TwistDx’s recently launched range of liquid format Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) kits are ideal for rapid testing applications and high throughput laboratory use. This isothermal DNA/RNA amplification technology represents a versatile solution for nucleic acid detection, offering the same specificity as PCR but much faster results – typically within three to 10 minutes. The newly [...]

Enhanced API offers improved functionality and ease of use   Bishops Stortford, England – Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, today announced Version 5.2,  a new release of the company’s informatics suite designed to enhance the end user experience and make scientists more productive.   Key upgrades include a completely redesigned Dotmatics Chemselector application for [...]

SOLNA, Sweden - Bruker Corporation announces the merger of its subsidiaries in Sweden as of November 1st. Bruker AXS Nordic AB, Bruker BioSpin Scandinavia AB, and Bruker Optics AB have merged with Bruker Daltonics Scandinavia AB, and the surviving company has been renamed to Bruker Nordic AB. In addition to the consolidation of legal entities, [...]

The Grand Opening of the Park NanoScience Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute will be held Nov. 10, 2017, at 2p.m. and will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by a featured talk from Park Systems’ founder, Dr. Sang-il Park and other notable scientists and a tour of the facility. “As SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides cutting-edge educational and [...]

Feeling limited and underwhelmed by your flow cytometer automation? Stratedigm’s all new Open API gives you the freedom you deserve and the future-proof growth you need. There are many components that can be apart of an automation system like shakers, liquid handlers, incubators, storage, schedulers, and analyzers. And with Stratedigm’s Open API, you can expand [...]

WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek President & CEO, Briar Alpert, has been elected for a two-year term as ALDA’s Chairman by ALDA members.  The Analytical, Life Science & Diagnostics Association (ALDA) is the leading industry trade association for companies that develop and supply life science, analytical and diagnostics products and services. Alpert has been a member [...]

LONDON. Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) completes a significant investment in Dotmatics. The company, founded in 2005, is a leading global scientific informatics software provider delivering enterprise solutions tailored to the modern, highly collaborative and mobile scientific environments. Dotmatics provides solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academia, food and beverage, oil and gas, and agrochemical industries. The funding will enable Dotmatics to continue [...]

Zymo's DNA Purification Products to be Sold through VWR's North American Distribution Channels IRVINE, Calif. -- The management at Zymo Research Corp. announced today a joint agreement with VWR to sell and distribute Zymo Research's DNA purification, RNA extraction, microbiomic analysis, and epigenetics products throughout North America. VWR (NASDAQ: VWR), headquartered in Radnor, PA is the leading, global, independent provider of products, services, and [...]

  Innovative and relevant models for understanding alpha-synuclein biology and Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis in vivo Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”), a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), today introduced two new gene knock-out and knock-in rat models for investigating the [...]

LANSING, Mich. — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that Dr. Daniel Kephart, formerly chief scientific officer, has resigned from the company to pursue alternative opportunities. Dr. Kephart had served in this capacity since December 2016. Neogen Corporation develops and markets products dedicated to food and animal safety. The company’s Food Safety Division markets dehydrated [...]