Oxford Nanopore and UK Biobank to create world’s first epigenetic dataset targeting the causes of cancer, dementia, complex disease

Pioneering research with potential to transform health outcomes through early detection, precise diagnoses, and personalised treatment for major diseases Initiative will map epigenetic modifications across 50,000 samples with the goal of advancing early disease detection, diagnosis and treatment in cancer, neurological disease and other common complex diseases Oxford Nanopore’s direct sequencing technology to provide the [...]

California-based ThinkBio.Ai acquires Feathersoft, boosting the development of its AI-driven platforms for Biotech and Life Sciences.

Kochi, India – ThinkBio.Ai, Inc., a California-based leader in AI-driven Platforms, tools, and services for the biotech, pharmaceutical, and digital healthcare sectors, today announced the strategic acquisition of Feathersoft InfoSolutions Pvt. Ltd., a Kerala-based software and cloud services company, with over 350 team members and Customers worldwide. This acquisition significantly strengthens ThinkBio.Ai’s platform-building capabilities and [...]

Entry-Level Solution for Precise Scratch Tests

With the official market launch on November 21, 2024, Anton Paar TriTec is expanding the Revetest® series with the new RST 100, a cost-efficient and user-friendly instrument for precise surface analysis. Multi-functional tool for material analysis The RST 100 performs scratch testing and conventional hardness measurements. Featuring simplified software focused on essential functionalities, it enables automatic [...]

New version of Qlucore Omics Explorer with integrated DESeq2 statistics enables fast in-depth analysis

Nasdaq First North-listed Qlucore, a leading software provider for data analysis and precision diagnostics, launches Qlucore Omics Explorer (QOE) version 3.10. The new version includes an optimized DESeq2 family of methods and statistics, enabling flexible and easy analysis of multi-omics data. Providing enhanced interactivity, the statistical calculations are, as an example, 15 times faster than [...]

Advanced Automation Technologies (AAT) Agrees to Acquire GERSTEL to Expand its Automated Sample Preparation Capabilities

GERSTEL will join forces with AAT’s existing brands – Skalar Analytical, LCTech, PromoChrom, EST Analytical and tsHR – expanding the AAT’s product and service capabilities and global presence BREDA, the Netherlands — Advanced Automation Technologies, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, today announced an agreement to acquire GERSTEL GmbH [...]

TESCAN Group Acquires EXpressLO LLC

Brno, Czech Republic – TESCAN Group, a.s, a leading global manufacturer of electron microscopes and advanced scientific instruments, has acquired EXpressLO LLC, a provider of innovative FIB lift-out solutions for specimen preparation in STEM and other analytical techniques. “This acquisition marks a pivotal moment for TESCAN as we continue to drive innovation, growth, and workflow solutions [...]

Exciting Instruments secures £4 million Seed Investment led by Northern Gritstone

Exciting Instruments, a University of Sheffield health tech spinout is set to revolutionise health research through its pioneering single-molecule detection platform. Their device and software: Automates visualisation and analysis of single molecules and their interactions to support disease detection, drug discovery and drug development Allows non-specialist users to carry out complex experiments using their tabletop [...]

New subsidiary in Korea

Next step for growth: Elementar expands its global presence with its own subsidiary in Korea One of the leading manufacturers in high-performance analytics opens a new branch in Hanam City Expansion to Korea after China, India and Japan: Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH expands its presence in Asia and announces the foundation of Elementar Korea Ltd. With [...]

Agilent Announces New Organizational Structure to Support its Market-Focused Strategy

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a new organizational structure to accelerate the company’s operational transformation to drive higher growth through a market-focused, customer-centric enterprise strategy. The new structure, including new leadership roles, takes effect immediately. “This is an important step in our transformation to become a nimbler company that [...]

Gemini Bioproducts, LLC Acquires Selected Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) Product Rights and Inventory from Bio-Techne

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gemini Bioproducts, LLC ("GeminiBio"), a leading supplier of cell culture reagents and process liquids, and a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC ("BelHealth"), a Florida-based healthcare private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of selected fetal bovine serum (FBS) product rights and inventory from Bio-Techne (NASDAQ: TECH). GeminiBio has a 39-year history [...]

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