Valens Expands Research Collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific
November 29, 2018
KELOWNA, BC - Valens GroWorks Corp. (CSE: VGW,OTC: MYMSF) (the "Company" or "Valens"), a licensed, vertically integrated provider of cannabis products and services focused on various proprietary extraction methodologies, distillation, cannabinoid isolation and purification, as well as associated quality testing is pleased to announce it has established an expanded research collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific. As part of [...]
Tosoh Bioscience LLC invests in Semba Biosciences
November 29, 2018
Tosoh Bioscience LLC announced it has completed an equity investment in Semba Biosciences with the intention of acquiring full ownership. The transaction was approved by the Board of Directors of both companies and an Equity Participation Agreement was executed on November 14, 2018. KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. Tosoh Bioscience LLC announced it has completed an [...]
Metrohm Australia becomes exclusive distributor of Milestone Microwave Sample Preparation solutions
November 28, 2018
Gladesville NSW: Metrohm Australia and Milestone S.r.l. (Italy) are pleased to announce their new exclusive partnership in Australia. Starting November 1, 2018, Metrohm Australia (formerly known as MEP Instruments) will be supplying and supporting Australian laboratories with Milestone’s state-of-the-art microwave technology. Milestone is an experienced and renowned manufacturer of advanced laboratory instruments such as microwave [...]
November 28, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A powerful new biochemical platform is fueling the study of a family of enzymes that are promising targets for cancer treatment. Dr. Scott Rothbart Published today in Science Advances, the new method provides a high-resolution view of how these enzymes, called lysine methyltransferases, selectively mark proteins with chemical tags that alter their function. [...]
November 28, 2018
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences today announced the availability of its eagerly anticipated Normalase™ Kit, a revolutionary enzymatic library normalization product that streamlines the cumbersome steps following next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation. Compared to conventional normalization, Swift Normalase saves cost on sequencing by reducing read depth variation within a pool down to a coefficient of variation [...]
China National GeneBank and Macquarie University Deepen Cooperation in Synthetic Biology
November 28, 2018
On November 26, 2018, China National GeneBank (CNGB) and BGI Research and the Macquarie University of Australia formally signed a cooperation agreement during the 7th International Yeast 2.0 and Synthetic Genomes Conference 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The two sides will jointly promote scientific research and education in synthetic biology, and focus on scientific research cooperation in natural products synthesisand [...]
Protein Metrics Receives FDA RFQ Award for Multi-Attribute Method (MAM) Software
November 28, 2018
Agency to use Byos™ Platform for LC-MS MAM Studies CUPERTINO, CALIF. Protein Metrics Inc., a leading provider of mass spectrometry software for protein characterization, announced today it has received an FDA RFQ award to use its Byos™ platform for LC-MS multi-attribute method (MAM) analysis of protein therapeutics. “We are thrilled that the FDA has chosen [...]
Blacktrace expands its presence in Japan with new office in Kanagawa
November 28, 2018
Blacktrace, a world leader in Productizing Science®, has increased its presence in Japan by opening a new office in Kanagawa and doubling its sales team, help the company to meet increasing demand from the biology, chemistry and microfluidics sectors. The expansion elevates the Japan sales team’s ability to support customers working in the rapidly growing [...]
Attending ASH 2018? We’re launching our new Sample to Insight QIAact Myeloid DNA UMI Panel!
November 28, 2018
We are unveiling our new Sample to Insight QIAact Myeloid DNA UMI Panel at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 60th Annual Meeting and Exposition held December 1-4, 2018, in San Diego, California. Stop by booth #1557 at ASH to explore our complete Sample to Insight solution for interrogating 25 genes for variants with known significance to clonal myeloid malignancies. Coupled [...]
Genomenon Publishes 3.7 Million Genomic Variants to Speed DNA Interpretation
November 27, 2018
Genomenon announced that it has published the first Cited Variant Reference (CVR), a comprehensive catalogue of genetic variants cited in the medical literature. The term “variant” refers to a genomic mutation in the DNA – key data used in searching for causes of cancer and rare diseases. This first-in-kind Cited Variant Reference contains over 3.7 million [...]

