BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management and analytics, today announces that it has appointed Richard Kivel as its Chairman. Richard has extensive expertise in building scientifically driven companies that seek to positively impact human lives, with a focus on creating shareholder value through increasing revenues and bottom-line growth. Richard has served as [...]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the introduction of the Advanta™ CFTR NGS Library Prep Assay, a highly efficient and scalable next-generation sequencing (NGS) library prep workflow for sequencing of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a complex, multisystem disease that is caused by mutations in the [...]

NEW YORK, NY – Schrödinger, Inc., a privately-held company dedicated to revolutionizing drug discovery through advanced computational methods, and the Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. (TRI-I TDI) have renewed and extended, for an additional five years, an agreement reached in 2014 to provide access to Schrödinger’s Materials Science, Biologics, and Small‑Molecule Drug Discovery Suites to [...]

YSA welcomes its partnership with six manufacturer representative companies:  Apex Laboratory Equipment Company in Minnesota, Front Range Scientific in Colorado, Laboratory Equipment Company in California, Process Control Solutions in Massachusetts, Scientific Resources Southwest Inc. in Texas, and SciTech Sales LLC in Georgia.  After several months of email and telephone correspondence, we finally got to meet some of the representatives in person during the special program focused on [...]

Partnership with Oxford University’s Jenner Institute aims to develop more robust and scalable vaccine manufacturing processes... DARMSTADT, GERMANY Collaboration with Oxford University to develop cost-effective vaccine manufacturing processes, accelerate vaccine availability  New vaccine manufacturing facility in Ghana to serve as a catalyst to help country and region address health challenges Merck, a leading science and [...]

AACR 2018 Annual Meeting includes 40-plus abstracts covering QIAGEN Sample to Insight solutions Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany, April 12, 2018 – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today launched two novel liquid biopsy panels to evaluate circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the growing field of research into molecular mechanisms in prostate and lung [...]

Extends Horizon’s biomanufacturing capabilities into vaccine manufacture Research supported by a grant from the Canadian International Development Research Centre, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation   Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Group”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation to deliver inspired [...]

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in collaboration with Microsoft and DNAnexus, offers extensive next-generation sequencing data and unique analysis tools to accelerate research and cures for life-threatening pediatric diseases St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today launched St. Jude Cloud, an online data-sharing and collaboration platform that provides researchers access to the world's largest public repository [...]

SANTA CLARA, California Park Systems world-leading manufacturer of Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM), announced the opening of their subsidiary in Mexico, Park Systems Microscopy SA de CV, to better serve the nanotechnology markets in Mexico and Latin America. The new office is located in Reforma Latino Paseo de la Reforma, 296 Col Juarez Ciudad de Mexico, CP [...]

Global leader in organ-on-a-chip technology backed by international syndicate for worldwide commercial expansion and new product development Leiden, the Netherlands -- MIMETAS, leader in organ-on-a-chip products and tissue models, has secured 20.5 million USD in financing from an international syndicate from Asia and Europe. MIMETAS will use the proceeds of this Series B financing round to expand [...]