Two new Oxford Nanopore Service providers: now cover US, China, Europe, Australia
January 22, 2018
Two additional laboratories have now achieved certification to provide Oxford Nanopore sequencing as a service. There are now service providers operating in Europe, the US, China and Australia. NextOmics (GrandOmics), China NextOmics, a GrandOmics company, has become the third laboratory to certify for service provision of nanopore sequencing. The companies are based in Wuhan and [...]
Harvard Bioscience To Acquire Data Sciences International and Sells Denville Scientific
January 22, 2018
-Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for Tuesday, January 23 at 7:30 AM ET- HOLLISTON, Mass. -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO) (the "Company"), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of Data Sciences [...]
January 22, 2018
Technology enables customers to perform particle size analysis in real time BILLERICA, Mass. -- Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTG), a leader in specialty chemicals and advanced materials solutions for the microelectronics industry, announced today that it acquired Particle Sizing Systems, LLC (PSS), a company focused on particle sizing instrumentation for liquid applications in both semiconductor and life science industries. This acquisition reflects Entegris' value creation strategy by leveraging its global technology platform and customer relationships. The total purchase price of [...]
regenHU and Wako Automation collaborate to promote 3D-bioprinting in drug-discovery in the USA
January 18, 2018
regenHU and Wako Automation collaborate to promote 3D-bioprinting in drug-discovery in the USA regenHU appoints Wako Automation as their official systems integrator for the USA. Recent advances in 3D-Bioprinting provide a valuable tool in the fabrication of biomimetic tissue constructs which can be applied at various stages of drug discovery research and development. “The collaboration with regenHU [...]
January 18, 2018
Riffyn responds to growing demand for its cloud-based Scientific Development Environment by opening a regional sales and technical consulting office in Boston BOSTON -- Riffyn, a Global Provider of R&D Software, announced the opening of its office in Boston, MA to meet the rapid growth of its global customer base in the Eastern US and Europe. The office provides sales, [...]
New England Biolabs Supports Creation of LabCentral Learning Lab
January 18, 2018
IPSWICH, Mass. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Recognizing that tomorrow's innovation relies on exposing the next generation to why science matters today, New England Biolabs® (NEB®) has become the primary sponsor of the LabCentral Learning Lab. LabCentral, Greater Boston's premier co-working laboratory and launchpad for high-potential life-sciences startups, opened the new community-oriented STEM facility in the fall of 2017 as part of its [...]
Anton Paar Releases New Generation of Instruments for Mechanical Surface Testing
January 18, 2018
The scratch testers, instrumented indentation testers, and tribometers can be combined on one platform or used separately. A technical redesign to Generation 3 scratch testers brought a number of new features which make the Anton Paar instruments the most versatile and precise instruments on the market. ASHLAND, Va. Based on Anton Paar’s unmatched 35 years [...]
Isogenic Panels of Neuronal iPSC Derivatives
January 18, 2018
AMSBIO announces the launch of a new range of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived neural stem cells (NSCs) and neural lineage progenitors. For several years, neuroscience research using cell line and animal models of degenerative neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease has been challenged to translate results into in vivo conditions, whether [...]
January 18, 2018
Arima-HiC services is selected by the prestigious G10K consortium to generate 'near-gapless' reference genome assemblies for all vertebrate order species (phase-1). In a second related story, Arima Genomics today launches an early access program for its rapid, robust and easy-to-use Arima-HiC kits to satisfy the high demand for Hi-C technology. San Diego, CA Arima Genomics, [...]
January 18, 2018
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN; “Applied DNA”, “the Company”), today announced it will introduce a GeoTyping™ Beta Program, for the month of February, to brands and retailers interested in identifying country-of-origin in cases of cotton fiber substitution. Applied DNA is asking those interested to provide cotton samples suspected to contain cotton [...]

