CellFE secures $22 million in Series A financing to advance microfluidics-based cellular engineering platform

Financing led by M Ventures, with participation from GreatPoint Ventures, Riverine Ventures and existing investors Cota Capital, Dynamk Capital, Elm Street Ventures, Embark Ventures, EGB Capital and Khosla Ventures Novel microfluidics-based cell engineering platform for ex-vivo cell transfection enabling efficient, flexible, and consistent payload delivery, superior cell health and streamlined workflows for seamless scalability from [...]

Lucid Scientific Secures $7 Million Series A Financing Led by IAG Capital Partners

Maker of continuous real-time metabolic analysis systems experiences growing demand. Will build capacity for new product offerings, manufacturing, and global sales and marketing. ATLANTA--Lucid Scientific, a life science instruments company that manufactures Resipher, announced the completion of a $7 million Series A financing led by IAG Capital Partners. Additional participants include Lucid’s original investor base, [...]

Teknova Launches Latest Proprietary AAV-Tek™ Product and End-to-End Plasmid Workflow Solutions to Streamline Therapeutic Process Development

Novel AEX screening kit – now available for AAV6 – and an expansive suite of high-quality reagents designed to expedite plasmid production will help accelerate breakthroughs across multiple AAV constructs and workflows HOLLISTER, Calif. -- Alpha Teknova, Inc. (“Teknova”) (Nasdaq: TKNO), a leading producer of critical reagents for the research, discovery, development, and commercialization of [...]

Twist Bioscience and IMIDomics Collaborate to Discover Antibodies for Applications in Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & SAN RAFAEL, Calif. & BARCELONA---- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and IMIDomics, Inc., a patient-centric drug discovery and development company focused on Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases (IMIDs), today announced a multi-program collaboration whereby Twist will utilize its [...]

New hot start isothermal mixes boost sensitivity, specificity, and speed of DNA target detection

[London] — PCR Biosystems, a leading PCR reagent developer, has launched a new range of Bst polymerase reagents that offer greater sensitivity, speed, and specificity in all isothermal amplification applications. IsoFast™ Hot Start Bst Polymerase and associated ready mixes use proprietary AptaLock™ hot start technology to minimise non-specific amplification, leading to highly specific and sensitive [...]

Cytek® Biosciences Achieves ISO 13485 Certification at Headquarters

Certification Validates Company’s Commitment to Quality in all Areas, Helping to Advance Roadmap for Translational and Clinical Markets in the United States FREMONT, Calif. -- Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTKB), a leading cell analysis solutions company, today announced that it has received EN ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System (QMS) certification. The certification applies to Cytek’s headquarters [...]

Integrated DNA Technologies Reveals Launch of xGen™ Products for Ultima Genomics®

Trusted IDT next generation sequencing solutions are now compatible for Ultima Genomics platforms CORALVILLE, Iowa—With a mission to accelerate the pace of genomics, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), a leading provider of differentiated next generation sequencing (NGS) solutions, announces the availability of xGen NGS products designed exclusively for the Ultima Genomics UG 100™ platform. The suite of new [...]

Azenta Announces CFO Transition

Industry Veteran Herman Cueto Named CFO Azenta CFO Lindon Robertson to Retire Company Reaffirms Guidance for Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 26, 2023  Azenta, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZTA) today announced that Herman Cueto will join Azenta as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 16. Mr. Cueto, who comes from BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company, NYSE: BDX), will succeed [...]

Repligen Announces Agreement to Acquire Fluid Management Innovator Metenova

Proposed acquisition adds market leading magnetic mixing technology for upstream and downstream bioprocess applications Expands Repligen’s Fluid Management portfolio, complements single-use bag offering WALTHAM, Mass.-- Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ:RGEN), a life sciences company focused on bioprocessing technology leadership, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Metenova AB (Metenova) of Mölndal, Sweden. Metenova is projected to [...]

Building Workflows for the Rapid Identification of Natural Products to Create New Drugs and Functional Foods Establishment of Waseda Shimadzu Collaboration Laboratory

Shimadzu Corporation and the Haruko Takeyama Laboratory (Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University) opened the Waseda Shimadzu Collaboration Laboratory (hereinafter Collaboration Laboratory) at the Waseda University Research Innovation Center. The Collaboration Laboratory will pursue the development of workflows for identifying unknown compounds from natural sources. The rapid screening and identification of natural [...]

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