908 Devices, a pioneer of analytical devices for chemical and biomolecule analysis, today announced a new software update for MX908™, which includes the introduction of a new mission mode – Drug Hunter. This mode unlocks additional resolving power from the devices existing hardware to dramatically upgrade selectivity, which provides first responders with optimal detection and identification [...]

St. Sulpice, SWITZERLAND – SOPHiA GENETICS, global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today that Valentin Matillon has joined the company’s management team as Chief Financial Officer. He brings over twenty years of experience in senior financial management positions in leading technology organizations, including SITA, Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Arts. “I am happy to welcome Valentin to our [...]

STEMCELL Technologies Brings Groundbreaking Intestinal and Brain Organoid Culture Tools to the Global Research Community VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – STEMCELL Technologies Inc. has released two product lines for organoid research that will enable scientists to create powerful models for studying human disease in the lab. Organoids, or 'mini-organs', are complex, 3D, in vitro culture models that maintain key structural, [...]

SAN DIEGO -- DuPont Pioneer Research Scientist Kevin Fengler shared Pioneer’s strategy for quickly building high-quality reference genomes for use in gene discovery and product development at the 2017 Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress in Philadelphia, PA. Fengler revealed that using a combination of genomics platforms, including Saphyr from Bionano Genomics, can yield a [...]

New Partnership to Help Accelerate Translational Genomic Science Research NEW YORK, NY – BioLegend, Inc. (“BioLegend”) and the New York Genome Center (“NYGC”) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide license and collaborative research agreement for CITE-seq™ technology for use in the research field. CITE-seq™, Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by [...]

Company co-founded with Masoud Agah, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer and developer of MEMS-based, miniature gas chromatography system. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. VIC Technology Venture Development, LLC has announced that it has formed Zebra Analytix, Inc. The company was established to develop and commercialize miniature gas chromatography (GC) systems based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology exclusively licensed from [...]

High Fidelity PCR Reagents available Globally through MilliporeSigma Natick, MA. ThermaGenix, the PCR improvement company, today announces a global distribution agreement with MilliporeSigma for the sale of ThermaStopTM, ThermaGoTM and ThermaStop-RT. Due to their unique chemistries, these reagents improve the specificity and fidelity of Taq Polymerase and Reverse Transcriptase -especially in applications such as qPCR, [...]

Dr. Keegan to spearhead fundraising, product development, and sales strategy as company begins development of high-throughput kinetic characterization system. SAN DIEGO Nanomedical Diagnostics, a pioneer of graphene biosensors that accelerate pharmaceutical and biotherapeutics development, appoints Dr. Joe Keegan as Executive Chairman. As a former CEO of FortéBio and Molecular Devices with over thirty years of life science [...]

Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc. (AATI) entered into multiple new agreements over the course of 2017 most significantly with long- and short-read sequencer manufacturers. “Our mission is to bring unparalleled quality and service to our customers. These alliances allow AATI to fulfill its promise to help todays researchers reduce time to results through faster and more [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Battelle has been awarded a contract by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to develop threat assessment software to help prevent the creation of dangerous organisms. IARPA’s Functional Genomic and Computational Assessment of Threats (Fun GCAT) program is aimed at the creation of a critical new capability to counter potential threats associated with advancements in biotechnology.  Synthetic [...]