Bioconjugation specialist Innova Biosciences acquired by SYGNIS AG
June 26, 2017
Innova CEO and CSO Dr. Nick Gee becomes Chief Technical Officer of SYGNIS Madrid, Spain, Heidelberg, Germany, and Cambridge, UK: Innova Biosciences (Innova), a specialist provider of bioconjugation products and services, has announced it has been fully acquired by Sygnis AG, for EUR 8 million in cash and 3.5 million in shares. Innova’s range of [...]
Bruker Announces Novel NMR Phenomics Research Capabilities
June 26, 2017
New B.I.QUANT-UR™ Module for Automated and Reproducible Quantification of up to 150 Metabolites in Urine in 80-100 Samples/Day Enhances Bruker’s NMR IVDr Platform for Translational Phenomics Research Brisbane, Australia: At the Metabolomics Society Meeting 2017, Bruker announces a new solution for the quantification of metabolites in urine using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). Urine metabolic analysis is [...]
MilliporeSigma adds Chemical Products to Reaxys’ Chemistry Database
June 26, 2017
-- Allows customers to easily find, procure MilliporeSigma products in the Reaxys interface -- Reduces barriers for customers to develop new chemistries, accelerating research BILLERICA, Mass. -- MilliporeSigma today announced a collaboration with Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, to add its products into Reaxys, Elsevier's chemistry database. Researchers and chemists who use [...]
Genomics England Adopts Illumina’s BaseSpace Variant Interpreter for Cancer
June 26, 2017
llumina becomes primary vendor of tumor variant interpretation and reporting software for pioneering population sequencing project SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) and Genomics England announced today that Illumina is the primary variant interpretation and reporting software vendor for tumor and matched normal samples characterized as part of the 100,000 Genomes Project. In a little over [...]
June 26, 2017
Goettingen, Germany, Malmö, Sweden -- Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier to the biopharmaceutical industry, has launched the Active Dashboard 2, an advanced software solution. Offered by its subsidiary, Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics, formerly known as Umetrics, the release features significant improvements for applications in biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, and other manufacturing industries. Delivering in-depth [...]
PAC Launches Next Generation Cold Filter Plugging Point Analyzer
June 26, 2017
Houston, TX., USA – PAC’s ISL just added an improved Cold Filter Plugging Point analyzer model to its Opti-Cold Series platform. The ISL OptiFPP allows for the automatic determination of the Cold Filter Plugging Point of petroleum products, in accordance with the international standard test methods (EN116 and EN16329). The new OptiFPP combines improved usability [...]
Release of the New Field Emission Cryo-Electron Microscope JEM-Z300FSC
June 26, 2017
JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) announces the release of a new field-emission cryo-electron microscope, the JEM-Z300FSC (CRYO ARM™ 300), to be released in June 2017. Product development background The cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) now enables "near atomic scale" structural analysis of viruses and proteins. Under this circumstance, much higher stability is required for hardware and software of the [...]
Better tools to study the processes of life
June 23, 2017
Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules – the building blocks of life. It could provide new insights and benefits such as reducing numbers of animals used in research. The University is working in collaboration with Avacta Life Sciences, a Leeds spin-out company, and has developed a tool called Affimer technology. The [...]
DiaSorin and Tecan to collaborate in new platform development
June 23, 2017
Saluggia, Italy and Männedorf, Switzerland - DiaSorin (FTSE Italy Mid Cap: DIA) and Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) announced today that they have agreed to collaborate in a development under which DiaSorin will make use of Tecan's Fluent® Laboratory Automation Solution as its Nucleic Acid extraction platform. The new platform will be used in combination [...]
Cornell to team with IBM to protect global milk supply
June 23, 2017
Cornell and IBM announced a joint research project June 23 that will use genetic sequencing and big-data analyses to help keep the global milk supply safe. Foodborne disease outbreaks and food spoilage are an ongoing global dilemma. With the application of metagenomics and analytics to food safety, the partnership aims to minimize the chance that [...]
