Facility brings new microscopy and imaging capabilities to Texas A&M researchers WALTHAM, Mass. — Olympus is proud to announce the opening of the Olympus Discovery Center at Texas A&M Health to support research focused on treating, alleviating and preventing human diseases. The new facility provides researchers with hands-on access to Olympus microscopy systems that meet […]

Wiesbaden / Giessen – Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH (“BMH”), the medium-sized investment and venture capital company of the State of Hesse, is investing in Green Elephant Biotech GmbH. In addition to the lead investor BMH, a consortium of industry-experienced business angels also participated in the pre-seed funding round in the total mid-six-figure range. With “CellScrew”, Green […]

Kinetic River Corp. is proud to announce today the successful completion of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive $1.5-M grant was awarded to Kinetic River by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), which fosters research focused on development of innovative […]

SINGAPORE — GenScript Biotech Corporation (Stock Code: 1548.HK), the world’s leading life science research tools and services provider, today announced the opening of more than 30,000-square-feet facility for highly automated protein and gene preparation services. The state-of-the-art site marks a significant expansion of the company’s advanced protein and gene platforms, and is designed to provide […]

TOKYO – FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) announces the launch of its life sciences strategic investment fund managed by the Life Sciences Corporate Venture Capital (LS-CVC), a newly established group within the Fujifilm’s Life Sciences Strategy Headquarters in Tokyo. Fujifilm is initially investing 7B¥ to start the fund, targeting cutting-edge biotechnology […]

BOSTON — At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) International Conference and Exhibition in Boston, BioAuxilium Research Inc., a biotech tool company focused on facilitating access to fully validated assay kits to the biomedical research community, today announced the expansion of its no-wash THUNDER™ time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET) technology portfolio by introducing new cell signaling […]

VectorBuilder Inc. and Pall Corporation are establishing the VectorBuilder-Pall Center for Gene Therapy to optimize adherent cell-based GMP manufacturing of viral vectors for cell therapy, gene therapy and vaccine applications. Situated within VectorBuilder’s GMP facilities, the center will feature Pall’s small-scale iCELLis™ Nano and clinical-scale iCELLis 500+ bioreactors. This integration of the companies’ technical knowledge […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and LIVERMORE, Calif. — Applied Cells, a leading provider of cell preparation and isolation solutions for tumor biology research, today announced a joint marketing agreement with S2 Genomics to further the field of tumor biology. The joint program leverages S2 Genomics’ Proprietary Singulator™ 100 System for dissociation of solid tissue into cell and nuclei suspensions […]

The agreement combines industry-leading technologies, enabling single cell selection and genome sequencing, and supports the development of intact tissue sample analysis Together these technologies are designed to deliver breakthrough insights into in situ cellular heterogeneity to drive disease research, diagnostic and drug development, and treatment decisions DURHAM, N.C. — BioSkryb Genomics, a leader of single-cell […]