Aptco Group acquires BlueScientific to accelerate pan-European growth
May 11, 2026
Aptco Group announces the acquisition of BlueScientific, a leading UK-based distributor of advanced scientific instrumentation. The acquisition expands Aptco Group’s footprint across Northern Europe and strengthens application and service capabilities for laboratories and R&D organisations. BlueScientific serves customers across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics. The company’s deep application expertise complements Aptco Group’s portfolio [...]
Genovis and MGI Tech Strengthen Collaboration to Advance RNA Sequencing Solutions
May 10, 2026
Genovis AB and MGI Tech Co., Ltd. today announce a strengthened collaboration to advance RNA sequencing solutions. The companies have expanded their commercial agreement to integrate Genovis’ SEQURNA reagents with MGI Tech’s high-performance sequencing platforms, enabling researchers to benefit from enhanced RNA preservation and improved sequencing performance. The partnership marks an important step for both [...]
May 10, 2026
TOKYO -- ACROBiosystems announced a major upgrade to its global license solution for HEK293 functional cell lines. Centered on customer value and empowering global biopharmaceutical innovation, the upgrade simplifies compliance workflows to support efficient drug discovery and development. As essential tools for innovative drug R&D, functional cell lines need clear, accessible usage authorization to keep projects [...]
LenioBio and Twist Bioscience Enter into a Collaboration to Further Enable AI drug-discovery
May 8, 2026
DÜSSELDORF, Germany -- LenioBio GmbH, a TechBio company commercializing its ALiCE® cell-free protein expression platform, today announced a collaborative agreement with Twist Bioscience Corporation. The collaboration will integrate our ALiCE® platform with Twist’s DNA manufacturing and automation capabilities to accelerate the design–build–test cycle for protein expression services—delivering experimental results back to customers’ and partners’ AI [...]
LNI Swissgas to Become Part of Velaris Platform
May 8, 2026
LNI Swissgas is pleased to announce its acquisition by Velaris, a platform of leading laboratory automation and analytical technology brands backed by Battery Ventures. This milestone marks an exciting new chapter for LNI Swissgas and supports the company’s long-term strategy for international growth, innovation and expanded customer support capabilities. For more than 30 years, LNI [...]
May 7, 2026
Toronto companies partner to provide an integrated platform that runs the complete clinical genetics workflow, from patient intake to diagnostic report, entirely on Canadian infrastructure. TORONTO, Ontario — DNAstack and PhenoTips today announced an integrated platform that runs clinical genetics workflows, from patient intake and phenotyping to genomic interpretation and diagnostic report, entirely on Canadian infrastructure. At a time [...]
May 7, 2026
Licensed purification methods address a key challenge in producing high‑purity, 100+nt RNA constructs used in CRISPR and functional genomics Boulder, CO – Cirena Inc. licensed a validated long RNA purification technology from Agilent Technologies, Inc. as it looks to expand access to high purity RNA constructs used in genome editing and functional genomics research. The [...]
May 7, 2026
Licensed purification methods address a key challenge in producing high‑purity, 100+nt RNA constructs used in CRISPR and functional genomics Boulder, CO – Cirena Inc. licensed a validated long RNA purification technology from Agilent Technologies, Inc. as it looks to expand access to high purity RNA constructs used in genome editing and functional genomics research. The [...]
May 7, 2026
The company joins the Velaris family of existing brands – Skalar Analytical, LCTech, PromoChrom, EST Analytical, GERSTEL, Trace Elemental Instruments and Markes – expanding Velaris’ product and service capabilities and global presence BREDA, The Netherlands – Velaris, a platform of laboratory-automation brands backed by global investment firm Battery Ventures, today announced the acquisition of LNI [...]
May 7, 2026
GPU-Accelerated Platform Unifies Fragmented Workflows, Turning Weeks of Analysis into Minutes ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Advaita Bio today announced the launch of iSCanGuide, a cloud-based platform engineered to transform large-scale single-cell and spatial transcriptomics datasets into biologically meaningful results. Built on 20 years of validated science, the platform is integrated with Advaita's flagship platform, iPathwayGuide™, replacing fragmented workflows [...]

