Launch of fully automated multi-mode sampling and concentration system for GC–MS

Markes International (Llantrisant, UK) has announced the launch of Centri®, a fully automated multi-mode sampling and concentration system for GC–MS. Market-leading robotics for full automation The new platform, which is being launched at Analytica 2018, uses market-leading robotics to reliably automate sampling and pre-concentration of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) through the [...]

SnapGene and VectorBuilder Partner to Streamline DNA Cloning

Biologists can now use SnapGene software to order plasmids directly through VectorBuilder. CHICAGO--GSL Biotech and VectorBuilder have formed a partnership to create a complete cloning solution, allowing customers to order their entire custom plasmids directly from VectorBuilder through GSL Biotech’s “SnapGene” software. SnapGene was created to meet the everyday needs of molecular biologists to plan, visualize, and document [...]

Autolus and Miltenyi Biotec Sign Strategic Supply Agreement

- Agreement covers supply and support of Miltenyi Biotec Prodigy® platform for the manufacture of Autolus programmed T cell therapies - London – Autolus Limited (“Autolus”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, and Miltenyi Biotec GmbH (“Miltenyi Biotec”), a global provider of products and services that advance [...]

DNA Script awarded $5.5M in Innovation Grants From the European Comission and Bpifrance – Total financing to Date Is $24M

New grants will accelerate DNA Script's commercialization of its novel high speed, high efficiency, free-of-harsh-chemicals DNA synthesis technology. Paris, France - DNA Script today announced awards totaling $5.5M in non-dilutive financing from the highly selective Horizon 2020 European Innovation Council program of the European Commission and the Aide au développement de l'innovation and Concours Mondial d'innovation programs of Bpifrance. DNA Script [...]

SEAL launches new instruments for lab speed & efficiency

The SEAL Analytical booth at Analytica 2018 (Hall A1, Booth 516) will feature a host of new products designed to improve laboratory performance. The company has a longstanding reputation for developing advanced, automated Discrete and Segmented Flow Analyzers (SFA), but following the acquisitions of Thomas Cain and ROHASYS, the SEAL Analytical booth will also feature [...]

Connection Capital gets positive reaction from private investors for £5.9m investment in specialist lab equipment manufacturer

Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business, has raised £5.9m from its private investor clients to invest in a specialist laboratory equipment manufacturer with a global blue chip client base. HEL Ltd (HEL) designs and supplies a range of custom-made modular lab instruments and testing equipment. Typical products include different forms of “reaction stations” [...]

Institute for Protein Innovation Buys Carterra™ Next-Generation Antibody Characterization LSA™ Instrumentation

First Research Institution to Purchase Carterra’s High-Throughput Label-Free Biosensor to Support its Novel Antibody Discovery Salt Lake City, Utah and Boston, Massachusetts. Carterra™ Inc., an innovative label-free biosensor company, and Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) announced today that IPI has purchased a Carterra LSA™, a fully automated, label-free, high-throughput monoclonal antibody (mAb) characterization instrument. Funding for [...]

Agilent and BioTek Join Forces to Create an Integrated Metabolic Analysis and Imaging Platform

SANTA CLARA CA, WINOOSKI VT, USA — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and BioTek Instruments, Inc., today announced a new, integrated solution that combines cellular metabolic analysis and imaging technologies. The optimized solution integrates the Agilent Seahorse XFe96 / XFe24 Analyzerswith the BioTek Cytation 1 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader. This solution creates a standardized approach for comparing XF data sets, improving assay workflow, embedding [...]

VaxArray rapid response to seasonal strain changes for inuenza vaccines

InDevR expands VaxArray antibody license with FDA to provide new potency test kit for 2018/2019 season INDEVR, INC. BOULDER -- InDevR expanded its license agreement with the Technology Transfer Program at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address strain changes recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2018/2019 seasonal inuenza vaccines. The [...]

ERSTECH AB: Serstech signs distribution agreement with Chinese partner

Serstech has appointed the Shenzhen-based company Smile Electronics Ltd as a distribution partner for the Chinese market. Smile is an expert in high-tech products within the forensic, security and law enforcement fields and has over the past 15 years developed a strong domestic network, with a primary focus on the central and the coastal regions [...]

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