Elemental Machines Expands Strategic Partnership With LabCentral to Support Life Sciences Innovation in Kendall Square

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Elemental Machines, a pioneer in intelligent lab operations solutions, announced the expansion of its partnership as a Gold Sponsor with LabCentral, a premier launchpad for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups. As part of the partnership, Elemental Machines will continue to provide its Intelligent Operations Platform and validated hardware integrations across LabCentral’s flagship [...]

ORYL introduces the ORYL F1

On Wednesday, May 21 2025, ORYL Photonics introduces the ORYL F1, a novel automated laser-based platform for the measurement of solubility and aggregation of drug molecules in the Life Science industry. This is a significant achievement for the fast-growing Swiss company and for the solubility and aggregation community. The laboratory instrument enables researchers to make [...]

Sartorius Supervisory Board extends appointment of board member Alexandra Gatzemeyer

At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG resolved to extend the appointment of Dr.  Alexandra Gatzemeyer as a member of the Executive Board by a five-year period to April 30, 2031. Gatzemeyer, who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and pharmacology, has been with Sartorius since 2004 and was appointed to the Executive Board in March 2023. [...]

Waters Acquires Halo Labs, Expanding Biological Analysis Portfolio

MILFORD, Mass. -- Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) today announced that it has acquired Halo Labs™, an innovator of specialized imaging technologies to detect, identify, and count interfering materials (particles) in therapeutic products, such as cell, protein, and gene therapies. The Aura™ platform from Halo Labs features a highly differentiated technology that performs full spectrum particle analysis and [...]

Pascal Soriot and Judy Gawlik Brown Named to Agilent Board of Directors

Global life-sciences and financial leaders bring decades of health-care, biopharma, and strategic expertise to support Agilent’s next phase of growth SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, and Judy Gawlik Brown, founder and CEO of Downtown Advisory, have been elected to its Board of Directors, [...]

Biotech Fluidics develop a degasser for Intrinsic Viscosity Analyzer

Biotech Fluidics AB announce working with Polymer Char (Valencia, Spain), a leading manufacturer of analytical systems for the polymer industry, to incorporate an optimized DeGASi® degasser in their Intrinsic Viscosity instruments. The implementation of a degasser in analytical systems, particularly in those that include relative viscometers, is critical for maintaining data integrity and reliability. Despite the high purity of laboratory-grade solvents, [...]

Rigaku Collaborates on Development of “Digital Laboratory” for Autonomous Materials Synthesis

Tokyo, Japan; Rigaku Corporation, a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”), in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, has contributed to the development of a “Digital Laboratory” — a groundbreaking experimental platform designed for the automatic and autonomous synthesis of advanced materials. This initiative is led by [...]

Lexogen Launches miRVEL Discovery – Cutting-edge Small RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit for sRNA Discovery and Biomarker studies

Vienna, Austria — Lexogen, a leader in RNA sequencing technologies, is excited to announce the launch of the miRVEL Discovery Small RNA-Seq Library Prep Kit, an advanced solution for sRNA discoveries, with an optimized protocol for low-input biofluid samples such as blood and plasma. Unlocking Biofluid sRNA Transcriptomics Circulating small RNAs in biofluids can serve [...]

Phase Holographic: PHI has appointed Patrik Eschricht as new CEO

Phase Holographic Imaging PHI AB (“PHI” or the “Company”) today announces that Patrik Eschricht, former CEO of PHI, will come back as CEO of the Company, effective immediately. He returns to the role he held during 2023 and most of 2024. Ivan Jurkovic, who has been acting CEO since February 2025, will support a smooth transition [...]

Shimadzu Corporation launches “MicrobialTrack” – a new global platform for microbial identification powered by the world’s largest database.

Announcing a next-generation platform for MALDI-TOF MS-based microbial identification, featuring the most extensive database that covers approximately 85,000 prokaryotic species, including not only well-known, previously described microorganisms but also hard-to-culture and uncultured microorganisms — MicrobialTrack redefines the boundaries of MALDI-TOF MS-based microbial identification. Shimadzu Corporation has launched MicrobialTrack, an innovative software platform designed for high-precision microbial identification [...]

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