AMSBIO: Highly Efficient Substrate for Culturing ES/iPS Cells
December 18, 2017
AMSBIO announces iMatrix recombinant Laminin-511 E8 fragments, an innovative cell culture matrix compatible with a wide variety of cell types, and exceptionally well suited for pluripotent stem cells. Laminin-511 is a major component of the basement membrane, which is expressed in early development of the embryo and can be used as a matrix for pluripotent [...]
Hach Company Acquires Kipp & Zonen
December 18, 2017
Loveland, Colo. – Hach Company (hach.com) announced today its acquisition of Kipp & Zonen (kippzonen.com), a manufacturer and distributor of instruments for measuring solar radiation and atmospheric properties, based in Delft, Netherlands. Kipp & Zonen is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of instrumentation and accessories. They develop solutions for a range of [...]
December 18, 2017
Arseny S. Kalinin, NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments Piezoresponse force microscopy of soft, loose and fragile samples Simultaneous study of morphological, nanomechanical, adhesive and piezoresponse propertiess Real-time study of temperature dynamics of electromechanical properties NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments introduces a new approach for simultaneous study of topography and electromechanical properties of soft and [...]
Cell Microsystems Expands Availability of CellRaft™ Products and Technology
December 18, 2017
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.---Cell Microsystems, a provider of innovative tools and scalable solutions for the sorting and isolation of single cells, announced today it is accelerating the development of new products based on its CellRaft™ Technology and expanding their availability in the marketplace. The CellRaft Technology, which allows researchers to easily sort cells under standard [...]
December 18, 2017
Location: Cambridge Horizon to develop and manufacture FFPE Reference Standards that express NTRK fusion biomarkers Standards to be derived from custom gene edited cell lines Agreement builds upon Horizon’s pre-existing partnership with Roche Diagnostics Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon” or “the Company”), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, [...]
December 18, 2017
Community-owned database empowers individuals with cryptocurrency for contributing genomic data SAN DIEGO -- Luna DNA, the first and only genomic and medical research knowledge base powered by the blockchain and owned by its community, announced $2 Million in Seed funding today. The round included several individual investors and former executives from Illumina ILMN 0.34%, the world leader in DNA sequencing and [...]
Petra Wicklandt Appointed Head of Corporate Affairs at Merck
December 15, 2017
Merck today announced that Petra Wicklandt (53) will take over the leadership of the newly created Corporate Affairs unit as of January 1, 2018. Darmstadt, Germany – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that Petra Wicklandt (53) will take over the leadership of the newly created Corporate Affairs unit as of January 1, 2018. [...]
December 15, 2017
In its capacity as the UK’s National Measurement Laboratory and Designated Institute for chemical and bio-measurement, LGC is pleased to announce the release of a new certified reference material (CRM) for chromium in yeast (ERM®-BD213a). Chromium food supplements are becoming increasingly popular, yet the role of chromium and its variant forms in human physiology are not [...]
December 15, 2017
Port authorities use Progeny ResQ handheld Raman to screen contents of incoming shipping containers Wilmington, MA – Rigaku Corporation is pleased to announce that Rigaku Analytical Devices, a leading provider of innovative handheld Raman spectrometers, has announced its Progeny ResQ handheld Raman analyzer was used during a recent seizure of illegal drugs being transported to Antwerp, Belgium. Nearly 750 [...]
World first: continuous DNA sequence of more than a million bases achieved with nanopore sequencing
December 15, 2017
The first >1Mb DNA sequence (more than a million DNA bases in one continuous sequence) has been achieved using Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology, a landmark in the history of DNA sequencing. Martin Smith, a researcher at the Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (at the Garvan Institute, Australia), has sequenced the first single fragment of DNA [...]
