Quantachrome and Anton Paar finished the purchasing process on February 9 at the Quantachrome headquarters in Boynton Beach, Florida. The companies agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Under the umbrella of the Anton Paar Group, the company will continue operations in Boynton Beach. Georg Cortolezis-Supp, Executive Director Production & Purchasing at Anton Paar, will manage the new [...]

Direct Labeling chemistry provides chromosome arm length maps and improves SV detection resolution down to 500 bp for as little as $500 per genome To be showcased at the AGBT General Meeting this week SAN DIEGO --  Bionano Genomics, the genome mapping company, today announced the global commercial launch of new chemistry for sequence motif [...]

Horizon out-licenses proprietary cell line and Helitron transposon gene editing technologies demonstrating Horizon’s ability to generate revenues from internally derived IP Horizon retains commercial rights over improvements to its technology platforms to develop new cell line technologies and gene delivery IP that can be licensed to customers for applications in biomanufacturing, diagnostic reference standards and [...]

The Freezemobile freeze dryer from SP Scientific is designed to provide a convenient and flexible solution for high quality preparation of peptides, proteins, plant materials and organic tissue. Unlike many traditional freeze dryers that employ coil condensers, Freezemobile freeze dryers use a smooth walled condenser which enables fast defrost & removal of ice for faster [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) announced today that the U.S. International Trade Commission (the "ITC") has terminated its investigation into whether Oxford Nanopore's MinION and PromethION devices and associated consumables, reagents, and software infringe one or more claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,404,146 and 9,542,527, owned by Pacific Biosciences. The decision by the ITC is based on its [...]

Strand Life Sciences announced an investment by Quadria Capital, Asia’s leading healthcare focused private equity investor. India-based HealthQuad Fund and Singapore-based Heritas Venture Fund also contributed to this fund. Strand Life Sciences, formed from the business combination of Strand and Triesta, the diagnostics unit of HCG, is India’s leading specialized diagnostics company. Its expertise spans [...]

(Santa Barbara, CA)  Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces their development of an interferometric displacement sensor (IDS) that provides a direct measure of AFM cantilever displacement. The IDS interfaces the existing optical system of the Asylum Research Cypher AFM with an external laser Doppler vibrometer. It does not replace the standard laser and detector; rather, it provides a complementary detection [...]

Funding will help develop new treatments for the commonest cause of chronic liver disease Eagle Genomics and the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) have been awarded a £1.7M collaborative grant from Innovate UK (the UK’s innovation agency), for a ground-breaking project that could help develop new tests and treatments for patients with non-alcoholic fatty [...]

Mystaire® Inc, Creedmoor NC announces the release of the Latitude™ Series C Filtered Hoods that provide biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies with an important safety solution when handling potentially harmful chemicals in particulate and/or liquid forms.  Latitude maximizes user accessibility and incorporates redundant filtration for added safety and easy maintenance.  The Latitude Series C filtered hood [...]

REAL Space Navigator offers access to over 640 million pharma-oriented compounds Kiev, Ukraine, and Sankt Augustin, Germany. Enamine Ltd., a leading chemical research organization and producer of the world’s largest collections of novel building blocks (150,000) and screening compound libraries (2,400,000), and BioSolveIT GmbH, premium provider of medicinal chemistry software, today announced the launch of the [...]