Uppsala, Sweden and Oxford, UK: Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced Oxford BioMedica® plc (LSE:OXB) (“Oxford BioMedica” or “the Group”), a leading gene and cell therapy group, has invested in two Gyrolab xPlore™ systems. This is the first time the Gyrolab technology has [...]

Kleve, Germany – SPECTRO Analytical Instruments today announced a major upgrade to its SPECTROTEST arc/spark mobile metal analyzer for applications in the metal producing, processing, and recycling industries. The SPECTROTEST mobile spectrometer delivers precise results without compromise when an exact metal analysis is required, materials are difficult to identify, or there is a large number of [...]

Enhanced Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Enables Long-Term Observation of Living Cells HEIDELBERG, Germany ─ Luxendo, a Bruker company, today announced the extension of the InVi SPIM microscope to include full incubation capabilities, as well as flexible illumination and detection optics. Luxendo’s proprietary single-plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) technique significantly reduces sampling times over conventional laser scanning confocal microscopes, while [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced a purchase order for 10 PacBio® Sequel® Systems that are expected to be installed at Annoroad’s designated facility within the next several months, enhancing Annoroad’s large-scale genomic service capabilities across various fields within the life sciences such as agriculture, basic research, [...]

PK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Taiji Adachi which uses the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to understand the mechanical basis of mechanotransduction at multiple scales. Professor Taiji Adachi heads a multidiscipline research group at Kyoto University. One of its goals is [...]

Real-Time PCR workflow gains NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification for rapid and simultaneous detection of Salmonella species, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis BASINGSTOKE, England -- Laboratories performing tests for poultry producers can simultaneously screen samples for Salmonella species, Typhimurium and Enteritidis using the first independently validated PCR test of its kind. Thermo Fisher Scientific, a market leader in culture [...]

La Vista, NE – Streck, Inc. and Van Xuan Medical Technology, a pharmaceutical distributor in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, have signed a three-year distribution agreement for Streck’s full portfolio of controls, cell stabilization and molecular products. Streck’s cell stabilization products include Cyto-Chex® BCT, a blood collection tube for the preservation of whole blood specimens [...]

Launching itself into the 3D X-ray imaging arena TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. (TESCAN), a leading global supplier of electron, ion and light microscopy systems, announced today the acquisition of XRE NV, a Belgian-based designer and manufacturer of dynamic 3D and 4D X-ray imaging systems. In doing so, TESCAN has greatly expanded its position to address [...]

Newark, DE & Hyderabad, India B&W Tek, a mobile spectroscopy solutions company that delivers lab quality Raman, LIBS, UV-Vis and NIR solutions through user-friendly mobile platforms, is pleased to announce the inauguration of the Spinco-B&W Tek Center of Excellence Lab in India on March 19, 2018. The inauguration, which took place at the Spinco Towers [...]

March 27, 2018 Biopharmaceuticals represent the fastest growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry, mainly driven by a rapid expansion in the manufacture of recombinant protein-based drugs [1]. The majority of the therapeutic proteins are glycoproteins (monoclonal antibodies, blood proteins, growth factors, vaccines, fusion proteins) and hence, glycosylation is the most prominent post-translational modifications occurring on [...]