June 21, 2017
Commercial agreement with Congenica supports UniteGen’s goal of achieving the world's largest human genome database Cambridge, UK - Congenica’s Sapientia™ clinical genome analysis software platform will be used by China-based UniteGen to carry out whole genome sequencing (WGS) processing and analysis as part of China’s “100K Wellness Pioneer Project”, hosted by Beijing 4P Health Research [...]
Helmer Scientific Laboratory-Grade Refrigerators Recognized as Meeting New ENERGY STAR Standards
June 21, 2017
Newly released ENERGY STAR® specifications for laboratory-grade refrigerators allow clinicians and researchers to reduce the environmental footprint of their operations by selecting certified energy-efficient refrigerators. Noblesville, Indiana Helmer Scientific medical-grade blood bank, laboratory, and pharmacy refrigerators have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as meeting new ENERGY STAR® standards. The EPA recently [...]
June 20, 2017
Llantrisant, South Wales, UK — Purolite Life Sciences, a leading provider of specialty resins, and ChromaTan Corporation, a single-use chromatography solutions provider, today announce a successful collaboration for the development and commercialisation of a custom-designed, novel Protein A resin bead designed specifically to address the needs of continuous manufacturing. The new resin bead exploits the [...]
June 20, 2017
Customized TR-FRET immunoassay kit development services fast-track new product development SAN DIEGO----BioAuxilium Research Inc., a Canadian biotech specialized in the development of custom TR-FRET assay kits, announced today at the 2017 BIO International Convention the successful development of its 100th custom TR-FRET immunoassay kit. These easy-to-use, fully validated assay kits provide researchers with homogeneous, robust [...]
SerImmune Inc. Raises $8M to Map the Human Antibody Repertoire
June 20, 2017
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- SerImmune Inc. today announced an $8 million round of financing, led by Illumina Ventures, with participation from Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, through a subsidiary, and additional undisclosed investors. With the proceeds, SerImmune will expand its immune mapping technology platform and antibody repertoire database while building strategic [...]
New Orleans biotech startup secures $1 million from investors
June 20, 2017
A New Orleans startup exploring the diagnostic aspects of genetic research has received more than $1 million from investors and plans to expand its business. Pine Biotech, based at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center on Canal Street, has developed a software program to help scientists analyze and map large sets of molecular data -- also [...]
Axion BioSystems to sell direct in Europe
June 20, 2017
Effective July 1, 2017, Axion products will be sold through Axion BioSystems International in Europe. Axion BioSystems and Nanion Technologies have enjoyed a very productive relationship over the past three years, with Nanion acting as sole distributor of Axion products in Europe. Nanion has effectively penetrated the high-throughput microelectrode array (MEA) market in Europe, while [...]
June 20, 2017
JEOL Ltd. (President Gon-emon Kurihara) and Tohoku University (President Susumu Satomi) formally started a collaboration on “Research and development of Soft X-Ray Emission Spectrometer and the construction of spectrum database” in April 1, 2017. The Soft X-Ray Emission Spectrometer (SXES) is an ultra-high resolution spectrometer for electron microscope consists of a newly-developed diffraction grating and [...]
20 Years at the Forefront of Raman Imaging
June 20, 2017
The Raman imaging company WITec celebrates its 20 th Anniversary. It was founded in 1997 as a 3-person spin-off from the Physics Department of the University of Ulm and has grown into a company of 60 employees including the Ulm headquarters and its branch offices in Spain, China, Japan, Singapore and the USA. As reflected [...]
OHAUS Introduces New Line of Laboratory Equipment for the Life Sciences
June 20, 2017
After 110 years of providing practical and reliable weighing products, OHAUS Corporation announced today the expansion of its product portfolio to include a range of laboratory equipment designed specifically for life science applications. Parsippany, NJ Do More with OHAUS With the launch of the new laboratory equipment portfolio, OHAUS makes the transition from being a [...]
