June 23, 2017
Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain to Create New AI Models that Help Identify Food Hazards before Outbreaks Occur ARMONK, N. Y. and ITHACA, N. Y.: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cornell University, a leader in dairy research, today announced a new collaboration using next-generation sequencing combined with bioinformatics designed to help reduce the chances that the [...]
Waters Corporation Elects Flemming Ornskov to Board of Directors
June 22, 2017
MILFORD, Mass.-- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced Dr. Flemming Ornskov, Chief Executive Officer of Shire plc, has been elected as a Director of Waters® Corporation effective today. "It is an honor to welcome Flemming Ornskov to our Board of Directors," said Christopher J. O'Connell, Waters Corporation President and CEO. "Flemming's broad, global leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry will add great value [...]
Canopy Biosciences Announces Distribution Agreement with Cosmo Bio for Japan Life Science Market
June 22, 2017
ST. LOUIS -- Canopy BiosciencesTM, LLC ("Canopy Biosciences"), an emerging provider of gene editing and personalized medicine technologies, announced a distributor agreement with Cosmo Bio Co., Ltd. ("Cosmo Bio") for its TUNR Flexible Gene Editing technology in Japan. Cosmo Bio is one of Japan's largest and most established reagents and services suppliers in the life science industry, [...]
CW ANALYTICAL EXPANDS OFFERINGS WITH ORANGE PHOTONICS PARTNERSHIP
June 22, 2017
Oakland, CA: CW Analytical Laboratories Inc, a leading laboratory in California’s Cannabis industry, and Orange Photonics Inc, producer of portable Cannabinoid analyzers, are pleased to announce their distribution partnership throughout the state of California. Utilizing a modified version of the same high pressure liquid chromatography currently used to measure cannabinoid content in a laboratory setting, LightLab™ allows [...]
For the first time in a patient, Stanford researchers use long-read genome sequencing
June 22, 2017
When Ricky Ramon was 7, he went for a routine checkup. The pediatrician, who lingered over his heartbeat, sent him for a chest X-ray, which revealed a benign tumor in the top-left chamber of his heart. For Ramon, it was the beginning of a long series of medical appointments, procedures and surgeries that would span [...]
June 22, 2017
SMRT Sequencing Offers Significant Improvements for Reference Genomes at Much Lower Cost MENLO PARK, Calif. -- A new publication in Nature reveals the significant quality improvement afforded by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT®) Sequencing for the maize genome, with implications for other complex crop and livestock genomes. This new PacBio® genome assembly, produced by scientists at Cold Spring [...]
RURO Announces the Release of Limfinity Version 6.5
June 22, 2017
The latest version of Limfinity® includes enhanced database performance, additional search and import capabilities, and multiple flexible barcode label printing features. Frederick, MD RURO, Inc., a leading LIMS, RFID, and laboratory software solutions provider, announced the release of Limfinity® version 6.5, a content-packed update to the Limfinity® framework. LimitLIS® and other RURO solutions based on [...]
June 22, 2017
Oncomine Dx Target Test returns results in days, helping physicians rapidly develop treatment plans for the most common form of lung cancer CARLSBAD, Calif. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket approval to Thermo Fisher Scientific for the first next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based test that simultaneously screens tumor samples for biomarkers associated with [...]
Entry Level Heating Block Starter Kit
June 22, 2017
Asynt has introduced a new attractively priced starter kit** based upon its DrySyn Classic heating blocks which are used in thousands of laboratories worldwide. The DrySyn Classic Starter Kit gives you a great opportunity to try the outstanding performance of this popular laboratory heating block which is compatible with the most commonly used round bottomed flask [...]
AMETEK COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MOCON, Inc.
June 22, 2017
BERWYN, PA, and MINNEAPOLIS, MN – AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of MOCON, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOCO) for $30 per share in cash per fully diluted common share, or approximately $182 million net of cash acquired. The completion of the transaction follows approval from MOCON shareholders and the receipt [...]
