BioCision Announces FDA Master File Acceptance for ThawSTAR Automated Cell Thawing Instrument

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -– BioCision, LLC today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health, accepted its Device Master File (MAF) submission for the ThawSTAR automated cell thawing system. “We have seen tremendous global interest for the ThawSTAR technology since launching this product nine months ago and [...]

Edico Genome and HudsonAlpha Collaborate to Develop Fully Automated, High-Speed Genomic Analysis Platform

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and SAN DIEGO – Edico Genome today announced that its DRAGEN™ Bio-IT Processor has been integrated into HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology’s next-generation sequencing workflow, thereby increasing the throughput of the sequencing facility and eliminating the need for expensive servers. A single DRAGEN processor is able to analyze the 15,000 human genomes generated by [...]

Canon BioMedical Launches First Commercial Products For Life Science Researchers

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Canon BioMedical, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced the launch of the Novallele genotyping assay library and chemistry, the Company's first commercial products. The Novallele Genotyping Assays enable genetic researchers to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and small insertions and deletions in the human genome. "Canon BioMedical [...]

Transgenomic Sells Ion Chromatography Product Line and Assets to Edge Biosystems, Inc

OMAHA, Neb. — Transgenomic, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBIO) today announced that it has sold its ion chromatography (IC) product line and related assets to Edge BioSystems, Inc. (EdgeBio), a portfolio company of the investment firm StoneCalibre. EdgeBio is a specialized manufacturer and distributor of DNA sequencing sample preparation and clean-up products. Under the terms of the [...]

Agilent Technologies to Acquire Seahorse Bioscience, Industry Leader in Tools for Measuring Cell Metabolism

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and BILLERICA, Mass. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Seahorse Bioscience today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Agilent will acquire Seahorse Bioscience, a leader in providing instruments and assay kits for measuring cell metabolism and bioenergetics. Exploration into cell metabolism is rapidly accelerating as the links between [...]

Micro Imaging Technology Adds Enterococcus Faecalis to Its Catalog of Identifiers

SAN CLEMENTE, CA -- Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (otcqb:MMTC) announced that its MIT 1000 System can now identify Enterococcus faecalis, a bacterial species found in human feces and in the intestines of many warm-blooded animals; occasionally found in urinary infections and in blood and heart lesions in cases of subacute endocarditis. E. faecalis can cause [...]

Rand Capital Invests Additional $250 Thousand in SciAps, a High Performance Handheld Instrumentation Manufacturer

BUFFALO, NY -- Rand Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: RAND) (“Rand”), a business development company that makes venture capital investments in companies with emerging product, service or technology concepts, announced that it recently invested $250,000 as part of a $4.3 million equity capital funding round in SciAps, Inc. (https://sciaps.com/). SciAps is the leading provider of handheld analytical [...]

Exeter Analytical Marks 21 Years in Europe

Specialists in CHN Microanalysis - Exeter Analytical are celebrating the 21st anniversary of opening their European headquarters in the UK. Started in 1994 by the present European Manager (Paul Hemming) - Exeter Analytical (UK) Ltd is today a leading supplier of CHN microanalysis instruments, consumables and supplies to universities and government research labs as well [...]

Electrochemical sensor development kit wins Dolomite and Lab on a Chip’s Productizing Science® Competition 2015

Dolomite, a pioneering microfluidics specialist, and Lab on a Chip are pleased to announce the winner of the Productizing Science® 2015 competition, Zimmertech AS. Zimmertech fought off strong competition from numerous innovative entries to finish ahead of the field with its concept of an electrochemical sensor development kit to aid research into new electrochemical assays [...]

Small molecular screening libraries for developmental biology

AMSBIO has announced the launch of PATHM2 small molecules libraries for small scale screening in developmental biology and discovery research. PATHM2 libraries are available to identify accessory molecules that improve cell viability, proliferation or yields. All compounds are hand selected to address ‘traditional’ cascades that play a role in pluripotency maintenance or specific differentiation. Multiple [...]

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