September 9, 2015
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
September 9, 2015
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
September 9, 2015
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 [...]
September 9, 2015
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
September 9, 2015
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 [...]
September 9, 2015
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
September 8, 2015
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 [...]
September 8, 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
September 8, 2015
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 [...]
September 8, 2015
SALZBURG, Austria -- MSACL 2015 –– Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced that it received the in vitro diagnostics device (IVDD) CE mark for its Thermo Scientific Prelude MD HPLC, Endura MD mass spectrometer and ClinQuan MD software. Available for general in vitro diagnostic use in Europe, clinical laboratories now [...]
