BGI Poised to Launch Its Desktop Sequencer BGISEQ-500 This October

Shenzhen, China -- BGI today debuted its desktop sequencer BGISEQ-500 in China. It is the second new system based on Complete Genomics’ industry-leading sequencing technology. Earlier this month, CG's new fully integrated “supersequencer” Revolocity™ system was previewed at ESHG. Different from Revolocity™’s scalability, BGISEQ-500 is an integrated desktop sequencing solution. It automates sample preparation, sequencing, [...]

QIAGEN and Biotype Diagnostics form partnership

Hilden and Hellerau, Germany – QIAGEN and Biotype Diagnostics GmbH today announced that they have entered into a partnership to establish Biotype Innovation GmbH ("Biotype Innovation"). The new company will develop and commercialize molecular diagnostic workflows initially for personalized healthcare applications based on QIAGEN’s proprietary ModaPlex platform, which enables customers to detect, characterize and measure [...]

SCiO One Year Later: Award Winning Pocket Molecular Sensor Prepares to Ship to Backers

MENLO PARK, Calif. and TEL-AVIV, Israel –– Consumer Physics, the company behind SCiO, which raised over $2.7M through a wildly-successful Kickstarter campaign last year, today announced that it is now preparing to ship early SDK units to its Kickstarter researcher community. Furthermore, SCiO has recently been named a finalist for the 2015 INDEX Award, which [...]

DNA Genotek Inc. Announces Recipients of Gut Microbiome Grant Program

OTTAWA, ON, Canada -- DNA Genotek, a leading provider of sample collection kits and end-to-end services and a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSUR) today announced that it has awarded grants to three organizations that are undertaking innovative microbiome research, as part of its Gut Microbiome Grant Program. The company has awarded its OMNIgene®•GUT [...]

FLUIDIGM INTRODUCES ADVANCED MASS CYTOMETRY SYSTEM

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today introduced Helios™, a CyTOF® platform that enables system-level biology at single-cell resolution, on an accessible, expandable system designed for breakthrough discovery. Mass cytometry has catalyzed the revolution of single-cell proteomics, enabling the most comprehensive understanding of cell phenotypes, signaling pathways and function. Helios dawns as the [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Signs Agreement to Acquire Research Chemicals Leader Alfa Aesa

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alfa Aesar, a leading global manufacturer of research chemicals and part of Johnson Matthey Plc, for £256 million (or approximately $405 million) in cash. Based in Heysham, U.K., Alfa Aesar has [...]

Waters Corporation Announces Christopher J. O’Connell as Chief Executive Officer

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that Christopher J. O'Connell has been appointed as its new President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of its Board of Directors, effective in September 2015. Chris joins Waters® from Medtronic plc. "From the outset, Waters' Board of Directors focused on identifying a new CEO whose experience [...]

Spectro Scientific and Wärtsilä Services Introduce the Q1200 Series Portable Infrared Analyzer for Fast BN Measurement of Two-Stroke Marine Cylinder Oil

CHELMSFORD, MA – The Spectro Scientific FluidScan® Q1200 Series portable infrared analyzer provides direct quantitative Base Number (BN) measurement of two-stroke cylinder oil for marine engines - in less than one minute. The analyzer optimizes cylinder feed rates by allowing ship-board engineers to avoid over lubrication of the cylinders and reduce corrosion due to slow [...]

Biomed Realty and Illumina announce new build-to-suit laboratory building in Cambridge’s Growing Life Science Cluster

San Diego, CA –– BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a world leader in genomics focused on improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome, has signed a 20-year lease for a 155,000 square foot new and innovative scientific research building in Cambridge, England. The project [...]

Presentation of the 2015 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigator to Thomas Wollert

In 2015 Eppendorf AG, the Hamburg life science company is presenting its highly prestigious research prize for the 20th time. The independent Eppendorf Award Jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn selected Dr. Thomas Wollert (Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany) as the 2015 winner of the Eppendorf Award [...]

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