May 5, 2015
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, today announced that it has achieved a second development milestone under its development, commercialization and license agreement with F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd (Roche), earning an additional $10 million. The development, commercialization and license agreement with Roche covers [...]
May 5, 2015
PerkinElmer’s chemagicTM research instrumentation and kits are now available with the Covaris “truXTRAC FFPE DNA microTUBE Kit for chemagen Technology” for DNA/RNA purification powered by Adaptive Focused Acoustics® (AFA™) technology. “truXTRAC™ FFPE DNA microTUBE Kit for chemagen Technology” rapidly removes paraffin and rehydrates FFPE tissues in aqueous buffer. This preparation is optimized to work with [...]
HP D300 Digital Dispenser now offers aqueous liquid dispensing
May 5, 2015
Männedorf, Switzerland -– The popular HP D300 Digital Dispenser – available from Tecan – now allows customers to titrate low volumes of biomolecules in aqueous solutions, offering greater flexibility for drug discovery workflows. Users can choose between dispensing DMSO, for small molecule studies, and aqueous solutions in combination with a surfactant, for the investigation of [...]
OPGEN ANNOUNCES PRICING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
May 5, 2015
GAITHERSBURG, Md.-- OpGen, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPGN) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,850,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at a combined price to the public of $6.00 per unit. All of the units are being offered [...]
New Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer Offers Outstanding Sustainability and Sample Protection
May 5, 2015
PHOENIX -- A new ultra-low temperature freezer is designed to offer laboratories and biorepositories a greener solution: less power consumption, less noise and higher efficiency without compromising the integrity of samples. The Thermo Scientific TSX ultra-low temperature freezer features natural refrigerants for lower environmental impact and higher cooling efficiency. Due to its intuitive design, the [...]
Baffled Reactor System Enhances Exothermic & Large Scale Reactions
May 5, 2015
Asynt Ltd., in conjunction with Innovative Physical Organic Solutions* (IPOS), has created a Baffled Controlled Lab Reactor system that offers the ultimate in fast mixing / dispersion. By using specially designed PTFE baffle blades together with a PTFE turbine stirrer, Asynt is now able to offer scientists a new version of their 5000ml ReactoMate Controlled [...]
May 5, 2015
Bielefeld -- LaVison BioTec, developers of advanced microscopy solutions for the life sciences, report on the research of Dr Matteo Iannacone of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan where intravital microscopy is being applied to the study of host-viruses and associated immune responses. Matteo Iannacone, MD, PhD is the Group Leader in the Division [...]
Brooks Automation Introduces BioStore III Cryo Automated Cryogenic SampleManagement System
May 5, 2015
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq:BRKS), the global leader in automated cold-chain sample management for drug discovery and biostorage applications, announced the introduction of the BioStore™ III Cryo, an automated cryogenic sample management system. BioStore III Cryo introduces automation to the largest segment of bio-samples being stored, which currently relies on manual cryo storage [...]
May 5, 2015
MENLO PARK, Calif. and BILLERICA, Mass. -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), provider of the PacBio® RS II Sequencing System, and RainDance Technologies, Inc., a genomics tools company dedicated to simplifying the analysis of complex genetic diseases, today announced their entry into a co-development and co-marketing agreement to commercialize novel solutions for de novo [...]
Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Close $17 Million Debt Facility with Labcyte
May 5, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, VA -– Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies, and Silicon Valley Bank today announced the closing of a credit facility, including a $10 million senior secured term loan and a $7 million line of credit, with Labcyte Inc. Labcyte is a [...]

