Wiley today announced the launch of Wiley Spectra Lab Desktop edition and Wiley Spectra Lab Server edition, providing flexible options, enhanced features, and essential tools for any organization managing analytical data. In addition to providing access to the world’s largest collection of 2.3 million curated reference spectra, the Desktop edition allows scientists to build their own knowledge bases. The Server [...]

- Collaboration on a validated CRISPR platform and Merck's extensive genomic toolkits beyond CRISPR - Integration of Evotec's expertise on phenotypic screening and disease biology Hamburg, Germany: Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809) today announced the signing of a set of collaboration agreements with the life science business of Merck, which will combine [...]

AUS-MEAT Approval for Perten DA 7250 NIR Meat Analyzer Perten announces that the DA 7250 NIR Meat Analyzer is now approved for fat testing in beef trim by AUS-MEAT, the quality standards body of the Australian meat industry. AUS-MEAT has evaluated and approved the DA 7250 for fat testing in beef trim (Chemical Lean for 50CL and [...]

The world's smallest, commercial high-resolution PTR-TOFMS instrument for VOC monitoring IONICON Analytik, the Austrian based leading manufacturer of real-time trace VOC analyzers, introduces a new compact high-resolution instrument. For the first time IONICON combines high-sensitivity with a high mass resolving power in a small and lightweight PTR-TOFMS. The PTR-TOF 4000 has already been successfully deployed aboard [...]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- SomaGenics, an RNA-focused biotechnology company, announced expansion of its intellectual property portfolio with issue of two new patents for its RNA analysis technologies (miR-ID® and RealSeq®) and European patent protection for its therapeutic short synthetic hairpin RNA (sshRNA) agents. MiR-ID®, SomaGenics' core technology for quantitative real-time PCR, enables accurate analysis of [...]

ZEISS will provide 1 million euros for innovative research projects at the EPFL OBERKOCHEN/Germany ZEISS will support innovative research projects at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, abbr. EPFL). The company will make one million euros available for new research projects in key technology fields such as biomedical [...]

Eden Prairie, Minn. – MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, today reported preliminary financial results for its fiscal 2016 full year ended October 1, 2016. The company also announced that it has initiated an internal investigation into apparent violations of the company’s code of conduct involving certain employees [...]

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Vigene Biosciences, Inc. (Vigene), a leading biotechnology company for viral vector production and development, announced today that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Omnia Biologics, Inc. (Omnia), including Omnia's cGMP facility and equipment. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The assets acquired by [...]

CARLSBAD, Calif. Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire MTI-GlobalStem, a privately-held company that develops and commercializes leading-edge technology and reagents for cell transfection, neurobiology and stem cell research applications. Completion of the transaction follows the receipt of all required regulatory approvals. Per [...]

CHELMSFORD, Mass. -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS) announced today that it has acquired Cool Lab, LLC, a subsidiary of BioCision, LLC.  Cool Lab provides a range of innovative, patented, and/or patent-pending applications for sample cooling and freezing, controlled rate freezing, portable cryogenic transport and archival storage solutions for customers’ temperature sensitive workflows.  The offerings address and assist in managing the temperature [...]