BICO Group Appoints New CFO

BICO Group AB today announces the appointment of Jacob Thordenberg as Group CFO. Thordenberg will begin his employment in his new position as Group CFO today, on January 2, 2023, and will be part of the company’s executive management team. Jacob Thordenberg has a Master of Science in Corporate and Financial Management, and has more [...]

Showa Denko was reborn as Resonac on Jan.1, 2023

On January 1, 2023, Showa Denko K.K. and Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd. merged and transformed themselves into newly integrated company "Resonac". Resonac Group positions the launch of the newly integrated company as "the second inauguration," aiming to become a world-leading chemical company with advanced functional materials through further transformation efforts. New Company Names Resonac [...]

GERSTEL announces changes in management

Ralf Bremer, long-time Managing Director and COO of GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG, has left for a well-deserved retirement at the end of 2022 after more than four decades with the company. Ralf Bremer, long-time Managing Director and COO of GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG, has left for a well-deserved retirement at the end of [...]

Mission Bio and Abiosciences Partner to Co-develop Bioinformatics for Clinical Research Applications in China

The companies will begin with a collaboration to improve single-cell analytics for hematologic cancers SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, and Abiosciences, the single-cell bioinformatics leader, announced a new partnership to co-develop bioinformatics packages for translational and clinical research applications in hematological cancers. The goal is [...]

Carlyle to acquire Tescan

Brno, Czech Republic – Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING, a.s. (“TESCAN”), a leading manufacturer of electron microscopes and other high-tech scientific instruments. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic, [...]

STRmix™ v2.10 Adds New Features to Groundbreaking Forensic Software

Enhanced DNA Interpretation, Dropout Modelling Among Latest Improvements Following extensive technical development and testing, STRmix™ version 2.10 – the latest iteration of the breakthrough software used by forensic analysts to resolve mixed DNA profiles previously considered too complex to interpret – has been launched. Like its predecessors, the newest version of STRmix™ will enable forensic [...]

Spear Bio expands NAB-Sure™ Assays to Support Study of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

(WOBURN, MA)  — Spear Bio is expanding its NAB-Sure™ Neutralizing Antibody Test Kit product line with current SARS-CoV-2 variants. This addresses the need of researchers and vaccine developers faced with emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants as they continue to study immune responses to COVID-19 and protection durability of vaccines. Earlier this year Spear Bio introduced NAB-Sure™, a [...]

Berkeley Lights to Acquire IsoPlexis, Creating a Premier Functional Cell Biology Company

Complementary Technologies, Customer Bases, and Commercial Channels to Strengthen Leadership in High-Growth, Single-Cell Biology Significant Cost Synergies to Increase Profitability and Accelerate Breakeven Horizon in 2024, Earlier Than Berkeley Lights Expected as a Standalone Entity Companies to Host Joint Conference Call and Webcast Today at 5:00 p.m. ET EMERYVILLE, CA and BRANFORD, Conn. -- Berkeley [...]

Nurturing the Next Generation of Life Sciences and Genomic Experts

NORTHAMPTON, MA -- When Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) was founded in 2013, it already had an Illumina connection-it was created with help from Illumina co-founder David Walt. Now Illumina provides in-kind donations to support its mission. Gloucester is one of several communities on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, north of Boston. The region had a thriving fishing industry for hundreds [...]

ArcticZymes Technologies launches SAN HQ 2.0 ELISA Kit

ArcticZymes Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of our newest product, the SAN HQ 2.0 ELISA kit. This classic sandwich ELISA is designed for the detection and quantification of SAN HQ 2.0 enzyme in samples taken from the manufacturing stages of a complex biomanufacturing process such as the production of viral vectors. The SAN [...]

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