May 23, 2018
Menlo Park, Calif. –– Astero Bio Corporation, a leader in the development of innovative tools for cryopreserved biologics, and BroadOak Capital Partners, LLC a privately held investment bank with a comprehensive focus on the life science industry, today announced a partnership in which Astero will acquire the former assets, and all related asset rights, of [...]
New Spectrometer Accessory Eases Spectral Analysis for Art Authentication
May 23, 2018
The Thermo Scientific ConservatIR FTIR external reflection accessory provides conservationists with advanced technology to classify works of art MADISON, Wis. -- A new accessory compatible with Thermo Scientific FTIR spectrometers is designed to enable art conservationists to easily and accurately perform spectral analysis to verify the authenticity of paintings, sculptures, textiles and other large artwork. The Thermo Scientific [...]
May 23, 2018
Two Ann Arbor biotech companies provide translational researchers a faster, more comprehensive way to design Accel-Amplicon panels for variant discovery and screening studies ANN ARBOR, Michigan) – Swift Biosciences—the NGS Library Prep company—and Genomenon—the leading genomic literature search engine company— announced today a new partnership to revolutionize the design of targeted gene sequencing panels for precision [...]
May 23, 2018
We are happy to announce the launch of two new products that complement the Lexogen SENSE and QuantSeq RNA-Seq library preparation protocols. 96 i5 x 96 i7 Dual Indexing Barcodes Unleash the power of your RNA-Seq experiments with 9,216 unique dual indexing barcodes 96 i5 x 96 i7 unique barcode combinations for fully-flexible dual indexing [...]
BERKELEY LIGHTS AND TPG BIOLOGICS ENTER INTO A STRATEGIC COLLABORATION FOR CELL LINE DEVELOPMENT
May 23, 2018
Program Implements Beacon Platform for Creating Workflow Efficiencies to Accelerate the Drug Development Process Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, announced today a program with Taipei-based TPG Biologics, Inc. (TPG), a leading cell line development company in Asia, focused on using the Beacon®opto-fluidic platform to accelerate TPG’s cell [...]
METTLER TOLEDO Flash DSC 2+: Gaining New Insight into Materials
May 22, 2018
METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce the new Flash DSC 2+–the only commercially available chip calorimeter. With even higher heating and cooling rates, this instrument is ideal for carrying out polymer analysis. The Flash DSC 2+ also permits measurements under oxygen-free conditions and at temperatures up to 1000 °C. METTLER TOLEDO has released a new [...]
Swift Biosciences Builds on Momentum, Accelerates Growth with Addition of Nathan Wood as New CEO
May 22, 2018
Results-driven, customer-focused leader to drive continued expansion in personalized medicine, disease research markets (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for genomic sequencing, today named industry veteran Nathan Wood as its new CEO. The hire is the latest in a recent series of strategic moves by Swift to solidify its [...]
GRAIL Announces $300 Million Raised in Oversubscribed Series C Financing
May 22, 2018
MENLO PARK, Calif. & HONG KONG--GRAIL, Inc., a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, today announced it has raised USD$300 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing. The financing is led by Ally Bridge Group, co-led by Hillhouse Capital Group and 6 Dimensions Capital, and includes Blue [...]
National Institutes of Health Awards Envisagenics with $1.5M Phase II SBIR Grant
May 22, 2018
New York, NY – Envisagenics, Inc., a New York based biotechnology company, announced today that it was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This grant will provide $1.5 million over two years for Envisagenics’ continued development of SpliceCore, a cloud-based drug discovery platform that analyzes RNA [...]
Altogen Biosystems launched second generation transfection reagent AltoFect
May 22, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas -- Altogen Biosystems announced the launch of AltoFect, the second generation transfection reagent for primary cell types and hard-to-transfect cell lines. AltoFect transfection reagent exhibits up to 85% transfection efficiency in difficult-to-transfect cells such as T-cells, B-cells, and primary cell cultures. The advance has opened up the path to reliable in vitro testing of realistic responses from [...]
