Hamamatsu, Japan – Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. has developed the world’s smallest “fingertip size” micro-spectrometer (part number: C12666MA), an ultra-compact, lightweight and low-cost device which, according to Hamamatsu’s research, provides nearly the same performance as Hamamatsu’s MS series mini-spectrometer while being roughly half its size. The new micro-spectrometer offers measurement in the visible wavelength range, and [...]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a five-year contract for genotyping in support of its Million Veteran Program to the BioProcessing Solutions Alliance, which is a unique partnership between a research center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a corporate provider of sample management solutions for the bioscience [...]

Scarborouth, Maine -- Atlantic Peptides, a synthetic peptide manufacturer, unveils its new website for easier navigation. Atlantic Peptides (https://www.atlanticpeptides.com/), a synthetic peptide manufacturer and polyclonal and monoclonal antibody supplier, announces the launch of its new website. The updated site marks Atlantic Peptide’s initiative to reach an even broader national and international audience through the life-science [...]

Mechelen (Belgium)/Lausanne (Switzerland) -- Biocartis announced today the completion of an EUR 30 million Series E equity fundraising. The additional capital will be used to validate Biocartis’ molecular diagnostics platform IdyllaTM and its first assay and to continue the development of a range of assays, primarily in the oncology field. Biocartis is now in pole [...]

WILMINGTON, Mass. -- Implant Sciences Corporation (OTCQB:IMSC), a high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced today that its QS-B220 explosives trace detectors have been sold to a federal agency in charge of operating 19 airports in one Latin American country. The units will be used for checkpoint screening [...]

Mauna Kea Technologies (Paris:MKEA) (NYSE Euronext: MKEA, FR0010609263) announced today that Joseph C. Liao MD, associate professor of urology, Stanford University, has successfully used endomicroscopy with Cellvizio for the first time in eight patients treated with robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures. Results were presented in a poster presentation at the 2013 World Congress of [...]

COPENHAGEN & BERLIN -- Immudex and JPT Peptide Technologies today announced a partnership agreement on the co-distribution and co-promotion of their existing immunological product lines. The goal of this partnership is to synergistically combine JPT's innovative peptide-based core technologies and existing products with Immudex's sophisticated Dextramer products for MHC multimer assays, in order to provide [...]

Oss, The Netherlands: ModiQuest Research BV, the Dutch antibody generation services company, today announced that it has expanded its research collaboration with Dako – an Agilent Technologies company. After the successful generation of monoclonal antibodies by ModiQuest against a proprietary target selected by Dako earlier this year, both parties have extended their collaboration with three [...]

On Wednesday December 4th the new headquarters of Applikon Biotechnology in Delft, the Netherlands will be opened by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. The grand opening will be attended by (inter)national customers, business relations,(inter)national officials, scientific relations and the entire team of the Applikon Biotechnology in the Netherlands. The new production facility has [...]

MADISON, WIS. — Cellular Dynamics International (CDI; Nasdaq:ICEL), announced today that the company has received the Notice of Grant Award (NGA) from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to create a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) biobank from 3,000 individuals. Receipt of the NGA signifies the entry into a definitive agreement with CIRM [...]