Unlocking the Puzzle of Neurodegenerative Diseases Postnova Analytics reports that the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield (UK) is using their AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system to investigate the mechanism of amyloid formation, a protein mis-folding process implicated to be the cause of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Understanding the [...]

Tailored Workflows and Curated Analytics Provide Visibility Across Relevant Data Domains for Medical Monitors   WHAT: PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the launch of PerkinElmer Signals™ Medical Review.  This new cloud-based analytics and visualization solution provides medical monitors in clinical development with smarter insights to quickly detect safety signals [...]

Emeryville, Calif. – Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), a company dedicated to bringing to market transformational platforms for biopharmaceutical processes, announced today that Teva Pharmaceuticals Australia, Pty. Ltd. has implemented BLI’s Beacon platform in their antibody discovery programs. The Beacon platform is capable of screening thousands of antibody producing cells in less than a day. Cell characterizations [...]

Empire Genomics announced today that it has entered into a new strategic partnership with KromaTiD to provide a comprehensive offering that helps researchers and clinicians better understand the genomic abnormalities of cancer patients. Empire Genomics CEO Anthony Johnson stated “KromaTiD’s Pinpoint FISH probes are a perfect complement to our existing FISH probe portfolio, allowing us [...]

Customer Solutions Center will train up to 1,000 people a year in latest genomics technologies PARIS -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the opening of its Solutions Center on the Genopole Campus in Évry, near Paris. The leading-edge customer training center will offer demonstrations, instruction, and education in the latest genomics technologies from Illumina for up to 1,000 scientists a [...]

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and NRGene research exploring protection again neurodegenerative disease Tel Aviv & Ness Ziona, Israel – NRGene, the worldwide leader in genomic assembly and analysis, has partnered with the Genetic Institute of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (TASMC) to perform genomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). “Our collaboration with NRGene and [...]

Heidelberg, Germany and Cambridge, UK – SYGNIS AG (Frankfurt: LIO1; ISIN: DE000A1RFM03; Prime Standard), the Group which includes Expedeon Holdings, Innova Biosciences, and C.B.S. Scientific Company, today announced it has signed a supply agreement with US Biological, Salem, MA, USA, for its Innova Lightning-Link® technology. Heikki Lanckriet, CEO and CSO of SYGNIS AG, commented: “We are [...]

WASHINGTON -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that its Board of Directors is appointing Joakim Weidemanis to the position of Executive Vice President of Danaher Corporation, with responsibility for the Company's Product Identification and Water Quality platforms. With this appointment, Mr. Weidemanis will become an Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Weidemanis, 48 years old, [...]

UK start-up is developing nanofiber technology to improve how medicine is manufactured Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Puridify, a bioprocessing start-up that is developing a nanofiber-based platform purification technology for biopharmaceutical production. Puridify’s technology, FibroSelect, is complementary to the bead resins and chromatography membranes used today in downstream bioprocessing, [...]

Paris, France, and London, UK: Today, Biomillenia, the developer of Smart Microbes™, announced its collaboration with QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: QIA) for use of QIAGEN’Ss Microbial Genomics Pro Suite to generate next-generation sequence data on microbes identified using Biomillenia’s proprietary microbe-on-a-chip technology. Biomillenia’s approach can identify strains of microbes previously deemed unculturable, and do so [...]