COLUMBIA, Md. — Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) introduces the iMLayer AERO automatic sprayer for MALDI-MS imaging. The iMLayer AERO sprayer simplifies the pretreatment of samples and enables users to easily obtain images with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. Traditional manual sample pretreatments, such as air brush matrix application, rely on the skill of the operator, [...]

SPT Labtech, a laboratory automation solutions company for the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce an evolution in its leadership team to further capitalize on its outstanding organic and acquisition-led growth. David Newble has been appointed CEO, SPT Labtech, stepping up from his previous position as Managing Director. In his new capacity he takes [...]

Through a new distribution agreement, Lonza will supply a selection of cells to be prequalified for use in CN Bio’s innovative PhysioMimix™ Organ-On-a-Chip (OOC) range of Single- and Multi-organ Microphysiological Systems (MPS) The companies share a common goal of developing and supplying advanced cell models that better reflect an in vivo environment to improve drug discovery accuracy [...]

CYTENA Bioprocess Solutions, a CELLINK company, has launched the S.NEST™, a state-of-the art microbioreactor that maximizes cell growth while monitoring and analyzing cell conditions from start to finish. Well-known for combining innovative bioscience technologies with best-in-class software development, CYTENA Bioprocess Solutions has developed their new microbioreactor to disrupt the field of cell line development (CLD). [...]

Immune repertoire assays offer high detection rates of malignant clones, empowering researchers to better assess blood cancers CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific today announced a new suite of Ion Torrent Oncomine immune repertoire assays designed to detect potentially malignant clones of T-cells and B-cells, which play a key role in the immune response system*. Using proprietary Ion AmpliSeq [...]

Summa Equity Fund II has acquired Axion BioSystems, a US life science tools business specializing in the development, production, and marketing of MEA (Microelectrode Arrays) and impedance technologies. Its tools are used to understand cell behavior and function in real-time, for applications including cell and gene therapy (CGT). Stockholm, Sweden: Summa Equity Fund II (“Summa”) has [...]

Bishop’s Stortford, UK: Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, announced support for the AWS for Health initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve laboratory efficiency and accelerate the pace of scientific innovation by facilitating more rapid data access, [...]

— Next-generation improvements deliver ultra-reliable performance — Kleve, Germany – SPECTRO Analytical Instruments has announced the newest version of its SPECTROMAXx ARC/SPARK OES analyzer with next-generation improvements for the ultra-reliable advanced analysis of incoming and outgoing materials at metal producing and fabricating plants. Perhaps the industry’s best-selling OES analyzers, SPECTROMAXx instruments are a critical element of [...]

Facility will manufacture materials that are vital to production of plasmid-based therapies and vaccines WALTHAM, Mass. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, has opened a new cGMP plasmid DNA manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, Calif., enabling it to meet rapidly growing demand for plasmid DNA-based therapies and vital mRNA-based [...]

High-resolution images of nanoparticles and beam-sensitive materials can now be obtained from a commercially available desktop SEM HILLSBORO, Ore. -- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific Phenom Pharos G2 Desktop Field Emission Gun - Scanning Electron Microscope (FEG-SEM) designed to increase access to advanced nanomaterial research capabilities. The new [...]