Dublin/Ireland: ERS Genomics announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) confirmed that its decision regarding priority of invention between the Broad Institute and the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, CVC) was focused on single-guide CRISPR/Cas9 systems in eukaryotic cells, and has [...]

Pioneering cancer pathologist Jorge Reis-Filho’s lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to develop best practices integrating Tapestri single-cell multi-omics capabilities SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, today announced its first Center of Excellence, located at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and run by Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, [...]

Small nucleic acid therapeutics can greatly reduce the uncertainty of drug development while shortening processing time. First-ever FlexFactory™ platform for oligonucleotide production boosts the safety, efficiency, and speed of General Biol’s oligonucleotide CDMO business. Shanghai, China - Cytiva, a global life sciences leader, is building the first-ever FlexFactory platform for oligonucleotide production for General Biol [...]

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the appointment of William "Bill" Brown to its board of directors, effective Feb. 28, 2022. Brown, 59, is currently the executive chair of L3Harris Technologies, a global aerospace and technology innovator with $18 billion in annual revenue and [...]

Lab Unlimited—Your one-stop shop for lab supplies, powered by OE 2.0 HOLLAND, Ohio, March 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calibre Scientific is excited to announce an innovative online marketplace, made by scientists, for scientists. Calibre Scientific’s new lab store promises a simplified, comprehensive shopping experience with swift ordering capabilities for researchers and labs alike. Customers [...]

IKA expands its portfolio of reactor systems Staufen - EasySyn is the new reactor system from IKA for organic or aqueous synthesis. It is the only reactor system on the market for which all components are available from a single source. EasySyn is a medium-sized and very flexible upscaling system. It ensures safe and reproducible chemical [...]

Proprietary thermally-controlled synthesis chemistry will enable production of high quality DNA at scale Key milestone in development of Evonetix’s benchtop DNA synthesis platform   Cambridge, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company bringing semiconductor technology to DNA synthesis, today announced it has achieved enzymatic DNA synthesis capability with its proprietary, thermally controlled synthesis chemistry. [...]

The ebsd.com website has been significantly updated and improved. This free education and training resource for anyone working in materials characterization using scanning electron microscopy from Oxford Instruments now provides a wealth of additional information on how to get the best results from this important analytical technique. Since 2003, Oxford Instruments has used the website [...]

New advanced microscopy facility fosters bioscience discovery WALTHAM, Mass. — Last week, Olympus joined the University of Maryland (UMD) in celebrating the grand opening of its new Olympus Discovery Center. The event included a bioengineering seminar presented by Dr. Andrew Tsourkas of the Tsourkas Lab at the University of Pennsylvania and a tour of the [...]

Arrayjet’s commitment to North America recognizes the world’s strongest ecosystem of life science and biotech groups working at the forefront of drug discovery and medicine. Today, Arrayjet announces a key international expansion with the formation of Arrayjet Inc., to consolidate its in-country support across the US research, pharmaceutical and diagnostic communities. Commercial activities of Arrayjet Inc. [...]