ERS Genomics & Santa Cruz Biotechnology Enter Into CRISPR/Cas9 Licensing Agreement

License allows Santa Cruz Biotechnology to develop and commercialize products using CRISPR/Cas9. Dublin, Ireland and Dallas, Texas:  ERS Genomics Limited (‘ERS’) is pleased to announce a new license agreement with Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc (‘SCBT,’). This is a non-exclusive licensing agreement granting SCBT access to the ERS CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio. ERS founder, Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, [...]

Oxford Nanopore releases update to MinKNOW™ software to accelerate basecalling analysis, further accelerating high-throughput projects, at scale

The accelerated nanopore basecaller “Dorado” is now integrated into the device software MinKNOW, to enable basecalling and broad methylation analysis in real time  Oxford Nanopore today announced the integration of an accelerated basecaller into the device software MinKNOW. These improvements enable the sequencing of approximately 2,500* human genomes a year on a PromethION 24 (at [...]

BioFlyte Raises $5.4M in Series B Financing to Protect Critical Infrastructure from Airborne Biothreats

New financing will help scale manufacturing of BioFlyte’s novel biothreat surveillance solution to expand reach within aviation and mail screening applications ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – BioFlyte, a biothreat detection firm with a revolutionary new class of fieldable biological threat collection, detection, and identification solutions, today announced that it raised $5.4M in new financing led by Scout Ventures and Cottonwood Technology Fund with [...]

South Carolina-Based Imcs, Tymora Analytical Partner To Streamline Exosome Research — Imcs

Integrated Micro-Chromatography Systems, Inc. ("IMCS"), a leader in automating laboratory workflows, and Tymora Analytical, an authority in exosome purification and proteomics services, have announced a significant enhancement to their ongoing collaboration to advance exosome research. The partnership began in 2017 with phosphoproteomics, where Tymora's unique chemistries were packaged in IMCStips, a pipette-based purification tool to [...]

Healthcare specialist SHS Capital acquires majority stake in ESSERT

With SHS Capital's investment in ESSERT GmbH, both companies are pooling their expertise in the pharmaceutical and life science sectors. ESSERT GmbH was founded in Ubstadt-Weiher in 2012 and is a provider of scalable and flexible robot automation solutions. Right from the start, ESSERT strategically focused on production areas that are confronted with increasing product [...]

Dr. Steven Barnard Appointed Chief Technology Officer

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced Dr. Steven Barnard, Illumina's Vice President and Head of Global Advanced Science, will serve as its next Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective immediately. Dr. Alex Aravanis, who held the position of CTO, will be departing Illumina to [...]

Millennial Scientific Awarded U.S. General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule Contract

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Millennial Scientific a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. This award provides Millennial Scientific expedited access to tap into a large customer base. It allows the company to showcase its products and services in the more than $6 trillion Federal government contracting market. Government customers and federal agencies [...]

Quanterix Appoints Vandana Sriram as Chief Financial Officer

BILLERICA, Mass. -- Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company fueling scientific discovery and breakthrough diagnostics through ultrasensitive biomarker detection, today announced that it has appointed Vandana Sriram, CPA, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective August 21, 2023. Sriram replaces Michael Doyle, who has served as the Company’s CFO since July 2021. As previously announced, Mike [...]

Electron Microscopy Sciences and Azer Scientific Join, Creating a Leading Life Sciences and Clinical Lab Products Company

PHILADELPHIA -- Inverness Graham backed Electron Microscopy Sciences ("EMS") and Azer Scientific ("Azer") are pleased to announce that they are coming together as one company to create a market leading solutions provider for research, clinical, and industrial lab supplies and services. With a common legacy of supplying high-quality products, custom capabilities, and responsive service, the combined company will offer [...]

Metrohm comprehensive USP Raman Library

A new library for Metrohm’s compliant Raman systems and our Pharma customers Metrohm Spectro is delighted to announce the comprehensive Metrohm USP Raman Library in support of our consolidated, compliant Raman product line. For MIRA P, NanoRam-1064, and i-Raman® systems with BWID software, it is the largest in-house USP library available. Raman is a presumptive RMID method that streamlines [...]

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