Demonstrating continued growth as a global market leader in rapid and portable microbiological monitoring tools, LuminUltra has acquired aqua-tools’ Rapid Microbial Solutions division, including its B-QUA™ product line for ballast water compliance monitoring and the European customer base for its 2nd Generation ATP®(Adenosine Triphosphate) measurement products. This acquisition closed today. This is the second significant acquisition […]

Today, LGC Axolabs announces a significant investment at its site at Kulmbach, Germany, to expand the capacity of its specialist therapeutic oligonucleotide development solutions business and create a new GMP analytical capability. Due to open in February 2019, the new 800m² labs comprise additional bioanalysis and synthetic chemistry labs as well as a new GMP […]

Collaboration will focus on the development of a bespoke silicon array to enable high-throughput production of high-fidelity gene-length DNA DNA synthesis at this level will allow applications in the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology to become a reality CAMBRIDGE, UK, and ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to […]

Approval allows use of therascreen® EGFR RGQ PCR Kit as a companion diagnostic for Pfizer’s VIZIMPRO® (dacomitinib) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer Germantown, Maryland, and Hilden, Germany – QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a PMA Supplement expanding the labelling […]

Diagenode, a leading global provider for complete solutions for sample preparation and epigenetics research, has now gained exclusive rights to the ChIPmentation technology which it launched late last year from the Research Center of Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (CEMM). The ChIPmentation system encompasses a unique methodology that integrates chromatin immunoprecipitation with […]

HASSELT, BELGIUM & BOSTON, MA, US | UgenTec today announced a new end-point PCR analysis software called FastTyper. FastTyper uses artificial intelligence (AI) methods to significantly accelerate genotyping analysis workflows and improve data interpretation in applications such as agricultural breeding programs. The software will be deployed in high-throughput environments and will be designed to increase the […]

New single-cell protocols available for full-length, whole transcriptome sequencing using microfluidics technology SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation, a leader in mass cytometry and microfluidics technologies, today announced two new total RNA sequencing applications for the C1™ system. Available on Script Hub™, these single-cell workflows provide basic and translational researchers with powerful new tools to […]

Hamburg, Germany – Sysmex Inostics, a subsidiary of Sysmex Corporation and a global leader in blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis and molecular diagnostics for oncology, announces the launch of the OncoBEAM™ EGFR Kit v2 for research use only in Europe and Asia. OncoBEAM™ EGFR Kit v2 replaces the EGFR v1 kit and joins Sysmex […]

Basel, Switzerland Genedata, a leading provider of advanced software solutions for life science research and development, and Bayer, today announced the extension of their long-term partnership.  Genedata supports Bayer’s Crop Science division to digitalize R&D processes and this extended partnership now includes a license to the Genedata Selector® platform to support Bayer’s global discovery process and data […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne, a global leader of research and manufacturing-grade reagents, has announced a corporate initiative to advance cell and gene therapy research and ex vivo cell processing. Through strategic acquisitions and internal scientific innovation, Bio-Techne has become uniquely positioned to provide a comprehensive, innovative, and flexible set of reagents and instrumentation across the cell and gene […]