Addressing the highest demands in imaging and analytics from any sample JENA/Germany ZEISS introduces its new field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) ZEISS GeminiSEM 450. The instrument combines ultrahigh resolution imaging with the capability to perform advanced analytics while maintaining flexibility and ease-of-use. With ZEISS GeminiSEM 450, users benefit from high resolution, surface sensitive imaging [...]

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets from EPTEK Technology Co. LTD and several related entities with offices in Taiwan and mainland China. The assets acquired include volatile organic compound (VOC) continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) used to measure and analyze air quality across [...]

Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to creating transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, today announced the appointment of five leading experts from top academic, research and life sciences and engineering organizations to its Strategic Scientific Advisory Board (SSAB). The SSAB serves as a strategic resource for Berkeley Lights as it continues to [...]

Across many scientific disciplines, but in particular in the field of genomics, major breakthroughs have often resulted from new technologies. From Sanger sequencing, which made it possible to sequence the human genome, to the microarray technologies that enabled the first large-scale genome-wide experiments, new instruments and tools have allowed us to look ever more deeply into the genome [...]

QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit Achieves Highest Sensitivity for Detecting Disease Remission in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia HERCULES, Calif. -- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announces the launch of the QXDx BCR-ABL %IS Kit, the first CE-IVD digital PCR test that can monitor the molecular response of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) to [...]

Aloha from Hawaii. Johanna Anton shared miniPCR with intro Biology students at Hawai’i Community College – Pālamanui campus, which is the only community college on the West Side of Hawaii Island. This was the first ever PCR lab at Palamanui! Students did the Missy Baker Missing Learning Lab using miniPCR and the blueGel system.   The biology [...]

SINGAPORE  -- JN Medsys, a life science company behind the high-throughput chip-based Clarity™ digital PCR system, today announced the launch of a new generation digital PCR system featuring more than 40,000 partitions and 4- to 6- colour detection channels. Targeting users that demand greater performance, the new system offers better specifications over the Clarity™ system, which [...]

APIX Analytics, a leading supplier of next generation miniaturized gas analyzers, announced today a series B investment of almost 8 million euros from its historical investors and two new investors.  Both the Ecotechnologies fund, managed by Bpifrance, and BNP Paribas Développement fund joined Demeter Ventures (formerly EMERTEC Gestion), ALIAD (Air Liquide), Kreaxi, ENGIE New Ventures, [...]

Strong demand predicted across all life science markets Amsterdam: Dutch biotechnology company Molecular Biology Systems (MBS) today announced it will launch its revolutionary NEXTGENPCR thermal cycler through AMPLITECH, an independent commercial organization offering innovative solutions to the public and private in vitro diagnostic testing market, including cytogenetics, molecular genetics, and pathology labs, in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. [...]

LGC and NuGEN have today announced a collaboration agreement for the commercialisation of the Single Primer Enrichment Technology (SPET) and distribution of Allegro Targeted Genotyping reagents for NGS library preparation. This collaboration will benefit customers of both LGC and NuGEN, as it expands options to access the SPET technology through the SeqSNP service in LGC’s global service [...]