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 [...]

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM -- Today, ZEISS launches an automated petrophysical analyzer to provide fully quantitative data for reservoir characterization and exploration studies. The ZEISS Mineralogic Reservoir™ system combines automated mineralogy with the quantification of porosity and organics, and dedicated oil and gas outputs. This complete solution enables the industry to both research potential oil fields [...]

908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built analytical devices for chemical analysis, announces the award of $2.6M in funding from the U.S government’s Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). This multi-year award covers development and testing of a handheld device that leverages 908 Devices’ patented High Pressure Mass Spectrometry™ (HPMS), which also powers the flagship M908TM device. [...]

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB: IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today it has sold 12 QS-B220 desktop explosives and drugs trace detectors to Incheon International Airport Corporation, operator of Incheon International Airport, the largest airport in South Korea. Implant Sciences' ETDs will [...]