July 18, 2018
Vienna, Austria – AMETEK Grabner Instruments and Agilent Technologies Inc. announce an OEM agreement for an innovative mobile testing solution for in-the-field analysis of lubricating oils and greases. Grabner Instruments, based in Austria, is well known for developing and manufacturing automatic petroleum testing equipment. In this partnership, Grabner will focus on lube and grease analysis, an [...]
Takara Bio strengthens its IP position on single cell RNA-seq
July 18, 2018
Mountain View, CA—Takara Bio USA, Inc., (TBUSA, formerly Clontech Laboratories, Inc.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., is proud to announce that patent JP6336080B—covering the Smart-seq2 method, developed by Rickard Sandberg and exclusively licensed to TBUSA by the Ludwig Institute—has been awarded by the Japan Patent Office. Additional patents regarding the Smart-seq2 technology [...]
Quantapore Inc. Closes Series 3 Financing Round to Fund Beta Launch of DNA Sequencer
July 18, 2018
MENLO PARK, Calif.--Quantapore Inc. announced the completion of a $15.55 million sale of Series 3 Preferred Stock led by Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC). Tsingyuan Ventures and Sangel Venture Capital were major investors in the round and were joined by Baidu Ventures and Cloudstone VC. Mr. Feng Deng of NLVC has joined Quantapore’s Board of [...]
July 18, 2018
Company initiates commercial execution of groundbreaking technology accelerating cell therapy and vascular research with magnetic particle imaging. ALAMEDA, California, USA – Magnetic Insight Inc announced today that the company has secured an oversubscribed seed round of $3M. The equity round is led by Sand Hill Angels with contributions from other prominent angel investors and funds [...]
New! Synergy™ LX Multi-Mode Microplate Reader
July 18, 2018
Easy to use: The large touchscreen and intuitive onboard software simplify programming, operation and data visualization. Runs most common assays: Nucleic acid and protein quantification in microplates or 2 µL samples with the Take3 Plate, ELISA, cell viability, gene expression and more. Excellent performance: Synergy LX offers uncompromised performance for UV-Vis absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence assays. Budget-friendly: At nearly half the price of [...]
ATL Achieves Validated Software Provider Status for METRC in Four States
July 18, 2018
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), has become a validated software provider for METRC (Marijuana Enforcement Tracking Reporting Compliance) in the states of California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon with additional states in the planning phase. With this validation, ATL’s LIMS solutions, Sample Master® and TITAN®, are able to interface with METRC. METRC [...]
July 18, 2018
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. -- Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, is pleased to announce the extension of a consumables distribution agreement with KANEKA Corporation. In addition to flagship KANEKA KanCapA Protein A chromatography sorbents, the Pall Biotech business unit now features the company's next generation KANEKA KanCapA 3G sorbent for the primary capture of monoclonal antibodies [...]
July 18, 2018
(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences, a leading provider of innovative library prep solutions for next-generation sequencing (NGS), today announced early access to its Swift 2S Turbo Library Kit. These new kits offer a fast, robust enzymatic fragmentation prep and flexible adapter options to produce high-quality libraries for production-scale sequencing. With an automation friendly workflow, the Swift [...]
July 18, 2018
TOKYO ― PHC Corporation (hereafter PHC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) has introduced a new -85°C ultra-low temperature freezer VIP ECO series*1 using natural refrigerants*2 and new inverter compressors for the Japanese market. This product series comprising models MDF-DU702VHS1-PJ/DU502VHS1-PJ (single-phase 100V) is specially designed for pharmaceutical companies, research and medical [...]
Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. Names Karen Howe as Chief Financial Officer
July 18, 2018
BOSTON -- Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. (Caliber I.D.) announced today the appointment of Karen Howe as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ms. Howe joins Caliber I.D. with over 14-years of extensive financial experience in high-tech, manufacturing and financial services. Ms. Howe has held senior financial roles in public and privately held companies with significant experience in audit and assessment [...]

