Asynt has introduced the DrySyn OCTO Mini Conversion Kit to enable chemists to efficiently sample reactions performed using their DrySyn OCTO 8-position parallel synthesiser. The DrySyn OCTO is a compact, entry-level parallel synthesiser for chemists wishing to conduct synthetic reactions under an inert atmosphere with temperature control and powerful magnetic stirring. The new Mini Conversion Kit lets you quickly adapt a standard [...]

Increase Separations and Reduce Analysis Times on Any LC Platform     COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the new Shim-pack Velox columns with core-shell technology that are designed to maximize performance of LC systems. These columns enable users to achieve increased separations and faster analysis times on any LC platform. The core-shell [...]

Endress+Hauser opens state-of-the-art calibration and training center Endress+Hauser has invested roughly three million euros in a modern, state-of-the-art calibration and training center in the industrial city of Jubail, Saudi Arabia, thus strengthing direct contact with customers in the Middle East while supporting the country’s economic development. Saudi Arabia wants to expand the private business sector [...]

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with the UK’s national biobanking platform in order to enable clinical and genetic data to be integrated, supported by the recently established Health Data Research UK; a research institute set up to help improve lives [...]

Hercuvan Disposable Gel Cutting Tips are specially designed to offer convenience and user-friendly operation to excise nucleic acid and protein bands from gels. It allows safe band removal and free from contamination. Furthermore, using sharp scalpels may damage the transilluminators and gel trays. The gel band is neatly extracted and contained in the tip, followed by [...]

Cambridge, UK – Fluidic Analytics Ltd has raised $31 million to continue developing its transformational products for characterising proteins and their behaviour. The proceeds of the financing will be used to continue the commercial roll-out of the company’s lab-tools pipeline and to develop further high-value clinical applications of its technology. Proteins and their behaviour are crucial [...]

NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has created an open partner ecosystem designed to help independent software vendors (ISVs) and life sciences companies team more effectively to accelerate drug discovery efforts and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes. The ecosystem is an integral part of the cloud-based informatics research platform that Accenture and Merck (known as MSD outside the United [...]

KEELE (UK), PORT WASHINGTON, NY (USA) & LONDON (UK) – Cobra Biologics, an international contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with a focus on advanced therapy medicinal products(ATMPs) has won a £1.5m shared grant from Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s innovation agency. Co-winners, Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, an [...]

SAN FRANCISCO--Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced the appointment of Jan Johannessen to the company’s board of directors. He will also serve as chair of the audit committee. Mr. Johannessen brings more than 25 years of executive and financial leadership experience [...]

Today, LGC announced the acquisition of SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., a manufacturer and leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers and clinical laboratories. SeraCare provides quality control materials for infectious disease testing through their ACCURUN® reagents as well as in the fast growing clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) market which it addresses through its Seraseq® brand of [...]