Proprietary small-molecule formulation extends beyond conventional ROCK inhibitors to accelerate recovery and improve reproducibility in stem cell and organoid research. MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. — TheWell Bioscience, a leader in xeno-free 3D cell culture technologies, today announced the launch of RocketCell™ Cell Viability Enhancer (1000X), a next-generation cell recovery reagent engineered to maximize cell survival, metabolic […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Takara Bio USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc. (“Takara Bio”), today announced that Carol Lou will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer of Takara Bio USA on July 10 after more than two decades with the company. Andrew Farmer, D.Phil., who has served as Chief Scientific […]

Uppsala, Sweden – Navinci Diagnostics AB (”Navinci”) today announces that the Company has initiated a pilot project together with Lumito AB (publ) (“Lumito”) to evaluate the possibilities of combining the companies’ respective technologies within advanced tissue analysis. The pilot project aims to combine Lumito’s high-sensitivity image analysis platform with Navinci’s in situ Proximity Ligation Technology (isPLA). By […]

Agreement with leading life sciences company Illumina strengthens Bifrost’s path to commercial deployment of next-generation optical pooled screening technology. BERKELEY, Calif. — Bifrost Biosystems today announced that it has secured a commercial supply agreement with Illumina enabling integration of Illumina’s industry-standard sequencing-by-synthesis (SBS) chemistry into its optical pooled screening (OPS) platform slated to be commercially available in early […]

Uppsala, Sweden — Navinci Diagnostics AB (”Navinci”) today announces that the Company has initiated a pilot project together with Lumito AB (publ) (“Lumito”) to evaluate the possibilities of combining the companies’ respective technologies within advanced tissue analysis. The pilot project aims to combine Lumito’s high-sensitivity image analysis platform with Navinci’s in situ Proximity Ligation Technology (isPLA). By […]

New leaders bring extensive leadership experience across life sciences, diagnostics, and medical technology SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced the appointment of Mike Sullivan as Chief Commercial Officer, effective July 20, 2026, and Julie Coletti as Chief Legal Officer, effective August 3, 2026. The appointments add experienced leaders to Illumina’s Executive Leadership […]

Advancing Scalable Reproducible Cell Therapy and Advanced Cell Culture Workflows New heat-stable and hyperactive proteins across the fibroblast growth factor and interleukin cytokine families expand the R&D Systems™ AI-Engineered Designer Protein portfolio AI-guided protein design supports improved consistency, performance and scalability in complex cell culture workflows Engineered signaling proteins help address key challenges in scaling […]

Melbourne, Australia, and Oxford, UK – Victorian Clinical Genetics Services (“VCGS”) has received National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation to ISO 15189 for a clinical whole genome sequencing workflow incorporating Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology. Whole human genome sequencing provides a comprehensive view of a person’s DNA, generating richer genetic information that can help clinicians characterise […]

Partnership pairs Applied StemCell’s induced pluripotent stem cell technology with RoosterBio’s engineered media, reagents, and scalable bioprocess systems to accelerate development and manufacturing of advanced therapies MILPITAS, Calif. and FREDERICK, Md. — Applied StemCell, Inc. (“ASC”), a biotechnology company with deep expertise and intellectual property in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, and RoosterBio, Inc., […]

Partnership pairs GMP-manufactured iPSC lines with matched RUO equivalents, giving developers well-characterized, donor-eligible starting materials from early research through clinical development. Supporting comparability data for the RUO and GMP lines to be presented at the 2026 ISSCR Annual Meeting in Montréal, Canada. VANCOUVER, British Columbia & TORONTO — STEMCELL Technologies and the Centre for Commercialization […]