Digital Science Invests in Internet of Things for Science Start-up – TetraScience
June 30, 2016
Today, we are thrilled to announce that we have invested in TetraScience – a Boston, MA based scientific start-up and an Internet of Things company, that aims to modernize research by bringing cloud software to the laboratory. TetraScience was awarded a Catalyst Grant in 2015 and is the first winner to receive a follow-on investment [...]
Benchtop Scale Fermentation Systems
June 30, 2016
Cleaver Scientific announces proSET – an innovative new range of benchtop scale fermentation systems designed to provide an optimized cell cultivation solution for applications including growth of sensitive and fragile mammalian and insect cells. Incorporating a large, colour touchscreen panel with an intuitive software interface, proSET fermentation systems are very user friendly allowing productive use [...]
June 28, 2016
Glass Capital Leads Series A Round with Participation from Packers Sanitation Services and Metabiota Ancera, Inc., the leader in microbial risk assessment, has raised $8.9 million in Series A financing to commercialize its single-cell transport technology. Ancera’s patented MagDrive technology analyzes contamination in food sources in near real-time enabling rapid, straightforward detection and quantification of [...]
TOMA Biosciences Awarded US Patent for Breakthrough Targeted DNA Sequencing Technology
June 28, 2016
TOMA Biosciences holds U.S. patent for their innovative sample preparation process and next-generation sequencing technology — including their simple, highly efficient, single-stranded library preparation method based on oligo selective sequencing. Foster City, CA TOMA Biosciences has received a U.S. patent for their unique DNA next-generation sequencing technology. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued to [...]
QIAGEN announces successful completion of tender offer for shares in Exiqon
June 23, 2016
Venlo, The Netherlands, – QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced the successful completion of the conditional, voluntary public tender offer for the shares in Exiqon A/S, a world leader in RNA technology. The extended Offer Period expired yesterday, on 22 June 2016, at 23.59 (CET). QIAGEN N.V. has in total received acceptances [...]
June 23, 2016
Lake Bluff, IL… Buehler, an ITW Company, introduced the Wilson® VH1102 and VH1202 micro hardness testers. These Wilson hardness testers meet the highest accuracy standards and can be used both in quality control and research and development. The instruments feature deadweight loads from 10 g up to 2 kg and nine different, automatically selectable loading [...]
Cell Lines & Controls for Programmed Cell Death Protein Research
June 23, 2016
AMSBIO has introduced new cell lines and controls for Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD-1) research, and to test inhibitors of the PD-1 / PD-L1 pathway. The binding of PD-1, a receptor expressed on activated T-cells, to its ligands (PD-L1 and PD-L2) negatively regulates immune responses. PD-1 ligands are highly expressed in many cancers, and [...]
Corning, Biological Industries Announce Agreement for Co-branded NutriStem® hPSC XF Medium
June 23, 2016
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) subsidiary, Mediatech, Inc., and Biological Industries, Ltd. (BI) announced an agreement to enable cell therapy research and manufacturing organizations to purchase the innovative, xeno-free human pluripotent stem-cell (hPSC) medium in conjunction with Corning’s other leading stem-cell culture products. “This product augments our growing portfolio of media and reagents, and our technical [...]
INTEGRA Announce Single Channel Manual Pipette
June 23, 2016
INTEGRA announced the launch of a single channel version of its innovative EVOLVE manual pipette. Unlike traditional pipettes which utilize a single rotating plunger to set volumes, the EVOLVE features three adjustable dials for setting each individual volume digit. Simply depress and twist the plunger to unlock the volume dials. Once unlocked, freely adjust the [...]
Announcement of the final result of the Offer and completion thereof
June 23, 2016
QIAGEN N.V., Company reg. no. 804803778, published a Recommended Public Conditional Voluntary Offer on 19 April 2016 (the "Offer") to the shareholders of Exiqon A/S, Company reg. no. (CVR) 18984431 (“Exiqon”). QIAGEN N.V. extended the Offer Period, according to the Offer, on 19 May 2016, on 3 June 2016 and lastly on 8 June 2016 [...]
