SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Bruker today announced the release of its second-generation Inspire™ infrared (IR) nanocharacterization system, which features 10-nanometer spatial resolution infrared chemical mapping in an easy-to-use, laser-safe package. With IR EasyAlign™, Inspire simplifies scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (sSNOM), a powerful technique for identifying chemical composition at the nanoscale. For the first time, [...]

PLEASANTON, Calif.--10X Genomics announces the full commercial release and availability of the GemCode Platform with instrument shipments and installations actively underway. Announced at AGBT 2015 in February, the GemCode Platform is a unique molecular barcoding and analysis platform that consists of instrumentation, reagents and software, which delivers long-range information, including haplotype phasing, structural variation, and [...]

Tokyo, Japan -- Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has obtained a label-free image analysis technology from Chip-Man Technologies Oy* of Finland. With this technology, detailed computer analyses can be conducted of live cell images that have been taken with a microscope using a label-free technique. Formerly, this was only possible using fluorescence labeling. In [...]

Westbrook, Maine – Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, will host the September technical meeting of the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 48 Working Group 4, which is developing standards for micropipettes, precision laboratory syringes and automated liquid handlers. The group is calling for experts and all relevant stakeholders who are interested [...]

Copenhagen -- Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading provider of flexible solutions for RNA analysis, today announced the launch of the ExiLERATE LNA™ qPCR product portfolio for real-time PCR analysis of mRNAs and lncRNAs (long non-codingRNA), marking the latest expansion of a growing portfolio of qPCR reagents and kits. The ExiLERATE LNA™ qPCR portfolio [...]

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a leading manufacturer of explosives trace detection (ETD) and drugs trace detection solutions for homeland security applications, today announced that it has sold 58 of its QS-B220 desktop explosives trace detectors to Finnish Airports. The systems are scheduled to be deployed within the next several months. "The [...]

Copenhagen -- Exiqon A/S (NASDAQ OMX: EXQ), a leading provider of flexible solutions for RNA analysis, today announced the launch of its innovative XploreRNA™ cloud-computing environment. Rapid adaptation of NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) as the initial analysis has increasingly left scientists challenged by overwhelming amounts of complex data for annotation and design of validation studies. [...]

Regensburg, Germany -- Lophius Biosciences GmbH, a privately held biotech company focusing on the development and marketing of innovative T cell-based research tools and diagnostic systems for functional assessment of pathogen/disease-reactive T cells, today announced the commercial launch of T-Track® ImmunoScan and T-activated® ImmunoScan Cocktail. Based on a proprietary and very specific cocktail of stimulants [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DNAnexus Inc., the leader in cloud-based genome informatics and data management, today announced that Stanford University, the Data Coordination Center (DCC) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, a flagship functional genomics consortium funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH, [...]

Männedorf, Switzerland – Tecan has introduced the D300e Digital Dispenser* for applications that need faster, reliable dispensing down to picoliter volumes. This innovative, simple-to-use device is ideal for the creation of assay plates, and can cut set-up times from hours or days to just minutes. Users can choose between dispensing aqueous solutions in combination with [...]