Radnor, PA -- The VWR Charitable Foundation, dedicated to giving back to the science community, celebrates a significant milestone in its mission to support science, surpassing $1 million in funds granted. The VWR Foundation exceeded this milestone on May 21st, awarding six grants to the Foundation's latest recipients, including Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in [...]

Lexington, Mass. –- Quanterix Corporation, a leader in high definition diagnostics, delivering ultrasensitive single molecule measurement for the benefit of human health, today announced the appointment of Kevin Hrusovsky as Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors. Hrusovsky brings over twenty years of experience in life science and diagnostics industries with a strong track record [...]

ALEXANDRIA, VA -– Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies, today announced the closing of a $2.5 million senior secured term loan agreement and a $1.5 million revolving line of credit with IntelliCyt Corporation (“IntelliCyt”). Proceeds of the loan will be used for [...]

SomaLogic, Inc., announced today that the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is the first biomedical research center that will offer researchers on-site access to the SOMAscan™ assay, the most powerful proteomics platform available today. The assay will be performed at Penn’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), under the leadership [...]

Cambridge, UK and DEN HAAG, The Netherlands -– Biochrom Ltd, a manufacturer of quality scientific instruments, and Gilson (Gilson International B.V/Gilson UK) , a leader in fluidics, purification and sample management, announced today an agreement to co-market and distribute in Europe products for automation of ELISAs and other absorbance assays. The partnership combines the strength [...]

Houston, TX., USA –– PAC, a leading global provider of advanced analytical instruments for laboratories and online process applications, recently launched its new Russian language website at https://ru.paclp.com/, which includes analytical instrument details, upcoming events and webinars, press releases, company facts, and other useful information. PAC has distributors in Russian-speaking countries: Neolab works in Russia [...]

Santa Barbara, —- Anasys Instruments reports on EPFL’s latest research on lysozyme droplets and ?-synuclein macromolecular aggregates illustrating application of the nanoscale AFM-IR technique to demonstrate ? to ? secondary structure transition associated with amyloid formation. Proteins aggregating into amyloid structures are involved in important neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. During aggregation, [...]

San Diego, CA -- The Hippo pathway is a highly conserved signaling pathway that relays signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus to negatively regulate TEAD-mediated transcription. Increased TEAD transcription can result in increased tumor growth. Alternatively, TEAD transcription leads to regenerative proliferation. Therefore, Hippo pathway activators could serve as cancer therapeutics, while Hippo [...]

Schlieren, Switzerland -- InSphero AG, the leading provider of 3D cell culture technology, assay-ready 3D microtissues, and 3D-focused contract research testing services, announced today the release of their new 3D InSight™ Cytotoxicity Assay Kit. The biochemical assay incorporates proprietary luminescent detection technology with improved reagent stability developed by Promega Corporation (Madison, WI) for measurement of [...]

Westbrook, Maine -– Artel, the leader in liquid handling quality assurance, introduces ArtelWare – a software application for use with the MVS® Multichannel Verification System. ArtelWare enables MVS users to track and manage the performance of their automated liquid handlers over time. ArtelWare aggregates the standardized measurements from the MVS for all of a user’s [...]