San Diego, CA – Agena Bioscience, a global provider of molecular genetic solutions, today announced it has been selected to participate as an innovative technology provider in the ‘Liquid biopsies and IMAging for improved cancer care’ (LIMA) project. The LIMA project has been awarded a EUR 6.3 million Horizon 2020 European Union research grant to […]

Unlocking the Puzzle of Neurodegenerative Diseases Postnova Analytics reports that the Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of Sheffield (UK) is using their AF2000 Field Flow Fractionation system to investigate the mechanism of amyloid formation, a protein mis-folding process implicated to be the cause of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Understanding the […]

UK start-up is developing nanofiber technology to improve how medicine is manufactured Chalfont St Giles, UK – GE Healthcare has completed the acquisition of Puridify, a bioprocessing start-up that is developing a nanofiber-based platform purification technology for biopharmaceutical production. Puridify’s technology, FibroSelect, is complementary to the bead resins and chromatography membranes used today in downstream bioprocessing, […]

Shimadzu announces the release of the MALDI-8020 matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometer. This product boasts the world’s highest level of resolution and sensitivity of a linear benchtop model designed for installation on a laboratory workbench. In comparison to quadrupole and magnetic field systems, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometers have the advantage of […]

BILLERICA, Mass. — Bruker today announced a contract to deliver 133 RAID™ M-100 hand-held chemical detectors, which are based on Bruker’s advanced ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) technology, to the United States National Guard. For deliveries through March 2018, the 133 RAID M-100 units upgrade and enhance the capabilities of the National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) and of the CBRNE Enhanced Response […]

Vienna, Austria – Teledyne CETAC Technologies, Omaha, NE, USA, developer and marketer of specialist sample introduction systems for atomic spectroscopy, and TOFWERK AG, Thun, Switzerland, developer of time-of-flight mass spectrometers, are pleased to announce the installation of an Analyte Excite excimer laser ablation system with HelEx II sample chamber and ARIS rapid aerosol introduction system coupled […]

Tianjin, China – Agela Technologies, is dedicated to improve the future in Chromatography Science & to assist scientists worldwide in achieving their scientific goals, announce the opening of new administration office which assemble the functional departments of management and logistics staff to ensure the improvement of efficiency and work environment. The 1100 square meter, three […]

SINGAPORE SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and the Protein and Proteomics Centre (PPC) under the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Science, today announced plans to launch the first of its kind proteomics and mass spectrometry training centre in Southeast Asia in 2018, aimed at training […]

GUANGZHOU, China — At the 5th Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) in Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou RiboBio Co., Ltd. (“RiboBio”) and GE Healthcare Life Sciences (“GE”) held a strategic partnership signing ceremony. The strategic partnership agreement is aimed at establishing a deep alliance to jointly build Asia’s largest oligonucleotide drug development and manufacturing facility in China.  The goal of this partnership […]

Today Biognosys announces the release of a new version of QuiC – an easy to use tool to monitor performance of your proteomics workflows over time. QuiC automatically analyzes MRM, PRM, DDA and DIA data and extracts LC and MS performance indicators such as the identifications in DDA mode, mass calibration or LC peak capacity. QuiC features: Management of […]