Shimadzu Launches Blood-Based Amyloid Mass Spectrometry Service in North America for Supporting Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery and Development

COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments announces the successful commercialization of a new Amyloid Mass Spectrometry (MS) Service for the early screening of amyloid-positive individuals. This simple, research-use-only blood-based analysis method enables reliable characterization of amyloid pathology in the brain with an easy-to-acquire blood sample to assist in the evaluation and development of new pharmaceutical treatments [...]

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. Partners with OLS – OMNI Life Science to Distribute Synthetic Cells Throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- SLINGSHOT BIOSCIENCES, INC. the developers of synthetic cells, today announced they have extended their distribution channel through a new agreement with OLS – OMNI Life Science. OLS is your partner for solutions in Flow Cytometry, Cell Culture, Cell Counting, Imaging, and Cell Analysis. We offer innovative systems for the entire workflow of [...]

Calibre Scientific UK Relocates to State-Of-The-Art Facility in the Advanced Manufacturing Park, Sheffield

LOS ANGELES -- Calibre Scientific is pleased to announce the relocation of three key UK business units—BioServUK, Molecular Dimensions, and Protein Ark—from the Innovation Centre to the Advanced Manufacturing Park (Sheffield, UK). Situated alongside other market leaders, this customized facility will include hi-tech laboratories for research, development, and product manufacture, efficiently designed warehouse space, and [...]

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. Enters into Agreement to Be Acquired by SD Biosensor and SJL Partners in $1.53 Billion All-Cash Transaction

Shareholders to Receive $34.00 Per Share in Cash, Providing Immediate, Compelling and Certain Value Transaction Follows Deliberate Review, Including Outreach to Potential Strategic and Financial Partners CINCINNATI and SEOUL, South Korea -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. ("Meridian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VIVO), a leading global provider of diagnostic testing solutions and life science raw materials, and SD Biosensor, Inc. ("SDB") (KOSE: A137310) and SJL Partners [...]

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2022 goes to Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen; United Kingdom

Hamburg -- For the 27th time, the Hamburg-based life sciences company Eppendorf SE is awarding its prestigious research prize this year. The independent jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn selected Dr. Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK as the winner of the Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2022. Thi Hoang [...]

Ovid adds BioCyc Pathway/Genome databases to support genomic researchers

To increase researchers’ access to comprehensive data, Wolters Kluwer, Health has expanded Ovid® with SRI International’s BioCyc™, a collection of more than 20,000 organism-centric Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs) and bioinformatics software tools. As the world’s most trusted medical research platform, Ovid offers premium aggregated content and productivity tools, including resources from over 120 publishers in more than 100 specialty areas. [...]

MGI Announces Commercial Availability of HotMPS Sequencing Chemistry*and Instrument**in the United Kingdom

Shenzhen, China – MGI Tech (MGI) announced that its innovative HotMPS sequencing chemistry* and instrument** are commercially available in the United Kingdom, from 23rd June 2022. Further details will be communicated during the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Conference of Genomics (ICG-17) in Riga. The sequencing chemistry HotMPS* was launched at the end of [...]

STRmix Limited Launches New Version of FaSTR™ DNA

Expert Forensic Software Seamlessly Integrates with STRmix™ for Greater Speed, Efficiency STRmix Limited has released a completely new version of FaSTR™ DNA containing major updates which further strengthen the expert forensic software’s ability to rapidly analyze DNA profiles and assign a Number of Contributors (NoC) estimate. Created by the same team that created STRmix™ – [...]

Twist Bioscience Opens New Twist Boston Location to Expand Antibody Discovery Capacity

New facility increases in vivo antibody discovery capacity SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. --  Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the opening of its new Twist Boston location in Quincy, Massachusetts. “This is a year of growth for Twist, as [...]

Bruker Launches NMR-based Molecular Phenomics Clinical Research Tool for ‘Long COVID’ Multi-Organ Risk Assessment

ETTLINGEN, Germany -- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) today has launched PhenoRiskPACS™ RuO, a research-use-only NMR test for molecular phenomics research on ‘Long COVID’ patients’ blood samples, using a multiplexed combination of biomarkers discovered at the Australian National Phenome Center (ANPC) at Murdoch University, under Director Jeremy Nicholson. The PhenoRiskPACS™ RuO test is promising for research on early-stage [...]

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