Genomenon Acquires Boston Genetics to Accelerate Curation of Human Genome

Expanded genomic interpretation team bolsters company’s offerings for clinical diagnostic and pharmaceutical drug development programs Genomenon Inc.®, a leader in Genomic Intelligence, today announced it has acquired Boston Genetics, a genomics interpretation and curation company. By combining Genomenon’s unrivaled AI-powered platform for genomic knowledge and tech-enabled scientific expertise with Boston Genetics’ substantial team of genetic [...]

Neuroscientists to gain better insights with AI-powered image analysis

Up to 46% improvement in soma detection using state of the art AI plus added features for all researchers in new Aivia release Wetzlar, Germany –­ Leica Microsystems, a leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released version 12 of Aivia, its flagship AI image analysis software. Aivia 12 incorporates the Cellpose deep learning model [...]

PacBio’s Revio System Empowers Bioscientia to Scale Long-Read Whole Genome Sequencing and Unravel the Mysteries of Rare Disease

Bioscientia Acquires Multiple Revio Sequencing Systems to Revolutionize Rare Disease Research by Sequencing Thousands of Long-Read Human Genomes Annually MENLO PARK, Calif. -- PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced that Bioscientia is using its Revio long-read sequencing systems to expand its genomics research projects and sequence several thousand human genomes per year. Part of Sonic Healthcare [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Tumoroid Culture Medium to Accelerate Development of Novel Cancer Therapies

Gibco™ OncoPro™ Tumoroid Culture Medium Kit broadens access to clinically relevant patient-derived tumor models CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the launch of the Gibco™ OncoPro™ Tumoroid Culture Medium Kit*, the first commercially available culture medium specifically developed for the expansion of patient-derived tumoroids, or cancer organoids, [...]

Synthego and ATCC Enter Alliance for Cutting-Edge Gene Editing of Mammalian and Mouse Cell Lines

Enabling Rapid CRISPR Results from Discovery to Clinic REDWOOD CITY, CA - Synthego, a leading genome engineering company, is pleased to announce a groundbreaking partnership with ATCC, the premier non-profit global biological materials and standards resource center, to provide researchers with an extensive collection of mammalian and mouse cell lines for gene editing applications, including Express [...]

Cytomos Secures £1.6m Funding

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has secured £1.6m funding to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS). The fundraising round by Cytomos was led by existing investor Archangels with participation from Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital. Cytomos [...]

Reflect Scientific Inc Receives Order for B-90 Plasma Freezer, Continues to Expand Clientele

OREM, Utah -- Reflect Scientific, Inc. (OTCQB: RSCF), a leading provider of innovative cold storage solutions, is pleased to announce the receipt of a significant order for their state-of-the-art B-90 plasma freezer. The order, valued at $100,000, comes from a new plasma center that has chosen Reflect Scientific's Cryometrix LN2 "no compressor system" over other [...]

JEOL Installs Two Cryo-Electron Microscopes At Generate:Biomedicines To Enable Visualization Of Computationally Designed Molecules At Unprecedented Scale

Peabody and Andover, MA - Two towering JEOL Electron Microscopes stand ready to produce terabytes of valuable data for researchers at Generate:Biomedicines each day, who are accelerating drug discovery and development of novel therapeutics using machine learning and generative artificial intelligence. The two Transmission Electron Microscopes, the JEOL CRYO ARM 200 and CRYO ARM 300 are used in structural biology, [...]

Bruker Announces New D6 PHASERTM Benchtop X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Platform for Materials Analysis and Advanced Research

KARLSRUHE, Germany -- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR), the global leader in X-ray diffraction, today announces the new D6 PHASERTM X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) system. The D6 PHASER is a new benchtop XRD platform designed with the analytical flexibility typically only available in larger, floor-standing systems. Unlike conventional, more limited benchtop XRD instruments, the D6 PHASER enables analytical methods that go beyond powder diffraction. [...]

ATCC Announces New Award from BARDA to Further Support its Medical Countermeasures Clinical Studies Network

Manassas, VA, United States -- ATCC, the world’s premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced a Task Order award with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a component of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As part of this [...]

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