New targeted sequencing workflow combines pre-validated content with easy customization and new analysis tools to accelerate variant discovery and screening (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences today announced the commercial release of its Accel-Amplicon Plus™ Cancer NGS Panels, a suite of nine tumor-specific and focused gene panels to facilitate targeted cancer sequencing. The Accel-Amplicon technology enables simultaneous detection [...]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.  – Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced that the company has expanded its presence in Asia Pacific, adding strategic distribution partners for synthetic DNA (genes, gene fragment, oligo pool product lines) as well as the exome and custom target enrichment product [...]

Spectris plc (‘Spectris’) (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration (‘BKSV’) and HBM will be merging their activities from 1 January 2019. Both BKSV and HBM are operating companies within the Test and Measurement segment of Spectris. The new company will be named HBK (Hottinger, Brüel & Kjær). [...]

Ann Arbor, MI -- Cayman Chemical has launched a new line of ready-to-use, quantitative lipid standards prepared specifically for mass spectrometry applications. This new line of MaxSpec™ analytical standards complements Cayman’s high-purity, basic research tools that researchers have been using for more than 37 years. All MaxSpec™ standards are provided in solution and formulated to save [...]

New Powerful LED Light Source Excites Broadest Range of Fluorophores WALTHAM, Mass. – Excelitas Technologies® Corp., a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, today introduced its X-Cite® XYLIS light source for fluorescence microscopy. The new X-Cite XYLIS includes Excelitas’ patented LaserLED Hybrid Drive® and offers a rich, broad spectrum output from 360-750nm for exciting an extended range [...]

£57.5k investment for quick, simple food safety tests using nanoparticles and antibodies Glasgow – The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) today announces funding of £57,500 to investigate a new technique to model antibodies bound to gold nanoparticles, allowing production of tests that are of a higher accuracy and reduced manufacture cost, which could be used to [...]

The next-generation Thermo Scientific SOLA iQ total sulfur analyzer is designed for process optimization and offers improved ease-of-use and connectivity over existing analyzers FRANKLIN, Mass. -- The new Thermo Scientific SOLA iQ online sulfur analyzer helps technicians, engineers and managers in the oil and gas industry measure total sulfur content of liquid or gas phase samples without requiring time-consuming [...]

Parker Kittiwake, a leading global manufacturer of condition monitoring technologies, has today announced the launch of its ground-breaking X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analyser, a portable testing device which, among other parameters, measures the sulphur content in fuel. The XRF provides an accurate indication of sulphur content through the analysis of a small fuel sample in less [...]

Labcyte Inc. announced today that the company has entered an agreement with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to utilize Acoustic-Mass Spectrometry (Acoustic-MS) in drug discovery and development. Pioneered by Labcyte, acoustic droplet ejection (ADE) technology uses the gentle energy of sound waves to move liquids at nanoliter resolution with superior [...]

Adam Equipment Announces NTEP Approval of Highland® Precision Balance Ideal for legal-for-trade use in jewelry, cannabis, and other industries Oxford, Conn. — Adam Equipment, a leading provider of professional weighing equipment, has announced that its Highland portable precision balance has received NTEP approval. Available in the United States, the Highland NTEP-approved balance is well-suited for use [...]