New licence agreement set to enhance our understanding of disease

The University has signed a licence agreement with life sciences giant Merck for pioneering fluorescent probe technology that helps understand how disease progresses. Edinburgh Research & Innovation (ERI), the commercialisation arm of The University of Edinburgh, has entered into a licence agreement with the life science business of Merck, a leading science and technology company [...]

BIOKÉ and ACEA Announce a NovoCyte Flow Cytometer Partnership in the BeNeLux Countries

LEIDEN - BIOKÉ, a Cell Signaling Technology Europe (CST Europe) company, and ACEA Biosciences, Inc., a high performance cell analysis platforms manufacturer, announced their partnership to exclusively distribute ACEA’s NovoCyte™ Flow Cytometer in the BeNeLux countries, effective immediately. The NovoCyte Flow Cytometer is a high performance benchtop flow cytometer designed for all levels of users [...]

Semiconductor Inspection Microscope Stage

The H116 motorised stepper stage from Prior Scientific is suitable for use with larger microscopes and can easily accommodate 8 inch (200mm) wafers and a variety of large specimens, making it perfect for performing scanning of a wide range of semiconductor wafers, photo masks, flat panel displays, and printed circuit boards. Offering a travel range [...]

Eclipse Foundation Collaboration Yields Open Source Technology for Computational Science

Eclipse Foundation Collaboration Yields Open Source Technology for Computational Science The gap between the computational science and open source software communities just got smaller – thanks to a collaboration among national laboratories, universities and industry. Ottawa, Canada The Eclipse Science Working Group (SWG), a global community for individuals and organizations who collaborate on commercially-friendly open [...]

N Medsys continues global expansion with appointment of distributor for Japanese market

Singapore – JN Medsys, a company focused on empowering genomic analysis through its tube-strip digital PCR product, announces that it has entered into a distribution agreement with LMS Co., Ltd. to bring the Clarity™ system into the Japanese market. With this agreement, users in Japan can now gain access to the Clarity™ system, which features [...]

Alpha Technologies and NETZSCH Join in a Collaborative Partnership

Akron, OH and Selb, Germany – Alpha Technologies and NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing are coming together to form a collaborative sales partnership. This alliance will enable the companies to broaden their capabilities within the rubber and polymer industry. This partnership will allow Alpha Technologies and NETZSCH Analyzing & Testing to offer products and services across [...]

Molecular Assemblies Names Biotech Veteran Michael J. Kamdar CEO

SAN DIEGO, CA. — Molecular Assemblies Inc., a company developing a proprietary enzymatic DNA synthesis technology designed to power the next generation of DNAbased products, today announced the appointment of Michael J. Kamdar as CEO and director. Mr. Kamdar brings 25 years of highly successful biotechnology leadership and transaction experience to his new role. On [...]

Illumina Contributes to ClinVar Database

Advocates the Advancement and Understanding of Genomics in Health and Disease SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that it has contributed over 95,000 human genetic variants to ClinVar, a public database hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Illumina’s contribution includes variants of all classifications, from pathogenic to benign, identified [...]

Agilent Technologies Launches SureGuide CRISPR Libraries for Functional Genomics

SureGuide Offerings Include GeCKO Libraries and Full Customization for Any CRISPR Screening Experiment SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today launched a comprehensive offering of pooled CRISPR libraries for functional genomics. SureGuide harnesses Agilent's industry-leading oligonucleotide synthesis platform to create CRISPR guide libraries, which are a critical component of the CRISPR/Cas genome editing [...]

Emulate, Inc. Expands Series B Financing to Augment Commercialization of Organs-on-Chips Technology into Lab-Ready ‘Human Emulation System’

Series B Funding Round Totals $45 Million from Syndicate of Life Sciences and Technology Investors BOSTON, Mass. – Emulate, Inc. today announced that it has expanded its Series B financing with an additional $17 million in equity funding, bringing the total amount raised in the Series B round to $45 million. The expanded funding from [...]

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