Cytiva opens its first Innovation Hub in Korea

The Innovation Hub located in Songdo, Incheon will encompass a manufacturing facility and customer experience lab. Operations of the manufacturing facility are anticipated to begin in 2026, with a focus on producing high-quality filtration products. Cytiva, a global life sciences leader, has opened its first Innovation Hub in Korea, located in the Songdo Bio-cluster in [...]

Oxford Nanopore Technologies and UMC Utrecht collaborate on 1,000 human genome sequencing project

The nanopore sequencing pilot programme aims to expand our understanding of the causes of rare genetic disease and cancer and evaluate potential for future routine clinical use. Oxford Nanopore Technologies is entering into a strategic collaboration with UMC Utrecht, one of the leading academic medical centres in the Netherlands, that will aim to explore the [...]

Scilutions Unveils Pulp Fixin, the First Ever Biodegradable Automation Rack for Clinical Laboratories

CARLISLE, Ohio -- Scientific instrument manufacturer Scilutions has released 100% biodegradable and recyclable automation racks made from paper pulp. The Pulp Fixin AutoRacks were developed with Zenpack, the San Jose-based packaging design and manufacturing company. The lab equipment industry relies on various single-use plastics, including the plastic trays designed to hold specimen tubes. These trays must [...]

ACD/Labs Releases v2024 of Modeling Platform Percepta® to Support Pharmaceutical and Chemical R&D at the PhysChem Forum

Version 2024 of Percepta delivers substantial expansions to the training sets and algorithms, improving prediction accuracy for pKa and logP calculators, and a range of ADME and toxicity endpoints. This update also increases coverage of chemical space occupied by new therapeutic modalities such as proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs). Bracknell, UK -- ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and [...]

Illumina Is the genomic sequencing partner for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Japan’s blood cancer assay

Illumina Is the genomic sequencing partner for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Japan’s blood cancer assay HemeSight®, the first-in-Japan comprehensive genomic profiling assay for blood cancer, recently received its first regulatory approval. 'We are very pleased with the approval of HemeSight in Japan. As Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s technology partner for genomic sequencing, we are proud to support Otsuka and [...]

Quanterix Announces Commercialization of p-Tau 217 Test Kit

BILLERICA, Mass. – Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery and breakthrough diagnostics through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, today announced it is making its Simoa® p-Tau 217 Planar Kit commercially available as part of the next phase of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) test development. The kit uses p-Tau 217 antibody technology licensed from Eli Lilly and [...]

Monod Bio Launches CRP Biosensor on New NovoLISA Platform

NovoLISA (de Novo protein-Linked Instantaneous Solution-based Assay) Platform for Life Sciences Research and Diagnostics  NovoLISA is a rapid, single-step biosensor assay for research use only applications SEATTLE — Monod Bio, a life sciences company using AI to generate new proteins for the research use only (RUO) and in vitro diagnostics (IVD) markets, announced today the [...]

The InVivoStar: Expanding Scientifica’s In Vivo Electrophysiology Range

Scientifica is pleased to expand its offerings in the in vivo electrophysiology market with the InVivoStar. The InVivoStar provides a tailored solution for researchers conducting multielectrode in vivo recordings. Based upon the world-renowned PatchStar micromanipulator, the InVivoStar delivers the stability and precision essential for accurate electrode placement and reliable data collection, enabling researchers to achieve consistent, [...]

First CO2 incubator shaker on the market with integrated 180 °C sterilization routine

Hamburg -- Expression of complex recombinant proteins, the production of viral vectors in mammalian cells, or the production of bioreactor starter cultures is primarily done in shake flask cultures inside CO2 incubator shakers. A major risk factor for reliable budget- and time-planning of these projects is contamination, especially with viruses or Mycoplasma. “Our new CellXpert® [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Fast and Flexible Elemental Analyzer to Enhance Industrial Process Control with Added XRD Capability

News: To better address the unique needs of lab managers in metallurgy, mining and cement plants with solutions that offer enhanced precision, efficiency and versatility, Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the Thermo Scientific™ ARL™ X900 XRF Spectrometer. The ARL X900 XRF Spectrometer can analyze more than twenty elements in under one minute, offering exceptional speed and [...]

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