One of the advantages of having a direct sales team is that we get to hear straight from you, our customers. We’ve listened to your feedback on two key problems you face – plastic and reagent waste. In light of this and our desire to add value to your pipetting workflow wherever we can, we [...]

AMSBIO has announced an exosome isolation, manufacturing and characterization service to enable R&D groups to accelerate their discovery and development activities. Exosomes are small membrane vesicles with a size ranging from 40 to 100 nm. They are known to serve as functional mediators in cell interaction leading to cancer metastasis and have also been implicated [...]

Understanding and characterizing magnetic properties at the nanoscale is one of the key challenges in developing next-generation data storage and logic elements. The new Variable Field Module (VFM4) accessory for Asylum Research MFP-3D Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) enables measurements under applied in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields in order to better understand their effects on nanoscale magnetic domain [...]

Understanding and characterizing magnetic properties at the nanoscale is one of the key challenges in developing next-generation data storage and logic elements. The new Variable Field Module (VFM4) accessory for Asylum Research MFP-3D Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) enables measurements under applied in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields in order to better understand their effects on nanoscale magnetic domain [...]

Biomedical research faces enormous challenges as the volume of genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, phenotypic, and other data generated in research labs across the world continues to grow. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the total amount of sequence data alone is doubling every seven months. Although analyzing this staggering amount of data presents the potential [...]

Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) Imaging Technology Enables Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Molecules in Tissue, and thus Deeper Biological Insights. MILFORD, Mass.--Today, Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), Prosolia, Inc. and the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) announced that Waters® acquired exclusive rights to Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) technology for all mass spectrometry applications from Prosolia and PRF. "The acquisition of DESI technology bolsters Waters' portfolio of [...]

Streamlines genome interpretation to improve the utility of genomic data Illumina, Inc. announces the release of open source, novel artificial intelligence (AI) software that can distinguish between potential disease-causing mutations, and the millions of benign genetic variants in individuals. The new AI software for genome interpretation has been publicly released through Illumina’s BaseSpace Sequence Hub and GitHub. [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif.--Quantapore Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Alex Dickinson and Robert Proulx to the Board of Directors. Both Directors bring a wealth of experience in the development and commercialization of new technologies and operating high-growth businesses. Alex and Bob join Dr. Martin Huber and Dr. Sascha Dennstedt, Quantapore’s co-founders as well as Feng [...]

Porvair Sciences announces its JG Finneran range of high strength rounded or flat-bottomed headspace vials which are available in 6mL, 10mL, 20mL, and 27mL capacities. Available in either clear glass, or amber glass for light sensitive samples, each vial's wide opening allows samples to be simply and quickly added. These headspace vials are manufactured to specific tight tolerances and are guaranteed [...]

ALPCO recently announced its partnership with InSphero, AG to provide customers with a complete solution to assess beta-cell function in islet microtissue culture models. InSphero’s 3D InSight™ Diabetes Discovery Platform offers users a comprehensive beta-cell function application suite with all required materials to quantify insulin secretion from 3D InSight™ Islet Microtissues, including ALPCO’s validated STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Insulin ELISA. InSphero Group Head [...]