September 15, 2015
Pleasanton and Redwood City, CA -- Bina Technologies, Inc., a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), received top honors in the recent DREAM Mutation Calling Challenge, an open crowd-sourced competition and international effort to aggregate prediction algorithms for identifying cancer-associated mutations and rearrangements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. The challenge’s winning [...]
September 15, 2015
Watford, UK – Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract by the Spanish Airport Operator (Aena) to equip 24 of its airports with the new IONSCAN 600 explosives trace detector for passenger screening. Almost 300 of the recently launched systems, manufactured by Smiths Detection`s Watford, UK, facility, will be supplied through its Spanish distributor TECOSA. [...]
Easily Automated 3D Cell Culture Growth
September 14, 2015
AMSBIO has announced the launch of Mimetix® 3D cell culture scaffolds that offer significant advantages for a range of applications including regenerative medicine, oncology research, drug discovery and as a unique aligned scaffold for neural growth and investigation**. There is a significant need for more predictive in vitro efficacy assays to reduce both the number [...]
New England Biolabs® Launches NEB TV
September 14, 2015
IPSWICH, MA — Developing exciting ways to re-engineer organisms for novel functionality, like biochemical and protein production, is among the themes discussed in the premier episode of NEB TV, a new monthly video series from New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB®) that explores cutting-edge research topics and trends in molecular biology. "NEB TV was created to [...]
BioTime, Inc. Agrees to Sell $8.58 Million of Common Shares
September 14, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT and TASE: BTX) today announced that it has agreed to sell 2,607,401 of its common shares, no par value, at an offering price of $3.29 per share, for a gross purchase price of approximately $8.58 million, to selected investors, including a major shareholder, Broadwood Partners, L.P. (“Broadwood”), in [...]
HORIBA LabSpec 6 software now allows regulatory compliance
September 14, 2015
HORIBA Scientific announces the release of the new ProtectionPlus module for the acclaimed LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite. The fully integrated module seamlessly adds a layer of security and data integrity controls that enable compliant use of HORIBA Raman microscopes within regulated laboratory environments. The ProtectionPlus module offers a configurable module for system security administrators to [...]
AYOXXA Biosystems appoints Dr. Gerald Möller as Chairman of the Board
September 14, 2015
Cologne -- AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH, an international biotechnology company, announced that Dr. Gerald Möller has joined the company's supervisory board as an independent board director and chairman of the board. With 40 years of experience in Pharma, Diagnostics and Biotech, Dr. Möller will guide AYOXXA’s strategic expansion from life science research into disease specific applications, [...]
New Metal-Free Prominence Inert LC System Ideal for Analyzing Aggregates in Biopharmaceuticals
September 14, 2015
Shimadzu announces the release of its Prominence inert LC system, a metal-free system ideal for analyzing aggregates or other biological macromolecules in biopharmaceuticals. The system uses PEEK resin and other non-metal materials for all surfaces of the flow lines that contact sample solutions and mobile phases. This ensures that components at risk of their activity [...]
Chiral Separation Benefits from Nitrogen Generator
September 14, 2015
Asynt reports on how chromatography specialists - Reach Separations Ltd. are benefiting from the installation of an onsite nitrogen generator at their laboratories in Nottingham, UK. Reach Separations (www.reachseparations.com) specialises in chiral chromatography for the analysis and purification of small molecules. Using state-of-the-art HPLC and SFC instrumentation, Reach Separations offer screening, method development and purification [...]
NanoString Technologies to Unveil Strategic Roadmap for Growth and Market Expansion
September 11, 2015
NEW YORK -- At a meeting with analysts and investors today, members of the senior management team of NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, plan to unveil the company's strategic roadmap to drive continued growth and expand the market for its nCounter® Analysis System [...]
