Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) (the "Company") today announced that it has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 15,419,354 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.10 per share.  The offering is expected to close on or about June 20, 2017 subject to [...]

ProBioGen Grants a License for Human Lymph Node Technology to TissUse for Multi-Organ-Chip Applications

Berlin, Germany -- ProBioGen AG and TissUse GmbH have signed a license and cooperation agreement to integrate ProBioGen’s Human Artificial Lymph Node Model into the Multi-Organ-Chip technology of TissUse. With the Lymph Node Model direct effects of substances on the human immune system can be monitored. The Multi-Organ-Chip technology emulates multiple interacting human organs on a [...]

Astrotech’s 1st Detect Announces Successful Pre-Clinical Trials for Mass Spectrometer Used as a Rapid Bedside Breathalyzer

AUSTIN, Texas----Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC) subsidiary 1st Detect, in collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio, announced positive preliminary results in pre-clinical trials for the BreathDetect 1000 – a rapid bedside breathalyzer for detecting bacterial infections in the respiratory tract, such as hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Working with cystic [...]

Molecular Assemblies Appoints NuVasive Executive Sean Freeman to Board of Directors

SAN DIEGO, CA. — June 15, 2017— Molecular Assemblies Inc., a company developing a proprietary enzymatic DNA synthesis technology, today announced that it has expanded its board of directors with the appointment of Sean Freeman, NuVasive head of strategy and corporate development, to its board of directors. “Sean’s extensive business development experience in both strategic [...]

Twist Bioscience and the BioBricks Foundation Announce Partnership to Provide 10,000 Public-Benefit Genes to the Synthetic Biology Community

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. –  Twist Bioscience, a company accelerating science and innovation through rapid, high-quality DNA synthesis, and the BioBricks Foundation today announced a groundbreaking agreement to provide 10,000 genes to the synthetic biology community. Under the terms of the agreement, the BioBricks Foundation (BBF) will pay for synthesis of 10,000 genes from Twist Bioscience. [...]

Metrohm & CAMO Software are announcing a global partnership: Optimising analysis in the laboratory with modern instruments and high-performance software

Oslo, Norway/Herisau, Switzerland - CAMO Software and Metrohm announce a global partnership with integration of CAMO’s multivariate analysis software into the Lab Vis-NIR workflow with Metrohm’s Vis-NIR analyzers and spectroscopy software. Pharmaceutical and other regulated organizations with testing, quality control and laboratory environments will see important benefits that will help to maintain data integrity and transparency [...]

ACEA Biosciences Announces Successful Completion of Phase I Clinical Study of Novel Autoimmune Disease Drug

ACEA Biosciences Announces Successful Completion of Phase I Clinical Study of Novel Autoimmune Disease Drug San Diego, CA ACEA Biosciences today announced the completion of its Phase 1 clinical study of AC0058, a novel irreversible Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitor, which is in development for the treatment of B cell-related autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis [...]

MACSprep™ PBMC Isolation Kit, human from Miltenyi Biotec

BERGISCH GLADBACH – The new MACSprep™ PBMC Isolation Kit, human from Miltenyi Biotec allows the preparation of highly pure peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from human whole blood without density gradient centrifugation in only 25 min. The kit is ideal for the processing of small blood samples. Miltenyi Biotec has developed the MACSprep PBMC Isolation Kit, [...]

MilliporeSigma Awarded its First CRISPR Patent by Australian Patent Office

Patent covers successful integration of an external DNA sequence into the chromosome of eukaryotic cells using CRISPR Similar patents pending in other countries; anticipate favorable outcomes Billerica, Massachusetts — MilliporeSigma today announced that the Australian Patent Office has granted the company patent rights relating to the use of CRISPR in a genomic integration method for eukaryotic cells. The [...]

New Eppendorf Pipette Holder System

Carousels, stands and wall mount devices: The new Pipette Holder System is perfect for all users of handheld liquid handling instruments, who need a highly flexible system for their Eppendorf pipettes and Multipettes®. Carousels and stands provide a robust design with a small footprint. To save precious bench-top space, carousels carry both manual and electronic [...]

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