Horizon Discovery’s Bioproduction cell line used as part of a successful drug (IND) filing
March 21, 2018
Location: Cambridge Horizon’s Glutamine Synthetase-Knockout CHO K1 cell line has been used as part of a successful Investigational New Drug filing with the FDA Filing further validates the use of Horizon’s Bioproduction cell line platform for the manufacture of biotherapeutics Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Group”), a global leader [...]
March 21, 2018
Samples to be collected from over 25,000 participants in Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII) cohort BETHLEHEM, PA. – DNA Genotek Inc., a leading provider of sample collection kits and end-to-end services, today announced that the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has selected DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene® family of microbiome collection devices to provide reliable [...]
Biotechnology Company EpiGentek Backs New Epigenetics Skincare Startup EpigenCare
March 20, 2018
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – EpiGentek, a NY-based biotechnology firm specializing in epigenetic research products and services, announced its technological and financial support for new skincare startup EpigenCare. William Lee, who served as an operations executive for a number of years at EpiGentek, spearheads EpigenCare’s venture as its CEO. EpiGentek will work in collaboration with EpigenCare to [...]
“Hitachi High-Tech Science Park Shanghai Lab” to Open in Shanghai, China
March 20, 2018
— Establishing a global laboratory structure covering nine locations in five countries — Shanghai, China—Hitachi High-Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announces that it has opened "Hitachi High-Tech Science Park Shanghai Lab" (Shanghai Lab) in Shanghai, China on June 20, 2018 to promote the development, sales, [...]
March 20, 2018
Boston – The Pistoia Alliance, a global alliance of life science companies, vendors, publishers and academic groups, and Scilligence Corporation are pleased to announce the release of the major new extension to the HELM Web Editor. New functionalities enable the editor to support the representation of biomolecules with some structural uncertainty or ambiguity and also adds [...]
Light into the dark of the brain functions
March 20, 2018
Within the life sciences, deriving neuronal activity in deep brain regions is an important process. In neuroscientific experiments, nerve cells are labeled with fluorescent proteins, which are optically excited by laser pulses that have the ability to transmit neuronal activity by fluorescence differences. Researchers from the Gene Circuit Behavior Department of the Max Planck Institute [...]
ATL Announces Appointment of Steve Chase as Chief Executive Officer
March 20, 2018
Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a leader in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), is pleased to announce that Steve Chase is joining the company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). This appointment is effective immediately and concludes a search process conducted by ATL’s executive leadership team. As CEO, Steve will oversee ATL’s ambitious near and long-term [...]
March 20, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cofactor Genomics, leading developer of advanced RNA analysis tools, announced today that they have entered into an agreement with the National Cancer Institute, along with agreements with research groups at three other academic and pharma institutions, to demonstrate the clinical utility of their immune-profiling assay, Cofactor Paragon. These research collaborations are centered [...]
Akonni Biosystems Announces Strategic Partnership with Major Chinese Diagnostics Company Righton
March 20, 2018
Exclusive two-way licensing deal promises to accelerate growth for both companies Frederick, MD — Akonni Biosystems Inc. and Chinese in vitro diagnostics company, Righton, announce a commercial agreement that enables Righton to sell Akonni’s products for nucleic acid purification and molecular diagnostics to reaserchers, clinical laboratories, and hospitals in China. The products to be sold include TruTip®, Akonni’s best-in-class [...]
RURO Announces Limfinity® Version 7
March 20, 2018
FREDERICK, MD. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RURO, Inc., a leading provider of LIMS, LIS, RFID and other laboratory solutions, announces Limfinity®version 7, the latest iteration of the company’s information software platform. RURO solutions, including LimitLIS®, BiobankPro®, Limfinity® TSI, and Study Manager™ are all built on the Limfinity® platform. Since its last major release, RURO has used aspects of [...]
