New PureLink Fast Low-Endotoxin Kit Significantly Reduces Plasmid Purification Time to Accelerate Protein Expression CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of its new PureLink Fast Low-Endotoxin Plasmid Purification Midi and Maxi Kits, further strengthening its line of low-endotoxin plasmid DNA isolation products. The kits offer researchers [...]

Industry veteran joins Cerno Bioscience to drive direct and channel sales of current and next generation Mass Spectrometry software. Norwalk, CT Cerno Bioscience, a leader in the application of modern mathematical techniques to mass spectrometry, announced today that Steve Best has joined the company in the role of Director of Sales, North America. Steve will [...]

BURLINGAME, Calif. – Vector Laboratories, a leader in the development and manufacture of labeling and detection reagents for biomedical research, announces an exclusive distribution agreement with Shenzhen-based NeoBioscience Technology Company, a distributor of a broad range of high-quality research tools. Established in 2007, the company has offices in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. With a strong background [...]

Aachen: Magritek, a leading provider of compact NMR and MRI instruments, reports how their 60 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer is being used to teach undergraduate Biotechnology and Molecular Life Sciences students from Wageningen University about the practical use of NMR as part of the spectroscopic and chromatographic introductory course “Analytical Methods in Organic Chemistry”. Wageningen [...]

Covalent Metrology announced today that it has added two new metrology techniques to its product portfolio. The company now offers UV-Visible-Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and spectral ellipsometry to complement its already successful atomic force microscopy (AFM) and white light interferometry services. Santa, Clara CA Covalent Metrology announced today that it has added two new metrology [...]

Venture capital fund BORN2GROW has invested in Stuttgart-based Venneos GmbH in the current round of series A financing. The start-up is successfully developing and marketing the CAN-Q – a silicon chip-based imaging system for analysing biological cells. “We are thrilled to have BORN2GROW on-board as a new investor, and that we will be able to [...]

The University Twinning and Networking Programme (UNITWIN) of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced a collaboration to study pathogens that affect people, livestock and agriculture in the Pacific Small Island region. Working with Massey University of New Zealand, the partnership is using the ZyGEM PDQeX, along with the Diagenetix BioRanger [...]

Dr. R. Paul Schaudies, Charles Pick and Dr. Anilrudh Venugopal bring broad industry expertise and skilled leadership to ExcitePCR to help drive commercialization of FireflyDX DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- PositiveID Corporation (OTCQB:PSID), a life sciences company focused on detection and diagnostics, announced today its ExcitePCR Corporation subsidiary has formed a board of advisors, which includes Dr. R. Paul Schaudies, [...]

MADISON, WI USA Promega Corporation’s new bioluminescent HiBiT Protein Tagging System can be combined with CRISPR/CAS9-mediated gene editing to tag endogenous proteins and simplify their study under natural expression conditions, as demonstrated in “CRISPR-Mediated Tagging of Endogenous Proteins with a Luminescent Peptide,” a recently published paper in the journal ACS Chemical Biology. HiBiT technology, which provides a [...]

ABL strengthens biomarker capabilities for a wide range of disease states with the Cira platform. BILLERICA, MASS and Rickville, MD – Aushon BioSystems (Aushon) and ABL, Inc. (ABL) today announced that ABL has adopted the Cira platform for multiplex and ultrasensitive biomarker analysis. Effective immediately, ABL will offer this proprietary technology as a new, exciting addition [...]