Sphere Fluidics Selects Cambridge Consultants as Product Engineering Partner for Cyto-Mine Development

Dr. Marian Rehak (R&D Director, Sphere Fluidics Limited) said, “After an exacting selection process, Sphere Fluidics has selected Cambridge Consultants Limited as our partner in product engineering for Cyto-Mine (a novel single cell analysis instrument). They are a world-class technology consultancy business with expertise in microfluidics, optoelectronics and picodroplet areas – critical for success”. Dr [...]

Tecan offers next-generation sequencing sample preparation at the touch of a button

Männedorf, Switzerland -– Tecan has launched the Freedom EVO® NGS workstation to simplify next-generation sequencing (NGS) sample preparation and PCR set-up. Offering user-friendly, walkaway automation of library preparation at the touch of a button, it eliminates the need for extensive manual processing. NGS is the fastest growing application in genomics, yet many sample preparation protocols [...]

“Tandem Mass Tag” Team Wins HUPO Science & Technology Award

SAN JOSE, Calif. –– Two scientists from Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as a collaborator from Proteome Sciences plc, have been recognized for their contribution to develop and commercialize isobaric labeling for quantitative proteomics experiments. The award, the annual Science and Technology Award from the Human Proteome Organization, recognized the scientists’ contribution to the development [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Appoints New Members to Scientific Advisory Board

WALTHAM, Mass.-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has appointed three new members to its Scientific Advisory Board: Dr. Andrea Califano, Dr. Arnold J. Levine and Dr. Aviv Regev. Dr. Califano is the founding chairman of the department of systems biology at Columbia University, and he currently serves on [...]

Laser Absorption Device for Freeze Drying Monitoring & Control

SP Scientific has entered into an exclusive agreement with Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) to distribute the LyoFlux® 200 Water Vapor Mass Flow Rate Monitor for laboratory and pilot scale freeze dryers. The LyoFlux® 200 is an innovative two line-of-sight tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) based device for continuous monitoring of laboratory, pilot and production [...]

InDevR Wins Barda Contract for Cutting-Edge Influenza Diagnostic

BOULDER, CO -- InDevR, a Boulder-based life science company, announced today that it has signed a contract (HHSO100201400010C) with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to complete product development of their unique influenza diagnostic, FluChip-8G, which is capable of rapidly genotyping influenza viruses directly from clinical samples. The total contract award is for [...]

Eppendorf licenses technology for thermal cyclers to SensoQuest

Hamburg -– Eppendorf AG has licensed patents covering gradient technology for thermal cyclers to SensoQuest GmbH, including German patent Nos. DE 196 55 282 and DE 196 55 141. Eppendorf utilizes the technology in its Eppendorf Mastercycler® pro gradient and Mastercycler nexus gradient models.

Gamma H2AX Pharmacodynamic Assay Kit

AMSBIO announces the first commercially available gamma H2AX Pharmacodynamic assay kit for the study of double strand DNA breaks through the detection of gamma H2AX - a phosphorylated histone historically proven as a highly specific and sensitive molecular marker for double strand DNA damage detection. This new assay has been developed for anti-cancer drug screening, [...]

BioTime, Inc.’s Subsidiary OncoCyte Corporation and Abcodia to Collaborate on Breast Cancer Diagnostic Development

ALAMEDA, Calif. & LONDON -- OncoCyte Corporation, a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), and Abcodia Ltd., a UK-based company focusing on the early detection of cancer, today announced their collaboration focused on the development of OncoCyte’s blood-based PanC-Dx™ test for early detection of breast cancer. PanC-Dx™ is a class of non-invasive cancer diagnostics [...]

Nabsys Appoints Steve Lombardi as Chief Executive Officer

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Nabsys, Inc., a life sciences company pioneering semiconductor-based tools for genomic analysis, today announced it has named Steve Lombardi as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. The firm has also appointed Mr. Lombardi to its Board of Directors. “By adding Steve's deep life science commercialization experience, executive leadership experience and [...]

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