Collaboration aims to strengthen training opportunities in the latest technologies for young researchers IPSWICH, Mass. and HEIDELBERG, Germany — The EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC) welcomes New England Biolabs (NEB®) as its newest member of their Corporate Partnership Programme. Founded in the mid-1970s as a collective of scientists committed to developing innovative products for the […]

Streck, Inc. and Hamdan for Medical Equipment, a distributor of premium laboratory products in Jordan, have signed a distribution agreement for Streck’s full portfolio of controls, cell stabilization and molecular products. Streck’s cell stabilization products include Cyto-Chex® BCT, a blood collection tube for the preservation of whole blood specimens for immunophenotyping by flow cytometry; Cell-Free […]

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Population Genetics Technologies Ltd (PGT) has exclusively licensed patent rights including US 8,481,292 covering its proprietary mutation verification tagging technology to Agilent Technologies.  PGT retains exclusive rights to develop and commercialize mutation verification tagging for applications in human infectious disease diagnostics, and non-exclusive rights for veterinary diagnostics and plant genomic uses.  Mutation […]

Molecular and Sample Barcoding IP Portfolio Bolsters Agilent’s Leadership Position in NGS Target Enrichment Solutions IP Portfolio Aimed at Improving Accuracy and Sensitivity of NGS Detection SANTA CLARA, Calif. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) (“Agilent”) today announced that it has acquired the molecular and sample barcoding patent portfolios of Population Genetics Technologies (“Population Genetics”). Founded […]

A seamless blend of parallel capillary electrophoresis with fluorescent nucleic acid detection, the Fragment Analyzer Automated CE System has supplanted other instruments as the preferred instrument for DNA and RNA quantification and qualification.  In fact, the FBI’s DNA Support Unit (DSU) has posted a Notice of Intent, describing their need for another Fragment Analyzer, stating, […]

Streck, Inc. and Innovative Medical Solutions, a speciality pharmaceutical and medical technology, marketing and distribution company in Kuwait, have signed a distribution agreement for Streck’s full portfolio of controls, cell stabilization and molecular products. Streck’s cell stabilization products include Cyto-Chex® BCT, a blood collection tube for the preservation of whole blood specimens for immunophenotyping by […]

New genotyping tool reduces cost and complexity of analysis associated with whole genome sequencing to more efficiently advance clinical research of diseases in Asians SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Epidemiologists conducting national precision medicine initiatives focused on gathering clinical research data on genetic variation among East and South Asian populations now have access to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s […]

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — FORMULATRIX® announced today that the next generation CONSTELLATION® Digital PCR System will be revealed at the qPCR and Digital PCR Congress in Philadelphia on July 25th, 2017.  “Based on customer feedback, we have built on our existing digital PCR platform by developing plates with up to 36,000 partitions per sample and by […]

LGC announced today that it has acquired LINK Technologies, a premier supplier of speciality reagents for oligonucleotide synthesis. LINK’s products are used by oligonucleotide synthesis companies, university and commercial research departments as well as contract manufacturing organisations in the biotech sector. Following the acquisition, LGC will combine its Biosearch oligonucleotide reagent group, its Prime Synthesis CPG […]

Precision ID GlobalFiler NGS STR Panel v2 and Converge 2.0 software enable retrieval of more data from mixed and degraded samples CARLSBAD, Calif. — Forensic scientists who need to differentiate genetic profiles in forensic DNA mixtures, such as those commonly associated with crime scenes, now have access to a new next-generation sequencing (NGS) STR panel from […]