Partnership Further Expands TetraScience's Open R&D Data Cloud Ecosystem BOSTON -- TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announced today that iVention, maker of a powerful Laboratory Execution System (iLES), has joined the Tetra Partner Network to meet customer requirements that all of their scientific data be engineered, liquid, and actionable so that they can accelerate delivery of [...]

Jena, Germany Today, ZEISS introduces two new software functionalities: With ZEISS LSM Plus and ZEISS Airyscan Joint Deconvolution, users achieve better results in confocal microscopy. Maximizing recovery requires improvements in efficiency Laser scanning microscopes (LSMs) are the multifunctional high-end microscopes in every imaging facility, valued as much for their instant, high-quality imaging of optical sections [...]

New NGS workflow accelerates the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants including Omicron WALTHAM, Mass. --  PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the research use only (RUO) launch of the NEXTFLEX® Variant-Seq™ SARS-CoV-2 Kit v2 to accelerate the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants. This complete next generation sequencing (NGS) solution will allow [...]

Merck today announced the expansion of its strategic, corporate venture capital arm M Ventures. DARMSTADT, GERMANY -- Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the expansion of its strategic, corporate venture capital arm M Ventures. The new investment of € 600 million allocated to M Ventures will be deployed over the next five [...]

BILLERICA, Mass. -- Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) announced today that it has completed a new private placement of 10-year senior notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million to enhance its financial flexibility and fund strategic growth objectives. Gerald Herman, Bruker’s Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, commented “This new debt financing capitalizes [...]

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPD), a leading global provider of clinical research services to the biopharma and biotech industry, for $17.4 billion. "We are very excited to officially welcome our PPD colleagues [...]

Qualification of new European hub in Tilburg, the Netherlands completed Facilities fully validated to support expanded capacity for cell culture media production Custom designed for sustainable operation SANTA ANA, California: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., today announced that  its new manufacturing facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands is now open and fully operational. The facility provides state-of-the-art Life [...]

AMSBIO has announced a new range of kits, media and reagents to assist in the development of cultured meat products - an exciting new area of food technology. Cultured meat, also known as synthetic, artificial or in-vitro meat, is created by harvesting animal cells that are then placed in a bioreactor and fed with nutrients to help tissue growth. The [...]

BOSTON -- Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm, has acquired LI-COR Biosciences, an industry-leading company that makes highly engineered instrumentation systems for environmental research, agriculture, drug discovery, protein research and therapeutics development. LI-COR, founded by Bill and Elaine Biggs, has two main business lines: environmental-monitoring instrumentation, including devices and software for scientists to [...]

EEL assay overcomes well-known limitations in spatial biology SANTA CLARA, CA and STOCKHOLM – Rebus Biosystems Inc, (“Rebus Bio”, “Rebus”), an Illumina Ventures-backed life science technology company creating revolutionary tools to advance spatial omics research, today announced that it has acquired the IP and related assay assets of EEL Transcriptomics AB, a privately-held company focused on high-plex spatial transcriptomics [...]