Nikon optimizes distribution, sales, and service support in local research market through expansion of their current dealer, Biolab Brasil Nikon Instruments Inc. announced today that effective June 1, 2018 it will transition the Nikon Instruments Brazil research business to Biolab Brasil. The local, Brazilian-owned company will maintain full line distribution, factory authorized service and warranty support [...]

AstraZeneca is the first pharmaceutical company to work with Emulate to develop and embed its Organs-on-Chips technology in its laboratories Studies with the technology aim to gain new insights into disease mechanisms  BOSTON, Mass. — Emulate, Inc. has formed a collaborative partnership with AstraZeneca’s Innovative Medicines and Early Development (IMED) Biotech Unit to embed its Organs-on-Chips technology within [...]

Merck today announced a collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, that could lead to the optimizing of nutritional supplements to restore a healthy gut microbial community.  DARMSTADT, GERMANY Collaboration with Washington University on gut bacteria research could lead to diagnostics, treatment for malnourished children Study to use MilliporeSigma's genome-editing technology Merck, a [...]

MR Solutions is broadening its range of preclinical scanners with the launch of four CT models. This new range of CT scanners is designed to operate alone or with the clip on PET and SPECT imaging systems developed by MR Solutions for their range of MRI scanners. The MR Solutions family now includes six cryogen [...]

Uniqsis reports how the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu (Estonia) has selected a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor with Flow-UV™ detector to assist them in development of novel nanomaterials for use in next generation applications. The material science research group of Dr Aile Tamm evaluated different technological approaches to synthesise nanomaterials before investing [...]

Breakthrough platform optimizes productivity and expands cryo-EM entry path for a broader range of researchers HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced Astex Pharmaceuticals, a leader in innovative drug discovery and development, selected the Thermo Scientific Glacios Cryo Transmission Electron Microscope (Cryo-TEM) to aid in its drug discovery and development program. Astex's [...]

RIJSWIJK, THE NETHERLANDS — Bluebee Corporation announced today the release of BLUEBASE, a complete data management solution designed to transform next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metadata into actionable genomic knowledge with efficiency and clinical-grade security. BLUEBASE runs on the Bluebee core data analysis platform and provides post-sequencing intelligent data aggregation, ease of querying, and deep knowledge [...]

Collaboration with Washington University on gut bacteria research could lead to diagnostics, treatment for malnourished children Study to use MilliporeSigma’s genome-editing technology Burlington, Massachusetts — MilliporeSigma, a leader in genome editing, today announced a collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis that could lead to the optimizing of nutritional supplements to restore a healthy gut microbial [...]

Antibodies Used to Support Research into the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the release of a range of anti-vedolizumab antibodies. Vedolizumab (Entyvio) is a monoclonal antibody that is used to treat ulcerative [...]

AUSTIN, Texas -- Lab7 Systems, a leader in informatics solutions and services for data intensive scientific applications and personalized medicine, announced today its name change L7 Informatics, Inc. to reflect the expansion of its product offering. In conjunction with the name change, L7 is proud to announce the appointment of Vasudev Rangadass, Ph.D., as its [...]