SAN DIEGO--Filmetrics has extended its free 3D surface-image analyzer, ProfilmOnline, to AFM and other scanning-probe applications. This cloud-based software is also ideal for analyzing images from 3D profilometers and 2D microscopes. Processing of surface images, such as row leveling, stitching, and roughness and step-height measurement, is fast, intuitive, and can be recipe driven. Sharing images, complete [...]

End-to-end workflow analyzes safety, purity and potency of cannabis to help meet Health Canada's testing standards Niagara Falls, Canada – Grow Up 2018 – With the updates to Canada's cannabis laws set for implementation in October 2018, scientists operating within this highly regulated, growing market can now access an end-to-end analytical solution that aligns with the testing standards [...]

A new system capable of probing microscopic environments inside cells has been installed at the University of Exeter's Bioimaging Centre. The technology, the latest addition to the university's arsenal of world-class microscope systems, makes possible a number of new pioneering techniques, and can scan samples at more than ten times the rate of conventional systems. [...]

Penn microbiologist recognized for groundbreaking microbiome research SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the winner of the 2018 Agilent Early Career Professor Award is Christoph Thaiss, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Thaiss's research focuses on the microbiome and how [...]

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today issued the following statement regarding the sale of its Advanced Bioprocessing business to Thermo Fisher Scientific: "The sale of our Advanced Bioprocessing business will create greater focus for our Life Sciences segment where BD has outstanding opportunities to contribute significant [...]

Providing a best-in-class solution for immuno-oncology research, from RNA extraction to comprehensive data analysis, to advance therapeutic developmentSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) and GenomOncology today announced an expanded Immuno-Oncology Gene Expression Workflow to accelerate the development of checkpoint immunotherapies and the identification of potential predictive biomarker signatures for therapeutic response. The integrated solution for [...]

10 years after SOPRA (acquired in 2008) exited the Semiconductor market, Semilab is getting back in business with its second generation μSE tools. Semilab's μSE Series are state-of-the-art, cost effective ellipsometers addressing Semiconductor More-than-Moore, III-V (GaN, InGaAs….), Micro (O)LED markets. With more than 30 years of experience in ellipsometry, Semilab is offering an extensive library [...]

Burlingame, California — Collaborative Drug Discovery, provider of CDD Vault web-based drug discovery informatics platform, announced they won a competitive, peer reviewed Phase 1 SBIR grant from NIH NCATS titled: “Digital representation of chemical mixtures to aid drug discovery and formulation”. InChI provides a concise, canonical, and unique summary of a compound rather than a [...]

Antibodies.com appoints new CEO Antibodies.com has appointed Dr Claire Button as its new Chief Executive Officer. This appointment marks a step change in growth strategy as Antibodies.com aims to become the market leader for protein research tools. Dr Button, who holds a PhD in Immunopharmacology, has spent the last decade partnering with life science ventures [...]

NEWARK, Calif.--Bioengineering company ATUM announces today that it has extended its 2014 agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) to apply ATUM’s proprietary bioengineering technology and gene engineering platform to ADM’s process technologies. “We are extremely excited to continue working with global leader ADM,” said Claes Gustafsson, ATUM Chief Commercial Officer. “Our proprietary bioengineering [...]