a group of institutional and private investors. Brightstone Venture Capital led the financing and [...]
ACEA Presents xCELLigence Research Grant to Dr. Teresa Krabbe
February 28, 2019
German scientist will employ xCELLigence Real Time Cell Analysis (RTCA) technology to develop an oncolytic virus and use T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic T cells to deliver the virus to specific tumors. SAN DIEGO Teresa Krabbe, Ph.D., a student in the working group of Dr. Jennifer Altomonte at Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical [...]
Lexogen Launches CORALL – The New Stranded Whole Transcriptome Library Prep Kit for Illumina®
February 28, 2019
VIENNA -- Today Lexogen announced the launch of the CORALL Total RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit. This new all-in-one library prep kit can be used for all whole transcriptome analysis applications such as differential expression, isoform quantification, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), and mutation detection. "RNA-Seq library preparation protocols are still plagued by biased read distribution. Especially start sites [...]
Agilent Announces New Library Preparation System for Next Generation Sequencing
February 28, 2019
Fully automated Magnis system delivers reproducible results for molecular laboratories SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation system designed to easily run complex DNA sequencing assays with the press of a button. The fully automated Magnis NGS Prep System includes reagents and protocols that make it easy [...]
February 28, 2019
-- New Features Enable Sample to Sequencer in a Single Day – -- Customer Presentations Demonstrate Benefit of Twist NGS Solutions in Neurology, Direct-to-Consumer Testing, Hereditary Disease and Liquid Biopsy – SAN FRANCISCO--Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced [...]
You spoke, we listened – meet ASSIST PLUS
February 28, 2019
INTEGRA understands that today’s scientists want to do more than just straightforward pipetting tasks in microplates. Taking a fresh approach to pipetting innovation, the company asked laboratories about the specific challenges they face, and how these could be overcome by enhanced liquid handling products. The feedback was unanimous. Researchers want a pipetting robot that is [...]
February 28, 2019
Big Data project will create comprehensive database of chemistry and bioactivity related content to help increase the visibility, reusability and actionability of existing information New York Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, announced today that Lundbeck, the global pharmaceutical company specializing in brain diseases has selected Elsevier’s Reaxys and Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry [...]
BGI Selected as sequencing partner for development of Flow Pharma Personalized Cancer Vaccines
February 28, 2019
Flow Pharma will use BGI’s DNBseq™ NGS technology for therapeutic vaccine development NEWARK, Calif., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Flow Pharma Inc., a San Francisco Bay Area biotechnology company focused on personalized vaccine development, announced today that it has selected BGI Americas Inc. to provide the sequencing services required for all FlowVax neoantigen-based personalized therapeutic cancer vaccines under [...]
Announcing the New Jupiter XR Large-Sample AFM from Asylum Research
February 27, 2019
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the new Jupiter XR Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), the first and only large-sample AFM to offer both high-speed imaging and extended range in a single scanner. Jupiter provides complete 200 mm sample access and delivers higher resolution, faster results, a simpler user experience, and the versatility to excel in both academic research [...]
Abcam moves to new purpose-built global headquarters
February 27, 2019
Cambridge, UK - Abcam, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, is pleased to announce its move to new state-of-the-art global headquarters, Discovery Drive, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), UK, a leading hub of healthcare, science and medical research. Alan Hirzel, CEO, Abcam, commented: “Abcam has been working for 20 years providing [...]
