Instron Introduces Bluehill® Central Lab Management Software

Instron is excited to launch Bluehill Central, a networked lab management solution for Bluehill Universal software. Bluehill Central allows lab managers to remotely manage all test systems running Bluehill Universal, regardless of the number of systems or their location in the world. The new Bluehill Central software uses a single database to manage Instron systems [...]

Olympus scanR High-Content Screening Station v. 3.3 Adds Improved Deep-Learning Capabilities for Fast, Efficient Image Analysis

Image segmentation enables the software to reliably distinguish cells, nuclei and other objects WALTHAM, Mass. — The scanR high-content screening (HCS) station provides fully automated image acquisition and data analysis. Version 3.3 improves the deep-learning technology’s capabilities to reliably separate objects in biological samples using instance segmentation, the ability to detect and delineate distinct objects [...]

PacBio and UCLA Health Announce Research Collaboration for Whole Genome Sequencing in Rare Diseases

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- PacBio (Nasdaq: PACB), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, and the UCLA Institute for Precision Health and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have formed a research collaboration to further identify the causes of rare diseases. The study will leverage PacBio’s HiFi long-read sequencing technology for whole genome sequencing (WGS) to look [...]

Twist Bioscience Launches Circulating Tumor DNA Reference Controls for Development of Liquid Biopsy Assays

– Represents First Industry Standard Control for Cancer Testing – SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the launch of the Twist cfDNA Pan-cancer Reference Standards, a high-quality standardized control for use in the development and [...]

Genedata Announces Expanded Licensing Agreement with AstraZeneca to Digitalize Screening Operations Globally with Genedata Screener

Genedata Screener to be adopted worldwide at AstraZeneca for all in-vitro testing, focusing on biotherapeutics discovery as well as specialized modalities of PROTACs and CRISPR. Basel, Switzerland — Genedata, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for biopharma R&D, today announced an expanded licensing agreement with AstraZeneca for Genedata Screener® which will support the company’s [...]

Covalent Metrology and JEOL Announce Partnership, Silicon Valley Demonstration Facility

The two leaders announced a partnership that includes a new JEOL demonstration facility located in Covalent’s Silicon Valley lab. The partnership will accelerate applications development and broaden client access to a suite of state-of-art instrumentation and analytical services. Sunnyvale, CA. Covalent Metrology, a leading North American provider of analytical services, announces its partnership with JEOL a global leader [...]

Picarro Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification of Corporate Quality Management System

Latest Achievement Adds to Existing ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification and Successful Completion of the SOC 2 Examination Santa Clara, CA – Picarro Inc., a leading provider of solutions to measure and analyze greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, trace gases and stable isotopes across many scientific and industrial applications, today announced it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 Certification of [...]

IDBS and Synthace Announce Strategic Partnership to Streamline Bioprocess Data Management

Guildford, UK & London, UK — IDBS, creator of Polar™, the world’s first biopharma life cycle management (BPLM) software platform and Synthace, the first life sciences software company to automate biology experimentation and insight sharing in a unified, global R&D environment, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide IDBS Polar users with state-of-the-art data foundations [...]

BICO’s CYTENA Signs USD 10 Million Deal to Distribute Single Cell Isolators in China to Accelerate Development of Next Generation Therapies

The 2-year deal with Gene Therapies, Biosimilars, and Monoclonal Antibodies Pharmaceutical Equipment Technology will see nearly 100 of CYTENA’s latest portfolio of cell isolators including the UP.SIGHT be distributed to the massive Chinese life science market Today CYTENA, a BICO company, announced it has signed a 2-year deal with Applitech Pharmaceutical Equipment Technology to distribute [...]

NANOLOGICA RECRUITS VP CHROMATOGRAPHY

Nanologica has recruited Katarina Alenäs as VP Chromatography to lead Nanologica’s sales organization within Chromatography globally. As sales start for preparative chromatography approaches, Nanologica’s sales organization is now strengthened with Katarina Alenäs as VP Chromatography. The assignment includes leading the sales organization and driving the work globally. Nanologica thus has its own sales organization covering [...]

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