Ultivue Announces $5.15 Million Series A Financing
October 13, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Ultivue, an early stage life sciences tools company, today announced the completion of $5.15 million in Series A financing from a group of investors including ARCH Venture Partners, Hansjoerg Wyss, and several private investors. Ultivue is based on DNA-PAINT and DNA-Exchange technologies developed at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at [...]
Tecan offers walkaway batch processing for the Spark™ 10M reader
October 13, 2015
Tecan’s innovative Spark 10M multimode reader can now be combined with the company’s Connect™ microplate stacker to offer semi-automated batch processing of up to 50 assay plates. A newly developed software interface allows seamless operation of the Connect stacker through the reader’s SparkControl™ software, helping to streamline laboratory workflows for greater productivity. The Connect is [...]
ENZO Biochem Reaches $10 Million Patent Infringement Settlement with Affymetrix, Inc.
October 13, 2015
NEW YORK, NY – Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today announced that it has reached and finalized a settlement with Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) involving payment of $10 million to Enzo in an infringement action brought by Enzo regarding its U.S. Patent No. 7,064,197. Today’s settlement resolving the disputes between Enzo and Affymetrix impacts only one [...]
SeraCare Launches New Quantitative Reference Materials for NGS-Based Tumor Profiling Assays
October 13, 2015
MILFORD, Mass. -- SeraCare Life Sciences, a leading partner to global in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, announced today that the company's precision medicine business unit has launched its second product in a growing line of reference materials for next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based tumor profiling assays. The SeraseqTM Solid Tumor Mutation Mix-I (AF1-10) contains the same mixture of [...]
October 13, 2015
BRISBANE, Australia and SAN DIEGO -- UniQuest, the main technology transfer and commercialisation company of TheUniversity of Queensland (UQ), has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ONVO), a three-dimensional biology company focused on delivering scientific and medical breakthroughs using its 3D bioprinting technology, to patent applications relating to methodology for [...]
Versatile & Safe Sample Preparation Unit for Elemental Analysis
October 13, 2015
The Oxygen Flask Combustion Unit from Exeter Analytical is designed for preparation of samples for single and mixed elemental analysis of chlorine, bromine, iodine, sulphur and phosphorus content. Based upon the internationally recognised Schöniger flask method - the Oxygen Flask Combustion Unit provides a safe and repeatable tool for combusting samples prior to elemental analysis [...]
BioSolveIT and Optibrium Sign Collaboration Agreement
October 13, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, UK and SANKT AUGUSTIN, GERMANY – Optibrium™, providers of software for compound optimisation, and chemoinformatics specialist BioSolveIT, today announced that they will collaborate to create seamlessly integrated data analysis, visualisation and simulation software for drug research. The two companies are known for their best-in-class prediction tools for selection and optimisation of potential therapeutics, where [...]
Bruker Announces René Lenggenhager as BioSpin Group President
October 13, 2015
BILLERICA, Mass. - Bruker today announces the appointment of Dr. René Lenggenhager as President of the Bruker BioSpin Group, effective November 1st, 2015. René has over 25 years of management experience in international high-tech companies and in the scientific instruments industry, where his responsibilities have included general management with P&L responsibility for a global business, [...]
October 13, 2015
(SAN DIEGO, CA) – Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI), the genomics-based, technology-driven company working to revolutionize the practice of medicine, announced today the launch of the company’s first Health Nucleus™, a genomic powered clinical research project that has the potential to transform healthcare. The inaugural Health Nucleus is located in San Diego, CA, at HLI’s headquarters [...]
SCIEX Launches SCIEXNow Online with Personalized Support and Online Management Tools
October 13, 2015
Framingham, MA — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the launch of SCIEXNow™ Online, a personalized online support network that makes it easy for researchers to get the most out of their SCIEX solutions with comprehensive access to management tools, knowledge and training, application support, and multiple ways to connect [...]
