SPT Labtech enables automated Twist Bioscience NGS library preparation workflows on SPT’s firefly platform

Automated Twist NGS library preparation workflows available on SPT Labtech’s firefly platform via the firefly cloud Validated methods support Twist FlexPrep™ UHT and Enzymatic Fragmentation Kit 2.0, enabling higher throughput and reproducibility in NGS library preparation Cambridge, UK: SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, today [...]

Integrated DNA Technologies Expands Synthetic Biology Portfolio with Ansa Biotechnologies’ Clonal DNA and XL Clonal DNA Products

New collaboration empowers customers with sequence-perfect constructs as long as 50 kb SUNNYVALE and EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a Danaher company and a global leader in genomics, and Ansa Biotechnologies, Inc., a trusted partner for DNA synthesis, today announced a strategic collaboration that adds new complementary capabilities to IDT’s synthetic biology portfolio. Ansa’s Clonal DNA and [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Invitrogen™ TaqMan™ Cells-to-CT™ HepatoExpress Kit to Simplify Liver Cell Gene Expression and Help Advance Early-Stage Drug Discovery

Overview:                                Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces the Invitrogen™ TaqMan™ Cells-to-CT™ HepatoExpress Kit enables fast, accurate gene expression analysis in liver cells (hepatocytes) without the need for RNA purification. The kit helps researchers to simplify workflows, increase efficiency and accelerate drug development. Without compromising data quality, this streamlined process accelerates the path from sample to results, providing earlier insights into how potential drugs [...]

Sartorius expands bio-circular product offering for more sustainable bioprocesses

Further production hubs in Germany and Tunisia now certifiedby International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Certifiedraw materials significantly reduce dependenceon fossil-based plastics Bio-circular filters and additional single-use fluid management technologies now available for biopharma manufacturers Certified productionnetwork spans sites in Germany, Tunisia, France and the UK Göttingen, Germany -- Sartorius is expanding its bio-based product portfolio [...]

TetraScience Appoints Matt Studney as Chief Customer Officer, Signaling Industry Shift Toward Platform-Based Scientific AI

24-Year Merck Veteran and Former SVP of R&D IT Joins TetraScience to Help Industrialize Scientific Data and AI Across Biopharma BOSTON -- TetraScience, the Scientific Data and AI company, today announced the appointment of Matt Studney as Chief Customer Officer. Studney is a seasoned business, R&D, and technology leader with more than two decades of experience operating at [...]

Shimadzu’s Eco-First Company Certification Renewed by the Minister of the Environment

Shimadzu Corporation has submitted a new Eco-First Commitment to the Minister of the Environment under the Ministry’s Eco-First Program, and renewed its certification. We were the first company in the precision equipment industry to receive Eco-First certification in October 2020, and now we are renewing it for the first time. Shimadzu is actively promoting reductions [...]

Axol Bioscience raises $2.8M to advance US expansion and product development

Financing led by US life sciences investor, BroadOak Capital Partners Investment to support expansion of US operations, product development, and cell manufacturing scale-up Cambridge / Edinburgh, UK: Axol Bioscience Ltd. (Axol), a leading provider of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologies for drug discovery and disease research, today announced that it has secured $2.8 million (£2.1 [...]

Nuclera extends Series C funding to $87M to advance antibody engineering

Additional $12M financing led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Jonathan Milner alongside existing investors British Business Bank, and GK Goh The funding will accelerate development of eProtein Discovery for full-format antibody expression, purification, and binding validation Cambridge, UK, and Boston MA, USA: Nuclera, the biotechnology company accelerating drug discovery by providing rapid, easy access to functional proteins [...]

Illumina introduces Billion Cell Atlas to accelerate AI and drug discovery

The Atlas will enable the validation of genetic targets and training of AI models at unprecedented scale SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today introduced the world's largest genome-wide genetic perturbation dataset, being built to accelerate drug discovery through AI across the pharmaceutical ecosystem. The Illumina Billion Cell Atlas is the first tranche of [...]

Optibrium Appoints Dr Nathan Brown as Director of Science

Newly created role underscores commitment to customer-driven research and scientific excellence CAMBRIDGE, UK – Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for molecular design, today announced the appointment of Dr Nathan Brown as Director of Science, strengthening the company’s position in delivering scientifically rigorous software that addresses real-world efficiency and productivity challenges in molecular discovery. Nathan [...]

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