Novel Microfluidic Platform for Cancer Research
February 2, 2018
AMSBIO, a transatlantic life sciences company, and the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK) have pioneered a multidisciplinary approach combining expertise in microfluidics and 3D culture to develop a novel microfluidic platform for cancer research. The new platform combines microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with physiologically relevant 3D spheroids to enable formation and long-term culture of 3D multicellular tumors / organoids [...]
Corning and CytoSMART Announce Agreement for Cell Counting Device
February 2, 2018
Corning to become exclusive supplier of CytoSMART’s new Cell Counter Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and CytoSMART Technologies BV today announced an agreement that will simplify mammalian cell counting in laboratories around the world. Cell counting is a critical step in subcultivation in the cell culture workflow. Corning is the exclusive supplier of the Corning Cell [...]
February 2, 2018
Göttingen – Sartorius, a leading international pharma and laboratory equipment supplier, was a double award winner at the Fisher Scientific European Sales Conference in Malta, picking up the awards for Supplier Excellence and Best Booth. These awards coincided with the formal announcement of the promotion of Sartorius to Platinum supplier status in Europe. John Collings, [...]
Roper Technologies Appoints Neil Hunn Chief Operating Officer
February 2, 2018
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ROP), a diversified technology company, today announced that Neil Hunn has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Hunn remains an Executive Vice President. “Neil Hunn has distinguished himself as an extraordinary operating leader in our Software and Medical businesses, and we are expanding his responsibilities so that he can [...]
February 1, 2018
Edinburgh Instruments is excited to share the latest upgrades to our FS5 Sample Cassettes range. The easy-to- use cassettes see improvements that provide users ease of access, and time-saving features that makes operation more straightforward. With the use of a new, harder wearing material, the cassettes include a ‘Plug n Play’ feature that allows our [...]
GenDx registers Chimerism Monitoring product line as CE-IVD
February 1, 2018
GenDx is the first global company to register a chimerism monitoring product line as CE-IVD. The chimerism portfolio is intended for monitoring the chimeric status after stem cell or bone marrow transplantation, and includes KMRtype® and KMRtrack® reagents, as well as KMRengine® software. The in vitro diagnostic products will be distributed to clinical laboratories, supporting [...]
Congenica Signs Strategic Digital Health Contracts During Official UK-China Trade Mission
February 1, 2018
Cambridge, UK – Today Congenica, the global provider of clinical genomics interpretation software, signed a series of significant memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with leading Chinese companies and healthcare providers at a UK-Chinese Future of Medicine trade event in Beijing, China. The meeting was held in conjunction with the State visit of Prime Minister May. Underlining [...]
Certara Acquires BaseCase, a Life Sciences Data Visualization Company
February 1, 2018
Acquisition will add strong visualization and communications capabilities across Certara’s data science decision-support value chain PRINCETON, NJ – Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that it has acquired BaseCase Management GmbH, a data visualization software as a service (SaaS) company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with offices in New York. [...]
Hitachi High-Tech Science Launches “EMA” Thermal Analysis Software
February 1, 2018
-Streamlines Analysis by Simplifying the Setting of Optimal Measurement Conditions- Tokyo, Japan—Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that Hitachi High-Tech Science Corporation (Hitachi High-Tech Science), a Hitachi High-Tech wholly owned subsidiary engaged in manufacturing and sales of analysis and measuring instruments, has developed the "EMA" thermal analysis software (EMA). EMA eases operation and [...]
Schrödinger Announces Cryo-EM Initiative
February 1, 2018
Schrödinger Cryo-EM Initiative (SCI) brings together a broad network of renowned Cryo-EM centers to develop novel therapeutics using Schrödinger’s drug discovery platform New York, NY - Schrödinger, a world-leading provider of molecular simulations and drug discovery software solutions dedicated to revolutionizing drug discovery through advanced computational methods, today announced the launch of Schrödinger Cryo-EM Initiative [...]

