Best of two worlds: combining optical tweezers with time-resolved confocal microscopy

PicoQuant and Ionovation now offer an integrated platform that combines microscopy and force spectroscopy As a joint development, PicoQuant and Ionovation combined time-resolved microscopy and optical tweezers in a single system. Both instruments retain their individual functionalities but can also be used together, thus enabling customers to carry out time-resolved fluorescence microscopy (e.g. fluorescence lifetime [...]

10x Genomics Announces New Partnership Programs

--New Certified Service Provider and Compatible Partnership Programs will provide an extended ecosystem of reliable NGS workflow solutions for 10x Genomics’ customers-- PLEASANTON, CA.—10x Genomics, Inc., a company focused on accelerating genomic discovery, today announced a global partnership ecosystem to accelerate customer adoption of 10x Genomics’ sequencing applications through the Certified Service Provider and 10x [...]

Congenica and SFI Research Centre FutureNeuro Unite to Deliver More Accurate Diagnoses for Genetic Epilepsy

Cambridge, United Kingdom and Dublin, Ireland – New software to deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses in genetic epilepsies is the ambition of a ground-breaking partnership between Congenica, a global provider of clinical genomics interpretation software, and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, supported by Science Foundation Ireland. The software will be designed [...]

BAM inaugurates state-of-the-art SAXS facility from Xenocs

On January 26, BAM – the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing – in Berlin inaugurated their new SAXS facility. The new facility, dubbed MAUS for “Multi-scale Analyser for Ultrafine Structures”, was supplied to BAM by Xenocs. BAM-President Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne, Dr. Brian Pauw and Dr. Andreas Thünemann celebrating the inauguration of the [...]

Lonza Expands Cell-Culture Portfolio with Quasi Vivo ® System

Basel, Switzerland – Today Lonza announced the latest addition to its cell-culture product portfolio – the Quasi Vivo® System. The Quasi Vivo®Device consists of an advanced, interconnected fluidics system to create more physiologically relevant cell-culture conditions, helping researchers improve the predictive value of their studies. This new product offering from Lonza is a result of a worldwide [...]

NanoString Showcases Groundbreaking New Platforms at 2018 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Conference

Digital Spatial Profiling Demonstrates Profiling of Proteins and 1,000+ mRNAs Across Multiple Regions from FFPE Tissue Sections using Next Generation Sequencing Readout First Customer Data Using Hyb & Seq Single Molecule Sequencing Demonstrates  Potential Utility in Oncology and Infectious Disease SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic [...]

NovaSeq S1 Flow Cell Delivers Speed and Increased Flexibility

Powers Faster Runs and Smaller Sample Batching for High-Throughput Applications In January 2017, Illumina launched the NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing System. With unmatched scalable throughput, tremendous flexibility for a range of applications, and streamlined operation, the NovaSeq 6000 is the most powerful high-throughput Illumina sequencing system to date. It is uniquely positioned to help users discover more [...]

Congenica and SFI Research Centre FutureNeuro Unite to Deliver More Accurate Diagnoses for Genetic Epilepsy

Development of new software will improve treatment options for patients Cambridge, United Kingdom and Dublin, Ireland – New software to deliver faster and more accurate diagnoses in genetic epilepsies is the ambition of a ground-breaking partnership between Congenica, a global provider of clinical genomics interpretation software, and FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological [...]

Optalysys and The Earlham Institute Achieve Over 90% Energy Savings in Breakthrough Project Applying Optical Processing for DNA Sequence Alignment

UK Science and Industry collaboration successfully shows optical processing technology performing genetic sequence alignment significantly reducing HPC power consumption GLASSHOUGHTON, WEST YORKSHIRE, U.K. and NORWICH, U.K.– Optalysys Ltd. (@Optalysys), a start-up commercialising light-speed optical coprocessors for AI/deep learning, and world-leading genomic research institute The Earlham Institute, EI, (@EarlhamInst), today announced the successful completion of the Genetic [...]

Measuring Instrument Producer Anton Paar Acquires Quantachrome Instruments

Anton Paar, the world leader in measuring density, concentration, or dissolved CO2, has acquired Quantachrome which adds know-how in the analysis of particle surface areas, porosity and density of solids to the portfolio of 150+ analytical solutions BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. -- Quantachrome and Anton Paar finished the purchasing process on February 9 at the Quantachrome headquarters in Boynton Beach, Florida. The [...]

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