Caption: BSL-3/-4 labs are welcome to apply for CytoSMART Lux2 live-cell imaging system. To download this image, click here. Eindhoven, The Netherlands – CytoSMART Technologies is to donate 100 mini live-cell imaging systems to researchers in high containment labs worldwide. Labs working to combat COVID-19 will benefit from this initiative, as CytoSMART aims to reduce the huge workload currently […]

Batavia Biosciences and Immutep utilize Horizon’s GS knockout CHO K1 cell line expression system to generate high yielding cell line for LAG-3 immunotherapy Cambridge, UK: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) (“Horizon”, “the Company” or “the Group”), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, today announced that […]

SAN DIEGO and EMERYVILLE, Calif. —Ablexis, LLC, AlivaMab Discovery Services, LLC (“ADS”) and Berkeley Lights, Inc. today announced the rapid generation and recovery of sequences encoding a rich panel of human antibodies against the S1 spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Based on multiplex screening assays performed on the Beacon® platform, these SARS-CoV-2 S1 antibodies may be […]

The consortium led by The University of Oxford is fast-tracking clinical trials beginning in April 2020   PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, today announced its participation in a consortium led by the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford (Oxford, England), to rapidly develop, scale-up and produce a […]

Single cell analysis for therapeutic discovery recognized with prestigious business award for innovation Cambridge, UK: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has be honored with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award recognizes the Company’s excellence in patenting, developing and globally commercializing single cell analysis […]

panCELLa and CCRM collaborate to benefit academia and industry Toronto, ON — Toronto-based panCELLa and CCRM have executed a collaboration agreement using novel technology to generate commercial-use and clinical-grade iPSC lines which will be made available to academia and industry to enable the development of new therapies. “panCELLa is an innovative company and a key […]

London, UK / MicrofluidX announces it has raised £1.4m in seed funding from leading seed investors UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), Longwall Ventures and Moulton Goodies Limited with angel contributions from 88 Capital and Cambridge Angels. The Company will develop its novel cell bioprocessing technology, utilising microfluidics to tackle the challenges associated with bioprocessing for cell […]

Biotech manufacturer recommended for continued certification to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 Madison, WI USA. — Promega Corporation announced today it successfully completed its first ever fully remote quality surveillance assessment and is recommended for continued certification to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the British Standards Institution (BSI) completed its six-day review […]

Humanized IN MATRICO(TM) Lung Fibrosis Assay provides insight into efficacy of drug candidates consistent with clinical results, increasing predictiveness and accelerating decision making in development of drugs for lung fibrosis NEW YORK —  Xylyx Bio, a pioneer in advanced biological systems for drug development, today announced availability of products that recreate the lung environment in vitro to provide a […]

Turin-Italy and Utrecht-the Netherlands — The ultra-modern Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences of the University of Turin has acquired MILabs cutting edge multi-modality VECTor6CT molecular imaging system. The high-resolution and ultra-sensitive PET, SPECT and CT modalities will be used by UNITO to optimize the targeting vectors of novel probes for disease diagnostics and […]