Merck today announced that the European, Israeli, South Korean and U.K. intellectual property offices have issued formal notices allowing seven additional Merck patent application claims covering CRISPR gene… DARMSTADT, GERMANY Patent offices in Europe, Israel, South Korea and U.K. issue seven additional grants for Merck’s CRISPR genome-editing technology Merck has 20 allowed CRISPR patents to [...]

S$38 million research facility aims to be a premier, global, one-stop hub for research and translation to clinical testing through biochemical innovation and techniques Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS), Agilent Technologies, a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, and National University Hospital (NUH), have established Singapore’s first integrated translational [...]

LANSING, Mich. ― Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has signed a development and licensing agreement with Corvium, Inc., that will allow Neogen’s customers exclusive access to an enhanced version of Corvium’s award-winning CONTROL-PRO™ food risk intelligence platform. To be marketed under the Neogen® Analytics brand, the innovative platform will enable Neogen customers [...]

On July 29th, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) launched the African Genomics Centre in Cape Town with the support of MGI, becoming the first high-throughput genome sequencing center in Africa. The MGI genetic sequencer MGISEQ-2000 has been installed in the laboratory and assembled and tested. It will provide solid instrument support for a [...]

Thermo Scientific Niton Apollo handheld LIBS analyzer provides true mobility and enhances productivity for material verification TEWKSBURY, Mass. — For petrochemical plants, fabricators, scrap recyclers and quality control departments seeking to measure low concentrations of carbon in metal, a new handheld analyzer features laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for speed, increased accuracy and greater mobility. The lightweight Thermo Scientific [...]

Zifo RnD Solutions and Scilligence Corporation announce a strategic partnership that enables Zifo to provide System Integrations Solutions for Scilligence suite of integrated informatics solutions. The partnership will help clients to easily select, evaluate, and implement solutions that fit their research needs. Scilligence provides the scientific community with powerful tools to mine and manage data [...]

SAN DIEGO – ​​With a history of excellence and over 20 years of experience in pipette calibration, Pipette.com is the largest independent calibration facility on the West Coast. With a passion for empowering scientific discovery, they are dedicated to providing the best solutions possible for their customers while maintaining effective communication. In doing so, Pipette.com is [...]

Long, high-yield oligos with industry-beating low error rate enable researchers to skip amplification steps and start projects immediately CORALVILLE, IA – Continuing its mission to advance biological research worldwide, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)has launched oPools™ Oligo Pools – ready-to-use pools of high quality DNA oligonucleotides (oligos) up to 350 nucleotides in length. Thanks to its industry-leading proprietary oligo manufacturing processes [...]

SAN JOSE, California –  CA. Loop Genomics, the single molecule long-read sequencing company with a hardware free solution, has expanded its kit and services capabilities to provide researchers with a new kit and service solution for de novo Bacterial Genome Assembly using long-reads on Illumina sequencers. The short reads generated by NGS require either a reference genome [...]

Multiplex assay combines non-invasive biosensor measurement with live cell imaging SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a multimode real-time cell analyzer (RTCA)—the first of its kind—combining the best of non-invasive biosensor measurement with live cell imaging. “The xCELLigence RTCA eSight will revolutionize cell analysis in life science research,” said Todd Christian, Agilent vice president, and [...]