SOPHIA GENETICS ACQUIRES INTERACTIVE BIOSOFTWARE TO DRIVE GROWTH AND ACCELERATE DATA-DRIVEN MEDICINE ADOPTION AROUND THE WORLD

Milan - Italy: SOPHiA GENETICS, global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today at the European Human Genetics Conference (ESHG 2018)that it has completed the acquisition of French-based tech company Interactive Biosoftware (IBS), the creators of Alamut® , the most used decision support software for clinical genomic data interpretation. Alamut® is currently deployed in over 450 hospitals and is highly complementary to [...]

Bluebee Achieves ISO 13485 Medical Device Quality Standard Certification

Rijswijk, The Netherlands – Bluebee, a global bioinformatics solutions provider, has announced today that it has been awarded the ISO 13485:2016 certification. ISO 13485 is an internationally recognized medical device quality management systems standard, which was awarded to Bluebee for its design and development of software solutions and data processing algorithms intended for use in diagnostics [...]

Esco Group to acquire AT Medical UAB

SINGAPORE — Esco Group to acquire AT Medical UAB, an Esco Ventures portfolio company, to accelerate development of the Esco life sciences ecosystem and delivery of innovative fertility technologies. Acquisition will bring together two companies committed to innovation as well as standardizing and automating IVF laboratory workflow and processes, enabling the world’s leading IVF centers to [...]

Agilent Expands Portfolio of Probes for In Situ Hybridization

Better signal-to-noise ratio makes data easier to interpret SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of a range of new probes for in situ hybridization, a technique used in pathology laboratories to obtain information about gene expression. The new probes address the need to cleanly and accurately interpret data from both fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) [...]

New England Biolabs® Launches New NEBNext® Single Cell/Low Input RNA Library Prep Kit for Increased Transcript Detection with Ultra-low Input Amounts

IPSWICH, Mass. -- New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced the release of the NEBNext® Single Cell/Low Input RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina®. This new kit incorporates an optimized template switching protocol— as well as NEB's Ultra™ II FS enzymatic DNA fragmentation technology— to produce full-length transcript sequence-ready libraries from single cells and ultra-low input RNA. "Studies based [...]

Jean Philibert Joins 10x Executive Management as Chief People Officer

–Philibert will focus on cultivating a culture of innovation and excellence for 10x Genomics employees worldwide– PLEASANTON, CA.—10x Genomics, a company focused on accelerating genomic discovery, today announced that Jean Philibert has joined the company as Chief People Officer. She brings almost 20 years experience in leading human resources for companies in software and high-tech [...]

Genedata Expressionist® 12.0 Sets a New Benchmark in Automating Characterization of Biopharmaceuticals

Latest version of market-leading enterprise software for mass spectrometry-based biopharmaceutical characterization offers intelligent automated data processing and a fully customizable user interface, and is now deployable in the cloud. Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced Genedata Expressionist® 12.0—the latest version of the market-leading enterprise software solution offering [...]

LightField .SPE Format Added to Eigenvector PLA_Toolbox and Solo Software

Princeton Instruments (PI) and Eigenvector Research, Inc. (Eigenvector) are pleased to announce the addition of PI’s proprietary spectral and imaging data format (.SPE) to Eigenvector’s upcoming versions of their PLS_Toolbox and Solo software. Princeton Instruments provides high performance spectroscopic and imaging products such as FERGIE and IsoPlane spectrometers and BLAZE CCD detectors for qualitative and [...]

Benchling Raises $14.5M From Benchmark to Advance Life Sciences Research

Announces 500% ARR Growth and more than 100,000 scientists using its platform SAN FRANCISCO--Today Benchling, the data management and collaboration platform built to advance life sciences research, announced it has closed $14.5M in Series B funding. The round was led by Benchmark, with participation from F-Prime Capital, a global venture capital firm associated with Fidelity [...]

Park Systems Selects AVBA Hi-Tech Services Ltd to Represent their Line of World-Class Atomic Force Microscopes in Israel

Mannheim, Germany Park Systems world-leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announces the appointment of AVBA Hi-Tech Services Ltd as the sales representative of Park Systems in Israel. Over 30 years’ experience in delivering excellent services and expertise in technology solutions, from Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Plasma to Thermal/Vacuum technology, makes AVBA a perfect match as [...]

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