MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACB)(“Pacific Biosciences” or “PacBio”), a leading provider of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing platforms, today announced a partnership with The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium to support its efforts in understanding and protecting biodiversity by generating high-quality reference genomes for European plant and animal species. Biodiversity is under […]

INDIANAPOLIS – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced it has entered into an application development agreement with Invitae (NYSE: NVTA), a leading medical genetics company, to enable the development of new applications on its newest NGS automation platform, the Biomek NGeniuS Next Generation Library Prep System. The Biomek NGeniuS Liquid Handling System* is a purpose-built liquid […]

The start up Celtarys Research, born at the University of Santiago de Compostela and dedicated to the development of fluorescent tools for drug discovery, has closed a seed capital investment round of 650,000 euros. In the round have participated the Galician institutional funds of the Xunta de Galicia – through XesGalicia – and VigoActivo, as […]

The Oxford Nanopore “Q20+” kit is now available to any Oxford Nanopore user who registers their interest. As part of this Early Access programme, Oxford Nanopore will make available its latest flow cell chemistry, “R10.4” for first user trials. First announced at the London Calling conference in May 2021, the Q20+ chemistry enables users to generate […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced a collaboration with deepCDR, a private company focused on applying deep learning algorithms to antibody discovery and optimization. “We continue to leverage and integrate cutting-edge technologies […]

PROVEN BISULFITE TECHNOLOGY IDEAL FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS Zymo Research’s EZ DNA Methylation-Lightning Kit has been granted the CE IVD Mark which allows the technology to be distributed within the European Union (EU) common market. IRVINE, Calif. — Today Zymo Research announced its EZ DNA Methylation-Lightning Kit has received the CE IVD Mark allowing the technology to be distributed […]

Unique approach harnesses Evonetix’s thermally-controlled DNA-on-chip technology to simplify writing, accessing and reading stored DNA Demonstrates potential application of Evonetix’s technology beyond gene synthesis Cambridge, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced it has been granted patent GB 2576304 for its […]

New instrument measures the purity of undiluted biological samples, offering a unique combination of measurement speed and sample quality and quantity assessments HILLSBORO, Ore., Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the Thermo Scientific NanoDrop Eight UV-Vis Microvolume Spectrophotometer, a robust, easy-to-use spectrophotometer that replaces the NanoDrop 8000. […]

Unique approach harnesses Evonetix’s thermally-controlled DNA-on-chip technology to simplify writing, accessing and reading stored DNA Demonstrates potential application of Evonetix’s technology beyond gene synthesis Cambridge, UK – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced it has been granted patent GB 2576304 for its […]

CHICAGO — bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, is pleased to announce that it has received AOAC INTERNATIONAL Performance Tested MethodSM approval for its GENE-UP® PRO STEC / Salmonella assay, for the simultaneous enrichment and detection of STEC (Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli) and Salmonella spp. in cannabis samples. This approval further supports increased efficiency to cannabis microbiology testing laboratories, especially in […]