Library of ~850 pre-synthesized gene targets and novel target enrichment technology supports rapid customization across a variety of panel sizes and content IPSWICH, MA — New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced the launch of the NEBNext Direct Custom Ready Panels. The new panels — coupled with the proprietary NEBNext Direct target enrichment technology — enable […]

Ensures validity and reliability of data from cell culture-based research MANASSAS, Va. — ATCC, the premier global biological materials resource and standards organization and the leading supplier of authenticated cells and advanced cell models, today announced the availability of its new PCR-based service to detect mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures. This growing service portfolio is […]

THOROLD, ON – Diversigen Inc. (Houston, TX) and Norgen Biotek Corp. (Ontario, Canada) today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership through which industry and academic researchers will benefit from comprehensive end-to-end logistical, sequencing, and analytical solutions to meet the growing needs for microbiome analyses. Together, the two companies will provide a combined […]

PALO ALTO, Calif.–Science Exchange, the leading marketplace for outsourced R&D™, announces a collaboration with LI-COR Biosciences to offer a suite of molecular imaging services based on LI-COR’s pioneer work in near-infrared fluorescence as a detection method. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, LI-COR Biosciences is a world leader in innovative imaging systems for proteomics and pre-clinical research. With […]

ANTWERP, Belgium–International Conference on Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (ISPD), Booth #15–PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced a collaboration with Women & Infants Hospital (WIH) of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, to evaluate an innovative test method using the Vanadis®NIPT system, PerkinElmer’s Vanadis NIPT system is under development […]

SMRT Sequencing Chosen for Ambitious Effort to Generate Reference Genomes for 26 Maize Lines MENLO PARK, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced that a multi-institutional consortium of maize researchers is using the Sequel® System to create a 26-line pangenome reference collection. Led by faculty […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass – Ultivue has announced today the public launch of its UltiMapper™ portfolio of reagents enabling the highest throughput of whole-slide, protein biomarker spatial detection and analysis in tissue, at high level of multiplexing, using instrumentation and software solutions currently found in most Immuno-Histochemistry laboratories. With UltiMapper I/O reagents, Ultivue introduces a fully optimized, […]

EnviroLogix Inc.’s history as a technology innovator for the global agricultural diagnostic markets continues with the introduction of the next generation QuickScan II instrument for quantitative GMO and mycotoxin testing. Portland, ME – EnviroLogix Inc. launched QuickScan II, the next generation scanner for quantifying GMOs and mycotoxins (such as aflatoxin) for the grain, processing, and feed industries. The QuickScan platform was built for […]

ST. PAUL, Minn.–3M Food Safety has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) for pathogen detection instruments and kits. The award makes the 3M™ Molecular Detection System the primary method to be used by USDA FSIS for the detection of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli O157 (including H7) […]

Piscataway, New Jersey – GenScript, the world’s leading gene synthesis provider, is to test launch its new open-access plasmid platform, namely MolecularCloud™, today. The free platform aims to accelerate innovation in biology by promoting sharing of wisdom and supporting conversation among researchers. “Today we reached an important milestone on our way to revolutionize how research is […]