Fujifilm Invests $188 Million in New Cell Culture Media Manufacturing Facility

Fujifilm’s fifth media manufacturing site to be operated by FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific Triples the company’s current capacity for liquid cell culture media Creates over 100 new positions, including bioprocessing engineers, manufacturing, production, and logistics roles  TOKYO – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) today announced a $188 million investment to establish a cell [...]

Waters Introduces New PFAS Quantitation Workflow Enabled by Enhancements to waters_connect Informatics Platform

News Summary: New PFAS quantitation workflow designed to simplify trace-level measurement of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in food, soil, air, and water samples. Waters’ end-to-end solution capable of measuring parts-per-quadrillion (ppq) levels of PFAS that meet and exceed regulatory limits. Software automates PFAS quantitation data processing and reporting, helping laboratories reduce manual errors. MILFORD, Mass. [...]

Biocare Medical Acquires Empire Genomics, Expanding Molecular Portfolio to Over 1 Million Biomarkers and Adding Rapid Biomarker Development to Lead Cancer Research

SAN FRANCISCO -- Biocare Medical, a leading provider of innovative, automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) and FISH (Fluorescent in situ hybridization) instrumentation and reagents, announces the acquisition of Empire Genomics, a market leader in molecular biomarkers to aid in cancer research and diagnostics. Empire Genomics is a premier designer, manufacturer and distributor of a comprehensive menu of clinical and custom-labeled molecular [...]

TATAA Biocenter goes live with a modern, fully-automated LIMS – a big day for their state-of-the-art laboratory in Gothenburg.

It’s been over 12 months in the making and TATAA Biocenter has now gone live with its Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) from Benchling. Integrating processes, samples, instruments, and informatics into one automated and unified platform. Effectively managing sequencing and PCR data can be challenging, with issues in data security and sample management and potential [...]

ACD/Labs Releases v2022 Software Update

The release expands format agnostic capabilities and provides dedicated tools to help scientists make faster decisions with assembled multi-technique analytical data, and delivers new functionality for NMR spectroscopists and mass spectrometrists. Toronto, CANADA —ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of R&D, today announced the release of version 2022 software applications [...]

Haier Biomedical Products Installed at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Food safety management is jointly governed and operated by Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Canada. With branches across China, CFIA mainly engages in the implementation and management of food safety technical regulations and standards. In addition, CFIA is responsible for supervising and inspecting imported food to prevent food imported into Canada [...]

Haier Biomedical’s ULT Freezers Installed at the Largest Women and Children’s Hospital in Mongolia

As a professional supplier and manufacturer of biosafety solutions, Haier Biomedical’s cryogenic storage products have been widely applied in laboratories, scientific research institutes, hospitals, universities, and other institutions to provide secure sample storage conditions and maximize sample value. Recently, Haier Biomedical’s ULT Freezer, Biomedical Freezer, and Pharmacy Refrigerator were installed at the largest women and children’s hospital in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. With superior [...]

Millennial Scientific Awarded Competitive SBIR Phase II Grant from NIH

Millennial Scientific has been awarded a competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will allow Millennial Scientific to develop and commercially deploy electrochemically modulated chromatography media for the selective removal of nuisance compounds during plant-based natural [...]

Smiths Detection opens new UK Biolab

The new lab will develop next generation biological threat detection technology and also provides technical support in the manufacture of biosensor disks that enable the BioFlash to detect airborne threats like SARS-CoV-2 and anthrax Smiths Detection, a global leader in the development of threat detection and security screening equipment, opened a biolab at its centre [...]

Ocean Insight Acquires Handheld Aluminum Analyzers from Rigaku Analytical Devices

Ocean Insight today announced it has acquired technology from Rigaku Analytical Devices that uses light to assess scrap aluminum quickly and efficiently for recycling purposes. Orlando, Florida, USA – Ocean Insight today announced it has acquired technology from Rigaku Analytical Devices that uses light to assess scrap aluminum quickly and efficiently for recycling purposes. Consumer [...]

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