Cytiva opens new Vancouver manufacturing site

New site in Burnaby, B.C., will be a Center of Excellence for Cytiva’s Aseptic Filling business. Robotic aseptic filling workcells reduce risk and increase flexibility in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Global life sciences leader Cytiva opened a new 126 200 ft2 (11 724 m2) site in the greater Vancouver area to expand manufacturing capacity of aseptic filling [...]

Agilent 2022 Early Career Professor Award Presented to Stefanos Nikolaidis

USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor recognized for research into Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision technologies for manufacturing applications SANTA CLARA, Calif. --- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that Stefanos Nikolaidis Ph.D. has received the Agilent 2022 Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Stefanos Nikolaidis is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern [...]

Curi Bio Launches Mantarray™ Platform – 3D Engineered Muscle Tissues for Discovery of New Therapeutics

Accelerating Drug Discovery with Human-Relevant 3D Engineered Muscle Tissue Analysis SEATTLE, WA — Curi Bio, a leading developer of human stem cell-based platforms for drug discovery, today announced the commercial launch of the Mantarray™ platform for human-relevant 3D heart and skeletal engineered muscle tissue (EMT) contractility analysis. Curi’s Mantarray platform enables the discovery of new therapeutics [...]

Illumina Unveils its Most Accurate and Comprehensive Secondary Analysis Platform, Boosting Lab Capabilities

DRAGEN™ v4.0 brings greater accuracy, comprehensiveness, and efficiency to genomic analysis than ever before, unlocking the full potential of genomics to improve human health  SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today the release of Illumina DRAGEN™ v4.0, its most accurate and comprehensive secondary analysis platform. [...]

Berkeley Lights and Aanika BioSciences Reach Strategic Partnership Milestone By Identifying A Commercially Viable Antimicrobial Peptide

Using Berkeley Lights' high-throughput, functional screening service, Aanika BioSciences will now rapidly commercialize the propriety peptide to help improve and protect global food system EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, and Aanika Biosciences, a growing biotech start-up using edible microbial tags to improve food safety, today announced that [...]

AlpHa Measurement Solutions Acquires Fluorometrics Instruments

Houston, TX – AlpHa Measurement Solutions LLC (AlpHa), a leader in the liquid sensing technology segment of the test and measurement space, yesterday announced the acquisition of Fluorometrics Instruments LLC (FMI), a designer and manufacturer of optical chemical sensor systems and fiber-optic chemical sensors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With a record of strong [...]

SomaLogic acquires DNA nanotechnology leader Palamedrix to develop the next-generation SomaScan® Assay

Brings differentiated miniaturization technology, scientific and engineering expertise, and enhanced ease-of-use capabilities to SomaLogic’s platform while expanding footprint to San Diego, CA BOULDER, Colo. and SAN DIEGO -- SomaLogic (NASDAQ: SLGC), a leader in AI data-driven proteomics technology, today announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Palamedrix, Inc., an innovator in DNA nanotechnology. Palamedrix [...]

Waters Collaborates with Leading Researchers and Industry Partners to Advance the Science of Alternative Proteins

News Summary: Waters is providing both technology and expertise to help advance the science of plant-based proteins and tackle problems of climate change and food security Waters joins the Plant Protein Innovation Center at the University of Minnesota to collaborate with more than 50 leading researchers and industry partners Researchers will use Waters’ ACQUITY Premier [...]

Eppendorf: climate-neutral by 2028

Comprehensive climate strategy with the goal of climate neutrality by 2028  Successful start of implementation at all locations worldwide Results of initial measures already visible Hamburg – The globally positioned Eppendorf Group, a life science specialist, is picking up speed when it comes to climate protection. The company is reducing its CO2 emissions and will [...]

Synthego Expands Capabilities of Halo Platform with Next-Generation Manufacturing Facility

New Facility Designed to Accelerate Growth of CRISPR-mediated Cell and Gene Therapies with Transformative Increase in Manufacturing Capacity REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Synthego, the genome engineering company, announced today that the company has broken ground on a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility designed to accelerate translational and clinical research development timelines for cell and gene therapies to as [...]

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