Needham Heights, MA - Polestar Technologies, a leading provider of sensor systems for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical (biopharma) industries and Harvard Bioscience, Inc. a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of tools for life science research and regenerative medicine, have formed a partnership to bring new biosensing technologies to the regenerative medicine and tissue engineering marketplace. [...]

The mission of the Proteomics Innovation Network is to generate “from sample to discovery” solutions in all facets of proteomics, including expression, identification, characterization, interaction and function. Each member organization has complementary expertise, core technologies, and infrastructure to address critical unmet needs in biomarker and drug target discovery, personalized medicine, drug profiling, and selective reaction [...]

AARHUS, Denmark - This week, in an independent experiment, Dr. Nick Loman from the University of Birmingham, looked at de novo assembly of E.coli data from a single run with approximately 10x coverage from Ion Torrent's Personal Genome Machine (PGM™). The experiment compares several commercial and open source de novo assemblers, and in this experiment [...]

BERGISCH GLADBACH, Germany - Miltenyi Biotec, the only company to offer a seamless experimental integration path from sample preparation through cell separation, culture, and analysis for primary cells, today entered into a strategic alliance with TeutoCell, a provider of cutting edge cell culture technology. The new partnership will broaden that experimental integration path to include [...]

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY and PRINCETON, NJ and LONDON - ThalesNano today reported that the China Patent and Trademark Office (CPO) has granted a patent for its flow ozonolysis instrument, the O-Cube™, including several aspects of its proprietary underlying technology. Ozonolysis is a fundamentally important oxidation reaction, which has never been fully adopted due to the safety [...]

Milford, Mass. – SeraCare Life Sciences (Nasdaq: SRLS), a global life sciences company providing vital products and services to facilitate the discovery, development and production of human diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced it has added lyophilization capabilities to produce high-purity reagent grade HSA (human serum albumin) in powder form. SeraCare has provided powder-form HSA for [...]

KARLSRUHE/BINZEN, Germany – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced a collaboration with integrated process technology provider Glatt GmbH to deliver continuous twin-screw granulation and drying solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Together, the two companies provide a one-stop solution for satisfying customer demands from powder handling to tablet production. “To [...]

Penzberg, Germany - AgenoLAB, the Stuttgart-based service provider, is the first company in Germany to expand its service offering with the latest cell analysis technology from Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY). The company will use the RTCA Cardio Instrument to complement their analytical service portfolio for drug development. “We are pleased to be the [...]

MILFORD, Mass. – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the release of an expanded portfolio of the Thermo Scientific 1300 Series A2 biological safety cabinets. In addition to the existing four- and six-foot cabinets, the 1300 Series A2 portfolio is now available in three- and five-foot widths, maximizing internal [...]

PARK CITY, UT - Biotechnology company Fluoresentric, Inc. announces its real-time PCR dedicated sample preparation kits, Direct-2-PCR™, BACT-2-PCR™, and HiT-4-PCR™ which are significant improvements to existing products. Each kit is specifically designed to rapidly isolate DNA or RNA in buffers specifically formulated to perform exceptionally with real-time PCR detection, quantification, and genotyping applications. Direct-2-PCR™ (store.fluoresentric.com) [...]