Plate allows for smaller sample volumes and lower reaction costs   SAN JOSE, CA Labcyte Inc., a company revolutionizing life science research with its patented acoustic liquid handling technology, today announced the release of a new 384-well low dead volume microplate for its Echo® 525 Liquid Handlers. The new Echo® Qualified 384 LDV Plus Microplate reduces […]

BINDER Inc. adds accessories to system with top-line sterilization features Bohemia, N.Y. A new accessory set for BINDER Inc. Series C CO 2 incubators includes three copper shelves and a copper water pan. As the pan always contains water, and the shelves directly contact incubating cell culture vessels, they can pose contamination risk. Combined with […]

MINNEAPOLIS — R&D Systems, a Bio-Techne brand, today announced the release of its new XL Cytokine Discovery Luminex® High Performance Panel.  As with all R&D Systems® Luminex Assays, this new panel is compatible with all Luminex instrumentation systems and has the capability to simultaneously measure the amount of 45 different analytes in a variety of […]

Porvair Sciences reports that the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India is using its Krystal 384 black microplate to produce a standard drug testing assay for Plasmodium vivax infection. The NCBS (https://indiabioscience.org/orgs/ncbs) is a leading national institute whose faculty members undertake research in the frontier areas of biology. Scientists at the NCBS use experimental and […]

AMSBIO has announced a new range of CD47-relevant products suitable for rapid high throughput screening studies. CD47, or Integrin associated protein (IAP), is a transmembrane protein that in humans is encoded by the CD47 gene. Studies have established that CD47 is involved in a range of cellular processes, including apoptosis, proliferation, adhesion and migration.  Furthermore, CD47 […]

HERCULES, Calif. — Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of an RT-PCR kit that allows researchers to simultaneously screen samples for Zika (ZIKV), dengue (DENV1, DENV2, DENV3, DENV4), and chikungunya (CHIKV) arbovirus RNAs. The assay comes with all the controls researchers need to internally validate the results. The RT-PCR kit was […]

Cms1 CRISPR Nuclease Available to Partners to Drive Crop Improvement ST. LOUIS, MO.—Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company that uses cloud biology to unlock the genetic potential of plants, today announced at the Ag Innovation Showcase the commercial launch of CRISPR 3.0, a novel family of Cms1 nucleases as part of its suite of […]

Newswise — Wilmington, DE – To accelerate the development of next-generation cancer therapies, the Gene Editing Institute of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care Health System has agreed to provide genetically modified cell lines to Analytical Biological Services, Inc. (ABS) of Wilmington, Delaware. Under a three-year agreement, the Gene Editing Institute will act as sole […]

Sanford, ME – Baker Ruskinn, a global leader in the design and development of anaerobic and precision low-oxygen cell culture solutions for research labs involved in cancer, stem cell and microbiology studies introduces VelO2x, a Rapid Oxygen Control Chamber, ideal for fast O2 transition studies.  The VelO2x system is designed to provide a controlled and isolated environment where rapid changes […]

Company Intends to Submit Fourth and Final Module for PMA in Second Quarter of 2018 TUCSON, Ariz. — HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTGM), a provider of instruments, reagents and services for molecular profiling applications, today announced that it expects to complete and file the fourth and final module related to the premarket approval application (PMA) submission for […]