Democratizing Genomics, Sequentify Raises $7M to Enable DNA Sequencing at Scale

600% revenue growth rate, Sequentify supplies Next Generation Sequencing libraries and software for cancer diagnostics, carrier screening and COVID-19 surveillance REHOVOT, Israel -- Sequentify, a Weizmann Institute of Science spinoff, enables fast and focused DNA sequencing. It combines tools from the synthetic biology and AI software fields to enable rapid targeted DNA sequencing. Sequentify exits [...]

Avantor® and Cytovance Biologics Collaborate to Accelerate Plasmid DNA Development for Biopharma Customers

Collaboration will accelerate plasmid optimization and sourcing services for new and existing viral vector and mRNA-based vaccine and therapeutic customers RADNOR, Pa. -- Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences, advanced technologies and applied materials industries, and Cytovance Biologics, Inc., a biologics contract development and [...]

DNA Script Appoints Chris Barbazette as Chief Commercial Officer

Industry veteran brings decades of experience building and scaling successful commercial strategies for leading life science and diagnostic companies SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and PARIS -- DNA Script, a world leader in Enzymatic DNA Synthesis (EDS) for DNA on demand, has added life sciences veteran Chris Barbazette as Chief Commercial Officer to its leadership team. In his [...]

Bruker Launches Novel 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla Preclinical MRI Magnets

Maxwell™ Preclinical MRI Magnets Do Not Require Liquid Helium, Facilitate Siting LONDON -- At the ISMRM 2022 conference, Bruker today announced the launch of innovative 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla conduction-cooled Maxwell magnets for its market-leading preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems portfolio. Following the success of its BioSpec® Maxwell 3 Tesla model, the new range of Maxwell 7 Tesla [...]

Round Bottom Storage Microplate Offers Maximum Sample Recovery

Porvair Sciences has added a new 1.2 ml Deep Well microplate, with round well bottoms for maximum sample recovery, to its family of 96-well square storage plates.   Manufactured from ultra-pure medical grade polypropylene, in a class 10,000 DNase/RNase-free cleanroom environment, the new plate offers high integrity storage of your samples at -80⁰C even over extended periods of [...]

Bruker Launches Novel 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla Preclinical MRI Magnets

Maxwell™ Preclinical MRI Magnets Do Not Require Liquid Helium, Facilitate Siting LONDON --  At the ISMRM 2022 conference, Bruker today announced the launch of innovative 7 Tesla and 9.4 Tesla conduction-cooled Maxwell magnets for its market-leading preclinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems portfolio. Following the success of its BioSpec® Maxwell 3 Tesla model, the new range of Maxwell 7 Tesla [...]

University of Oxford adopts Olink technology to advance protein biomarker discovery and unravel mechanisms of disease

UPPSALA, Sweden -- Olink Holding AB (publ) (Nasdaq: OLK) today announced that Oxford Genomics at the University of Oxford adopts the Olink technology and becomes the first Olink certified laboratory in the United Kingdom. The partnership will enable novel techniques to unravel mechanisms of disease using the Olink® Explore platform. Oxford Genomics is centered within the [...]

Quantum-Si Appoints Patrick Schneider as President and Chief Operating Officer

GUILFORD, Conn. -- Quantum-Si Incorporated (Nasdaq: QSI) (“Quantum-Si,” “QSI” or the “Company”), a life sciences company commercializing single molecule protein sequencing, today announced the appointment of Patrick Schneider, Ph.D., as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Schneider will succeed Michael McKenna, Ph.D., who will remain as Executive Vice President, Product Development and Operations. “We have made [...]

TA Associates Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Zifo RnD Solutions

BOSTON & MUMBAI, India -- TA Associates ("TA"), a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced that the firm has completed a strategic growth investment in Zifo RnD Solutions ("Zifo"), a leading provider of scientific informatics services. Founded in 2008, Zifo helps enable the digital transformation of Drug Discovery, Clinical Development, Manufacturing Quality Control [...]

Element Biosciences Expands Leadership Team to Grow Commercial Presence in the DNA Sequencing Market

SAN DIEGO -- Element Biosciences Inc., developer of the Element AVITI™ System, a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, today announced the appointment of Kelly Choi, MD, as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Product Management. Dr. Choi brings 20 years of commercial leadership experience in product strategy and execution, strategic partnerships, business development, client relations, [...]

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