IPSWICH, Mass.-- New England Biolabs® (NEB®) announces the release of the NEBNext Library Quant Kit for Illumina®, a qPCR-based solution for accurate next generation sequencing library quantitation. This kit offers several improvements over other commercially available library quantitation methods, including greater accuracy and, consequently, higher correlation with cluster numbers, higher reproducibility, a more convenient protocol [...]

BEND, Ore. -- Amplion, developer of BiomarkerBase™, the industry’s leading platform for researching biomarkers in clinical use and development, announces today that BiomarkerBase™ is now the first and only database that includes biomarkers in Laboratory-Developed Tests (LDTs). “Being able to analyze biomarkers used in LDTs, alongside biomarkers in FDA-approved tests, drug labels, and clinical trials, [...]

Framingham and Medford, MA —- SCIEX, a global innovator in life science analytical technologies and Hepregen Corporation, a leader in the development of next-generation, application-directed, cell-based in vitro assay products, today announced a Co-Marketing Agreement to deliver a new metabolite identification (Met ID) solution for drug metabolism scientists. From cell culture to interpretation, this solution [...]

Waltham, MA -- “Persomics continues to build a portfolio of intellectual property around its core technology, and the grant of our first patents in the USA is a significant and potent milestone” says Neil Emans Ph.D., the CEO of Persomics USA Inc. and inventor of Persomics technology. “This is a secure foundation upon which to [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -— QIAGEN today announced the opening of its new principal office in Malaysia to serve its growing base of customers for Sample to Insight solutions, enabling them to help fight diseases using molecular diagnostics, break new ground in research for the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, and protect the public through food [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it is formalizing its decades-long approach to improving scientific and business outcomes for laboratories by delivering insights based on the team’s industry-leading knowledge and backed by Agilent’s broad and expanding solutions portfolio. Through the company’s Agilent CrossLab program, its products, services and employees [...]

Singapore — SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and the Protein and Proteomics Centre (PPC) under the Department of Biological Sciences of the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Science, announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote joint research and development activities in oncology biomarker discovery and [...]

DiATOME have partnered with EM Resolutions, a Saffron Walden-based consumables and accessories supplier for electron microscopy, to supply their range of high quality diamond knives in the UK. Whilst diamond knives are best known for producing high quality sections on an ultramicrotome, their use for surface preparation is less accepted. DiATOME diamond knives are used [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Reichert Technologies, a business unit of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, today launched the Reichert4SPR, its new 4-channel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system for label-free, real-time investigation of biomolecular interactions. By combining four channels with improved industry-leading sensitivity and baseline stability, Reichert4SPR enables drug discovery researchers to maximize their efficiency, flexibility and throughput. [...]

Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan’s Infinite® M1000 PRO multimode reader has helped liquid analysis specialist Aqsens to develop a portable testing platform for on-site quantitative monitoring of polymeric scale inhibitors in oil field-produced waters. Joonas Siivonen, Application Scientist at Aqsens, explained: “Polymeric scale inhibitors are used to prevent scale build-up during oil production, and the residual [...]