Analytik Jena Expands ICP-MS Portfolio for Greater Customer Focus
January 29, 2019
Jena, Germany – Configured for maximum customer focus: At this year’s EWCPS 2019 in Pau, France, Analytik Jena is presenting the continued development of its PlasmaQuant MS series. In the future, customers will be able to configure every system in the ICP-MS series (ICP-MS: mass spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma) to suit their individual requirements. [...]
January 29, 2019
New BioResolve SCX mAb Columns and Consumables Simplify and Improve mAb Characterization and Monitoring through Holistic Approach MILFORD, Mass.--Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today introduced a new cation exchange column line with specialized consumables to simplify and improve the characterization and monitoring of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics. The new BioResolve™ SCX mAb Columns and Vanguard™ FIT Cartridge technologies, together [...]
Sphere Fluidics closes $2 million USD (c. £1.5 million GBP) investment round
January 29, 2019
Investment received from Greenwood Way Capital, Oxford Technology and Innovations EIS Fund and 24Haymarket Funding will be used to accelerate growth in operations and sales across the UK and USA Cambridge, UK: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, announced today that is has closed a $2 million [...]
Bruker Launches New High-Speed AFM System for Life Science Microscopy Applications
January 29, 2019
JPK NanoWizard ULTRA Speed 2 Combines Innovative AFM Capabilities for Correlative Microscopy BERLIN -- Bruker today announced the release of the JPK NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed 2 advanced AFM system, which combines highest speed and highest resolution AFM with advanced bio-imaging features. Developed in close collaboration with their expanded worldwide user base, the system is the first new product [...]
Lifecycle Biotechnologies Names Aaron Schieving Vice President
January 29, 2019
Lifecycle Biotechnologies has promoted Aaron Schieving to Vice President of Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. Aaron Schieving FORT WORTH, TEXAS Mr. Schieving has served as the Director of Sales and Marketing with Lifecycle since 2016. In his position as Director of Sales and Marketing, Mr. Schieving was instrumental in positioning Lifecycle as the premier life [...]
BIO-TECHNE INTRODUCES CE-SDS PLUS FOR MAURICE™ SYSTEM
January 28, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS -- Bio-Techne today announced the launch of the CE-SDS PLUS system for its ProteinSimple-branded Maurice™ platform. This new system further expands the usability of Maurice's proprietary cartridge and reduces undesirable protein fragmentation during separation. Since its introduction in 2016, Maurice has enabled capillary electrophoresis - sodium dodecyl sulfate (CE-SDS) for size-based separation across a broad range [...]
Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Sell its Anatomical Pathology Business
January 28, 2019
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Anatomical Pathology business to PHC Holdings Corporation, a global innovator in healthcare solutions, for approximately $1.14 billion in cash. The Anatomical Pathology business is a provider of microscope slides, [...]
MRM Proteomics and Biodesix Partner to Develop Precision Lung Cancer Diagnostics
January 28, 2019
MONTREAL and BOULDER, Colo. MRM Proteomics Inc. and Biodesix® have inked a partnership to create novel assays to answer critical clinical questions within the lung cancer continuum of care. Under terms of the deal, MRM Proteomics will grant Biodesix rights to utilize its proprietary iMALDI technologies to further advance its blood-based lung cancer diagnostics. Both companies share [...]
January 28, 2019
CELLINK, together with Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam (ACTA), has been awarded funding for the project Functionalized Collagen-based Bioink for 3D Bioprinting –"FUNC." The project will run for three years with a total budget of 19,5 MSEK. The project is financed to 50 percent through Eurostars. The consortium will develop a ready-to-use biofunctionalized collagen-based ink for [...]
HORIBA Instruments Acquires All Shares of MANTA Instruments
January 28, 2019
Augmenting the Technology of Particle Characterization Instruments HORIBA, Ltd. (Head Office: Kyoto, Japan; hereinafter, “HORIBA”) has announced that HORIBA Instruments Incorporated (Head Office: Irvine, USA; hereinafter, “HORIBA Instruments”) acquired all shares of MANTA Instruments, Inc. (Head Office: San Diego, USA; hereinafter, “MANTA”) on January 24, 2019. MANTA has earned a high reputation for its nanoparticle [...]

