February 8, 2022
Norms and standards are an important catalyst for scaling innovations. They define technological milestones and pave the way for innovative ideas to succeed in the marketplace. The IEEE’s mission is to maximize this leverage for private and public companies, a leverage that is often insufficiently exploited. Based on extensive research, interviews, and analysis, the IEEE [...]
Sartorius completes acquisition of Novasep’s chromatography division
February 8, 2022
Göttingen Sales revenue forecast for 2022 updated due to acquisition The life science group Sartorius announced today that, through its subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, it closed the acquisition of the Novasep chromatography division as of February 7, 2022, following approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The transaction had already been agreed upon at the [...]
New Genetic Analyzer Brings Advanced Capabilities to Sanger Sequencing and Fragment Analysis
February 8, 2022
Thermo Fisher Scientific expands Applied Biosystems portfolio with the latest generation of innovative, mid-throughput genetic analyzers CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Capillary electrophoresis (CE), which enables Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis,is an important tool for improving clinical research and advancing scientific discovery. To further enable customers’ cutting-edge research in areas such as gene editing and infectious disease, [...]
INTEGRA increases global turnover by 46 %
February 8, 2022
INTEGRA Biosciences has reported considerable growth for over 10 years – averaging 18 percent per annum – and more than doubling in the previous two years. The company grew by 73 percent in 2020, and has followed this with a 46 percent increase in turnover in 2021, reaching 191 million Swiss Francs. The life sciences [...]
Element Biosciences Closes Acquisition of Loop Genomics
February 8, 2022
Element Biosciences will offer both short-read and long-read sequencing on a common platform. Element Biosciences, developer of a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, today announced that the company has closed its acquisition of Loop Genomics, a long-read solutions company that enables short-read sequencers to obtain long-range information. Loop Genomics' Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Tuval [...]
February 8, 2022
The agreement combines industry-leading technologies, enabling single cell selection and genome sequencing, and supports the development of intact tissue sample analysis Together these technologies are designed to deliver breakthrough insights into in situ cellular heterogeneity to drive disease research, diagnostic and drug development, and treatment decisions DURHAM, N.C. -- BioSkryb Genomics, a leader of single-cell [...]
Charles River Laboratories Licenses Genedata Biologics
February 8, 2022
E2E enterprise biopharma workflow platform increases R&D efficiency and shortens timelines of discovery projects at world-leading contract research organization Basel, Switzerland Genedata, the leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biopharmaceutical R&D, today announced that Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., has chosen Genedata Biologics® to support their rapidly expanding global biopharma operations across multiple groups in the [...]
IDT unveils new solution to accelerate homology-directed repair genome editing research
February 8, 2022
Alt-R™ HDR Donor Blocks cater to market demand for better homology-directed repair research solutions CORALVILLE, Iowa — Global genomics solutions provider Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is empowering researchers to drive scientific discoveries in gene editing with the release of Alt-R HDR Donor Blocks, an improved solution for increasing homology-directed repair (HDR) rates in large fragment [...]
Anton Paar supports educational institutions in Colombia
February 7, 2022
As part of the celebrations for its 100th birthday, Anton Paar will donate five measuring instruments in 2022. The instruments will be given to five educational institutions in Colombia, in order to support the educational sector and also to strengthen the cooperation between Anton Paar and the scientific community. An MCR 72/92, a DMA 1001, a [...]
New automated sample handling system relieves sample processing bottleneck for increased throughput
February 7, 2022
Scientific research in areas such as infectious disease and genetics often involves processing hundreds of samples a day, with researchers spending hours on tedious manual steps including decapping and recapping sample tubes. To address this pain point and accelerate sample processing workflows, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced a new automated sample transfer system that can process [...]
