Emerges from Stealth with $600 Million in Funding NEWARK, California – Today Ultima Genomics emerged from stealth mode with a new high-throughput, low-cost sequencing platform that delivers the $100 genome. Ultima’s goal is to unleash a new era in genomics-driven research and healthcare, and it has secured approximately $600 million in backing from leading investors [...]

The new agreement will enable cutting-edge research aimed at preventing disease and improving health while supporting specialized training of healthcare professionals and scientists. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Global life science innovator MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI) and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to engage in a strategic [...]

BOSTON, Mass. -- TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced today that Biorep Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of scientific instruments that help pharmaceutical companies and leading universities research cures for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, has joined the Tetra Partner Network. The partnership builds on a joint deployment of Biorep’s Islet Counter and [...]

Pairing of transposase-based plexWell technology with AVITI System improves data quality, flexibility and speed for high-throughput sequencing applications BEVERLY, Mass. And SAN DIEGO, Calif. – seqWell, a global provider of genomic library workflow solutions including the plexWell™ next-generation sequencing (NGS) multiplexing technology, today announced a partnership with Element Biosciences Inc., developer of the Element AVITI™ System. seqWell and Element have collaborated to demonstrate multiplexed [...]

To promote integrated solution developments in electron microscope and probe microscope related businesses by strengthened collaborations with customers TOKYO - Hitachi High-Tech Corporation today announced the opening of its new demonstration and collaboration base "Advanced-Technology Innovation Center Naka (ACN)" in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture. This facility will function as a site to demonstrate [...]

The new COPAS Infinity offers increased sensitivity in a smaller footprint. The COPAS Infinity platform is designed for the measurement of objects ranging in size from 2-1500 microns in diameter. Each of the four COPAS Infinity models features an optimized fluidic path, flow cell and optics engineered for a specific subset of the size range [...]

AMSBIO announce a new range of high-quality bispecific antibodies (BsAbs) and trispecific antibodies (TsAbs) that can used to provide enhanced cancer therapeutic efficacy and/or safety compared to what can be achieved with conventional monospecific antibodies.   The concept of using a molecule with more than one binding site to enhance its biological function has been around for some time. Polyspecific [...]

Ball Wave Inc. (headquarters: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture (Japan); CEO: Shingo Akao; hereinafter “Ball Wave”) and Sysmex Corporation (headquarters: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture; Chairman and CEO: Hisashi Ietsugu; hereinafter “Sysmex”) have entered into a sales representative agreement for the ultra-miniature, high-performance, gas chromatograph*1 (product name: SYLPH) that was developed, manufactured, and sold by Ball Wave. [...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a collaboration agreement with APC Ltd., in which the companies commit to working towards combining their technologies to provide unique workflows to customers that support automated process analysis via liquid chromatography (LC). Agilent has selected to partner with APC, a provider of innovative small molecule and [...]

Singapore launches Southeast Asia’s most comprehensive consented population study with 100,000 whole genomes for health and clinical breakthroughs Unique large-scale population study will yield insights into Asian-specific diseases, improving population health, patient outcomes, and innovations in the local biomedical technology industry. SINGAPORE – Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE), the central entity implementing Singapore’s National Precision [...]