Cologne, Germany, and Singapore,: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, today announces it has closed a 2.6 million Euro Series A financing round. The round was led by Wellington Partners Venture Capital and included NRW.BANK, HTGF - High-Tech Gründerfonds, and private investors, Rainer Christine and Dr. Gregor Siebenkotten, both formerly executive board members and co-founders [...]

Sunnyvale, California, – Molecular Devices® today announced the release of version 2.5 of its MetaMorph® NX Microscopy Automation and Image Analysis Software, which now includes modules for the study of neuronal morphology and fiber structures, support for targeted illumination devices, and a high-speed image acquisition mode. The Neurite Tracing Application Module simplifies the challenging, meticulous [...]

University research commercialisation company UniQuest Pty Limited has facilitated a research partnership between the University of Wollongong (UOW) and global analytical technologies leader AB SCIEX to develop lipid analysis capabilities, including the most definitive and comprehensive identification of double bond position in lipids. The agreement provides AB SCIEX with an exclusive licence to UOW’s “OzID” [...]

Billerica, MA — EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, today announced the opening of its advanced GMP bioproduction facility in Martillac, France, offering a full, single-use process train to speed a molecule’s journey to the clinic. The site will serve users of EMD Millipore’s Provantage™ Biodevelopment and Clinical Supply Solutions, [...]

Cologne, Germany, and Singapore,: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, today announces it has closed a 2.6 million Euro Series A financing round. The round was led by Wellington Partners Venture Capital and included NRW.BANK, HTGF - High-Tech Gründerfonds, and private investors, Rainer Christine and Dr. Gregor Siebenkotten, both formerly executive board members and co-founders [...]

FALLS CHURCH, Va., – CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced the launch of CSC LabAssure, a total quality management solution that improves laboratory quality, maximizes throughput of continuous processes, ensures regulatory and safety standard compliance, and boosts efficiency. The solution enables laboratories to more efficiently perform rigorous testing and continuously monitor in real time more cost-effectively. [...]

WALTHAM, Mass -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced the official opening of its Molecular Biology Center of Excellence in Vilnius, Lithuania. The new facility will provide molecular, protein and cellular biology products to better serve growing demand from life sciences customers throughout Eastern Europe, and create new [...]

The National Measurement Institute (NMI) has granted approval for Inframatic 9500 to be used for grain trading in Australia. Certification covers protein testing of wheat and barley. NMI is Australia's peak measurement body responsible for biological, chemical, legal, physical and trade measurement. NMI enables Australia to trade fairly and equitably in every transaction based on [...]

Seventy UK companies, universities and research organisations are to share over £7 million of government funding to undertake research that could lead to the development and commercialisation of innovative approaches to sustainable manufacturing for the process industry. The Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) will invest the funding [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif.,- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio(R) RS High Resolution Genetic Analyzer, today announced the launch of the MagBead Station for the PacBio RS, a product enhancement that delivers more high-value long reads, enables use of small sample amounts, and makes sample preparation more robust. The MagBead Station upgrade [...]