September 15, 2018
-Streamlining the Gene Testing Processes to Standardize the Testing- Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan; Chairman and CEO: Hisashi Ietsugu), Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (HQ: Tokyo, Japan; President & Representative Director: Shingo Kaneko) and RIKEN GENESIS Co., Ltd. (HQ: Tokyo, Japan; President & CEO; Naoto Kondo) have jointly developed the LW-100 Gene Measurement Analyzer (research use [...]
New high-biosafety laboratory opens in Berlin
September 15, 2018
Virus research in BINDER chambers A new laboratory that conforms to the very highest standards of biosafety recently opened at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin. It is designed to provide a safe environment for diagnosing and conducting research into highly contagious and life-threatening viruses such as Ebola and Lassa. As part of their [...]
Eurocontrol Announces Update on Operational Changes and Sale of Discontinued Subsidiaries
September 14, 2018
TORONTO -- Eurocontrol Technics Group Inc. (TSX Venture: EUO; OTCQB: EUCTF) (“Eurocontrol” or the “Company”), announces that it has entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with DYG Holdings Ltd. (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell all of the shares of its Israeli subsidiaries to the Purchaser representing a [...]
Bruker Introduces New High-Performance Preclinical PET/CT Si78 System
September 14, 2018
SEATTLE. Bruker today announced the introduction of the new preclinical PET/CT Si78 scanner for whole-body molecular imaging at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (www.wmis.org/2018-wmic). It combines Bruker’s novel PET and outstanding micro-CT technologies in a single scanner operated by the multi-modality imaging software platform ParaVision™ 360. The PET/CT Si78 is addressing the latest needs of preclinical imaging scientists [...]
BelHealth acquires Gemini Bio-Products
September 14, 2018
New York, New York – BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC (“BelHealth”), a New York-based healthcare private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired Gemini Bio-Products, Inc. (“Gemini” or the “Company”), a leading biological reagents manufacturer and supplier serving the scientific community across academic research and the biotechnology and biopharma industries. Founded in 1985 and headquartered [...]
September 14, 2018
UK set to be global leader in providing large-scale industrial access to Cryo-EM for drug discovery thanks to new collaboration. Thermo Fisher Scientific and Diamond Light Source are creating a step change for life sciences sector, a one-stop shop for structural biology and one of largest cryo-EM sites in the world. Close up sample loading [...]
September 14, 2018
Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Company”), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announces AstraZeneca has adopted its Edit-R™ crRNA libraries as part of AstraZeneca’s drive to establish a functional genomics discovery platform. AstraZeneca also joins the Genomics Discovery Initiative (GDI), a collaborative functional genomics screening [...]
ABclonal Technology Unveils Next-Generation Sequencing Kits for Illumina Sequencing Platforms
September 13, 2018
New Line of DNA- and RNA-Sequencing Library Preparation Kits Produce Highest Library Yield While Maintaining Quality During Sample Preparation BOSTON -- ABclonal Technology, a dynamic and growing provider of biological reagents for life science research, today unveiled its new line of next-generation sequencing library preparation kits (NGS lib prep kits), one of the industry’s highest-yielding [...]
Nikon Imaging Center Opens at UC San Diego
September 13, 2018
The Nikon Imaging Center, a collaborative microscopy center that provides local researchers with access to the latest imaging technologies, opened September today at the University of California San Diego. "UC San Diego’s partnership with Nikon is very exciting because it will enrich both the scientific research capabilities and educational activities on campus," said Samara Reck-Peterson, [...]
Certara Acquires Pirana™, a Leading Pharmacometrics Modeling Workbench
September 13, 2018
Pirana delivers faster, more efficient modeling and simulation results by connecting multiple tools, and providing an organizational and graphical environment for optimizing pharmacometrics workflow PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development, regulatory science, market access and real-world evidence solutions, announced today that it has acquired Pirana, a widely used product for connecting [...]
