Announcing Schrödinger Software Release 2017-1
February 16, 2017
We are pleased to announce Schrödinger software release 2017-1. This quarterly release includes usability improvements and performance enhancements across all of our software. Click here to view the list of major new features or click here to download the suites.
Hitachi High-Technologies and U.S. Promega Start Collaboration Regarding a Compact CE Sequencer
February 15, 2017
Tokyo, Japan - Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TOKYO: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) has been in collaboration with Promega Corporation, a leading manufacturer of reagents used for human identification by DNA*1 analysis, regarding a compact capillary electrophoresis (CE) sequencer. Genetic analysis laboratories make use of first-generation CE sequencers and next-generation sequencers that use massively parallel processing to enable [...]
SGS EXPANDS ELEMENTAL IMPURITY TESTING SERVICES AT ITS LABORATORY IN VILLENEUVE-LA-GARENNE, FRANCE
February 15, 2017
SGS, a leading bio/pharmaceutical, analytical and bioanalytical contract solutions provider, today announced that it is expanding its elemental analysis testing capabilities at its Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France laboratory. The site has invested in a new inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) system, in a move to address the updated ICH Q3D regulatory guidelines on elemental impurities. The [...]
February 15, 2017
Consortium to advance human iPSC-derived cell-based assay platform for metabolism analysis in preclinical drug discovery and development Cork, Ireland, Cologne, Germany, Ortenberg, Germany - Three European technology SME’s, together with two internationally recognised research institutions, Oxford University and Imperial College London, have been awarded €2.5m funding from the European commission under the H2020 Fast Track [...]
February 14, 2017
Results from Mount Sinai, Washington University, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories to be presented at AGBT 2017 General Meeting (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences today announced the commercial release of its Accel-NGS® XL Library Prep Kit, the fastest sequencing solution for whole genome sequencing on Pacific Biosciences (PacBio®) platforms. This library preparation kit, specially optimized for [...]
February 14, 2017
Allows laboratories to generate forensic DNA profiles from extracted and quantified DNA samples in 90 minutes Several crime scene samples tested with the new system uploaded into CODIS, including DNA extracted from a rape kit Pleasanton, California – IntegenX Inc., the global market leader for Rapid DNA human identification, announced the introduction of the RapidHIT [...]
Renishaw Ibérica is moving offices
February 14, 2017
Renishaw's subsidiary for the Spanish and Portuguese markets has relocated to a new facility in Barcelona. Renishaw Ibérica, S.A.U., had previously moved offices back in 2012, however since then the subsidiary has grown rapidly and now requires an even larger area, to provide a high level of support to its customers. Located just outside Barcelona [...]
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Launches Its New Online European AFM Probe Store
February 14, 2017
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research has launched its new European Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Probe Store—www.oxford-instruments.com/afmProbes. The EU Probe Store serves customers in all of Europe, India and the Middle East, offering a complete range of probes for virtually all AFMs. Customers can shop for a wide range of probe models including probes from Asylum’s own [...]
Anton Paar launches the Litesizer™ 100: particle analysis just got even simpler
February 14, 2017
Since last year, the Litesizer™ 500 has been shedding light on particle systems by using light scattering. The Litesizer family is now set to expand with its newest member: the Litesizer™ 100. The ingeniously simple software and key advances in particle-size and molecular-mass measurements of the Litesizer™ 500 are now presented in a simplified version, [...]
Horizon Discovery Signs a Master Service Agreement with a Top Three Pharmaceutical Company
February 14, 2017
Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon" or the “Group”), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces the signing of a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with a top three global pharmaceutical company (the “Company”), extending support for their drug discovery and development efforts to Horizon’s full suite of [...]
