JENA/Germany, WASHINGTON D.C./USA -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced its first research grants through President Barack Obama's BRAIN Initiative, including three awards to the University of California, Berkeley, totaling nearly $7.5 million over three years. In addition, a $12 million public-private collaboration between ZEISS and UC Berkeley to support the Berkeley Brain Microscopy [...]

Cambridge UK -- Abcam plc, a leading provider of innovative protein research tools and services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Hirzel as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Alan will succeed long-serving Chief Executive and co-Founder of Abcam Jonathan Milner, who will continue to play an active role in the Company as [...]

BOULDER, Colo. –- ASD Inc., a PANalytical company, developer of high-performance near-infrared (NIR) analytical instrumentation and material analysis solutions, today introduced the QualitySpec Trek, a full-range (350-2,500 nm) handheld NIR contact spectrometer. The QualitySpec Trek portable spectrometer streamlines the collection process by eliminating cables and removing the need for third-party computers or PDAs, delivering ease [...]

SEATTLE -- NanoString Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:NSTG) a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the introduction of a new highly multiplexed gene expression panel for the nCounter®Analysis System, the PanCancer Immune Profiling Panel. This novel panel will enable researchers to create profiles of the human immune response in [...]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of the NanoTracker™ Optical Tweezers system in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics in the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University. Dr Rosalie Driessen is a post-doctoral researcher in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, a [...]

MONTREAL, CANADA -- Caprion announced today that the company has received a research grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to identify protein biomarkers associated with Parkinson’s disease — a neurodegenerative brain disease second only to Alzheimer’s in worldwide prevalence, with about five million people affected. The goals of Caprion’s project [...]

JENA/Germany, Maryland/USA -- ZEISS and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus have signed an exclusive license agreement for the commercialization of Bessel beam plane illumination microscopy, also called lattice light sheet microscopy. The fluorescence imaging method was invented by Dr. Eric Betzig, group leader at the Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. [...]

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- ReproCELL (JASDAQ:4978) announced that it will acquire the iPS Cell Business Unit of Stemgent, Inc. This acquisition allows the ReproCELL Group to expand the product lineups of its iPS Cell Business and establish technical advantages, promoting great differentiation. Stemgent has succeeded in launching many worldwide leading iPS cell research reagent products including [...]

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-- PositiveID Corporation ("PositiveID" or "Company") (OTCQB:PSID), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced that it has shipped three M-BAND (Microfluidic-based Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector) systems to Aberdeen Proving Ground ("APG") in Maryland for continued testing to protect U.S. warfighters as part of The Joint United States Forces Korea Portal [...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –– Knome, Inc. today announced that it has entered a sponsorship agreement with LabCentral to provide the knoSYS® Informatics and Genomic Interpretation System to startups operating in LabCentral’s facility in Kendall Square. LabCentral was founded in November 2013 as a first-of-its-kind shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life-sciences and biotech [...]