INTEGRA Biosciences and MACHEREY-NAGEL partner to automate NucleoSpin® nucleic acid purification kits

INTEGRA Biosciences has collaborated closely with nucleic acid extraction experts MACHEREY-NAGEL (MN) to develop automated protocols for a variety of NucleoSpin® RNA and DNA extraction and purification kits on the ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot. The combination of these technologies provides high quality, purity and yield for DNA and RNA extracts from varied specimen types, suitable [...]

Creoptix launches new WAVEcontrol software to deliver automated, flexible and intuitive label-free interaction analysis for biologics drug-discovery

Figure 1: The WAVEsystem with the WAVEcontrol 4.0 embedded Zurich, Switzerland – Creoptix® (a Malvern Panalytical brand) is announcing the addition of two new wizards to their WAVEcontrol software to simplify and streamline workflows. By combining the high sensitivity, throughput, and no-clog microfluidics of the WAVEsystem, with a faster, more flexible, automated approach to screening [...]

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Cell Culture Media Manufacturing Site in Grand Island, New York

$76 million investment increases the site’s capacity to produce critical raw materials used in the development and manufacturing of vaccines and biologic therapies GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. – To meet increasing global demand for cell culture media used in the manufacturing of new vaccines and biologics, Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its dry powder media manufacturing facility [...]

LabKey launches a “data-connected” electronic lab notebook to help unify scientific research, data and teams

The LabKey ELN aims to streamline notebook authoring while improving data visibility and collaboration. SEATTLE -- LabKey recently launched an electronic lab notebook to meet the increasing complexity of scientific research. Electronic lab notebooks (ELN) were once viewed as little more than a note-taking or word-processing application. The LabKey ELN breaks this stereotype by providing scientists with [...]

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services Develop New Alternative Test Procedure to EPA Method 1613B

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services have developed an alternate test procedure (ATP) to EPA Method 1613B—PAM-16130-SSI: Determination of 2,3,7,8-Substituted Tetra- through Octa-Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans (CDDs/CDFs) Using Shimadzu Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). This ATP allows the use of GC-MS/MS in place of high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC/HRMS) for the determination of [...]

Agilent Acquires Polymer Standards Service, Broadening Offerings for GPC/SEC Polymer Analysis

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it has acquired Polymer Standards Service GmbH (PSS), a provider of solutions in the field of polymer characterization. PSS specializes in hardware and software solutions used in defining the makeup and creation of molecular structures. The company provides complete solutions for gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and [...]

Twist Bioscience and Biotia Receive Expanded Emergency Use Authorization to Report Genetic Variants of SARS-CoV-2

- FDA EUA Variant Calling Assay Allows for Sequencing to Inform Patient Treatment - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & NEW YORK -- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, and Biotia, Inc., a company that uses proprietary analytical software for [...]

Kent Heath named new CEO of Rigaku Americas Holding Inc. and President of Rigaku Americas Corporation

The Woodlands, TX – Rigaku Americas Holding Inc., the North American subsidiary of Rigaku Corporation, Japan’s leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis, measurement and testing instruments, announced Kent Heath as its new CEO. Heath was also named President of Rigaku Americas Corporation. Heath is the former VP and GM of the Tribology, Stylus and Optical Metrology [...]

Renishaw launches the inLux™ SEM Raman interface

Renishaw, the pioneer in combining Raman spectroscopy with scanning electron microscopes (SEMs), has launched its latest product, the inLux™ SEM Raman interface. Adding the inLux interface to your SEM enables in situ Raman spectroscopy which provides highly specific chemical and structural characterisation to complement your SEM information. The inLux interface is compatible with SEMs from [...]

Seer Launches First-of-its-kind Proteogenomics Workflow to Link Genetic Changes with Protein Variants with Proteograph™ Analysis Suite 2.0

Scalable, high-resolution, sample-specific analysis brings genomics and proteomics together to enable novel biological insights with the click of a button REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Seer Inc. (NASDAQ: SEER), a life sciences company commercializing a disruptive new platform for proteomics, today announced a new Proteogenomics Workflow that integrates deep, unbiased proteomics with genomics, powered by the [...]

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