JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Tanya Dahms from the University of Regina in Canada to characterize the structural, chemical and physical properties of outer surfaces (i.e. cell membranes and walls) as a function of internal and external stimuli [...]

New Polymerase and Software Releases Improve Structural Variant Detection, Targeted Sequencing and RNA Sequencing Applications MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leader in long-read, high-resolution sequencing, today announced a new version of Sequel® Software (V5.1) and a new polymerase. Combined, these enhancements increase throughput and the overall performance of Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing [...]

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – STEMCELL Technologies has signed an exclusive license with Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office for patented rights to groundbreaking inner ear organoid technologies. The inner ear contains organs responsible for detecting sounds and maintaining balance, both of which are mediated by a sensory cell called the hair cell due to its specialized protrusions resembling tiny [...]

- WuXi NextCODE's massively scalable genomics database management system and clinical and research applications will be available to Google Cloud Platform users - Google Cloud BigQuery, the open source DeepVariant and other tools will be integrated for use with the WuXi NextCODE platform - The companies plan to work on additional tools, capabilities and APIs [...]

Houston, TX and Emeryville, CA – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Berkeley Lights, Inc. today announced the launch of Optera Therapeutics Corp, a biopharmaceutical company developing cell therapies with scalable manufacturing solutions for cancer. Cell-based immunotherapies where patients are treated with their own immune cells, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) and [...]

Warminster, PA   SP Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of Brian Larkin as its President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 19th replacing William (Bill) Downs who recently retired. Mr. Larkin brings to SP broad experience as a senior executive having spent the last 27 years in commercial and executive leadership roles in the [...]

TGR BioSciences is proud to announce the global availability of Alpha Terbium SureFire® Ultra™ (TBSU) assay kits. These new kits can be easily combined with existing AlphaLISA® SureFire Ultra (ALSU) kits to provide high throughput capability of multiplexed phosphoprotein detection in a homogeneous assay format. The new kits combine PerkinElmer, Inc.’s highly sensitive and homogeneous Alpha (Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogenous [...]

Heidelberg, Germany and Cambridge, UK – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard), today announced its subsidiaries Innova Biosciences, Expedeon Holdings, and C.B.S. Scientific have united as Expedeon, effective 1 March 2018. The corporate rebranding follows the latest acquisition of Innova Biosciences by SYGNIS AG in June 2017. SYGNIS AG will continue to serve as [...]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp., a leading U.S. chemical manufacturer and distributor, has been honored with the 2017 Distinguished Partner Award for Exceptional Applied Markets from GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Spectrum Chemical received the award at the company's National Sales Meeting held in New Brunswick, NJ. Spectrum Chemical receives 2017 GE Healthcare Life Sciences Distinguished Partner [...]

NEW YORK--HempAmericana, Inc. (OTC:HMPQ) ("HempAmericana" or the "Company") is proud to announce the Company's purchase of a Gilson CPC 1000 centrifugal partition chromatography separator system with a PLC 2500 HPLC+UV Detector - a next-generation processing system capable of producing 99% pure CBD Oil concentrate in scalable quantities widely viewed as a market-leading technology for maximizing [...]