BUSINESS NEWS : Xenocs acquires SAXSLAB

Sassenage, France - Xenocs SAS and SAXSLAB Aps announce that Xenocs has acquired 100% of SAXSLAB shares in an all cash transaction. "We are very excited about this acquisition, as it will strengthen our ability to provide innovative solutions for characterisation at the nano-scale; ultimately allowing our customers to conduct better research and develop new [...]

GrandOmics Biosciences Expands Investment in PacBio’s Sequel Systems for Precision Medicine Initiative

MENLO PARK, Calif. and BEIJING — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.(Nasdaq:PACB), today announced that GrandOmics Biosciences Co., Ltd of Beijing, through its subsidiary NextOmics in Wuhan, has agreed to purchase five additional Sequel™ instruments to support China’s precision medicine initiative, with a specific focus on ultimately providing the genetic diagnosis of inherited diseases. GrandOmics was [...]

Synthego Raises $41 Million in Series B Financing Led by 8VC to Advance CRISPR Genome Engineering

Synthego to change the pace of biological research with automation, precision, and machine learning REDWOOD CITY, CA - Synthego, a leading provider of genome engineering solutions, announces today a $41 million Series B financing. Since the company's founding in 2012, Synthego has raised a total of $50 million. The investment is led by technology venture [...]

Edico Genome Offers Bundled Ultra-Rapid Solution for Clinical Genomics and Research

Collaboration with Dell EMC Delivers Compute and Storage for Healthcare and Life Sciences Customers  STORY HIGHLIGHTS New Edico Genome bundle offers a pre-configured, out-of-the-box solution for rapid analysis and efficient storage of next-generation sequencing data. Available now, the solution allows for simple implementation for users while reducing storage costs, speeding analysis and maintaining high accuracy. [...]

Protein Metrics Inc. Announces Third Year of Record Growth and Change in Leadership

SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- Protein Metrics Inc., a premier provider of mass spectrometry software for protein characterization, announces a third year of record revenue.  Sales of products doubled from 2015 with due to new customers, increased sales to existing customers, and new products.  New 2016 products include: Supernovo™, a hands-free de novo sequencing software for [...]

Kewaunee Scientific Awarded $8.4 Million Contract for CUNY Project

STATESVILLE, N.C. -- Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (NASDAQ: KEQU) today announced that it has been awarded the Laboratory Casework contract for the City University of New York (CUNY), NYCCT New Academic Building, located in Brooklyn, New York. The total contract value is approximately $8.4 million. The scope of work includes wood laboratory casework, dental casework and equipment, fume [...]

Eco IC – Ion chromatography available for everybody

«Everybody should be able to benefit from the power of ion chromatography» - that is the idea of the Metrohm Eco IC. Focusing on the essentials, this new instrument provides the very best of ion chromatography at a very affordable price. Stripped from the «bells and whistles» of sophisticated high-end instrumentation, the Eco IC enables [...]

Changes in Hettich’s management

Jana Schönfeld joins the management board Jana Schönfeld (38) was appointed as third member of Hettich's management board on 1 January 2017. The Hettich Group is headed by managing partner Dr. Andreas Hettich, responsible for innovation, marketing and sales, Jana Schönfeld, CFO, and Dr. Dieter Wirths, quality, technology and logistics. Jana Schönfeld takes over from [...]

BC Platforms technology enables new personalized therapies in multiple sclerosis

BC Platforms, a world leader in genomic data management solutions, today announced that it has been selected to take part in a large global new partnership called ‘MultipleMS’. Coordinated by Karolinska Institute in Sweden, the MultipleMS consortium has been awarded 15 million euro from the European Commission in the Horizon2020 program to find novel and [...]

Rubicon Genomics Signs Supply Agreement With Agilent Technologies For Its PicoPLEX® WGA Kit

--PicoPLEX WGA Is the Leading Single Cell Library Preparation Technology for Pre-Implantation Genetic Screening-- ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Rubicon Genomics, Inc., a leading provider of pre-analytical library preparation kits that increase the accuracy, efficiency and speed of genomic analysis, today announced that it has signed a supply agreement with Agilent Technologies for its PicoPLEX® WGA kits. PicoPLEX [...]

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