New NGS workflow accelerates the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants including Omicron WALTHAM, Mass. — PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced the research use only (RUO) launch of the NEXTFLEX® Variant-Seq™ SARS-CoV-2 Kit v2 to accelerate the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants. This complete next generation sequencing (NGS) solution will allow […]
Qualification of new European hub in Tilburg, the Netherlands completed Facilities fully validated to support expanded capacity for cell culture media production Custom designed for sustainable operation SANTA ANA, California: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., today announced that its new manufacturing facility in Tilburg, the Netherlands is now open and fully operational. The facility provides state-of-the-art Life […]
AMSBIO has announced a new range of kits, media and reagents to assist in the development of cultured meat products – an exciting new area of food technology. Cultured meat, also known as synthetic, artificial or in-vitro meat, is created by harvesting animal cells that are then placed in a bioreactor and fed with nutrients to help tissue growth. The […]
BOSTON — Battery Ventures, a global, technology focused investment firm, has acquired LI-COR Biosciences, an industry-leading company that makes highly engineered instrumentation systems for environmental research, agriculture, drug discovery, protein research and therapeutics development. LI-COR, founded by Bill and Elaine Biggs, has two main business lines: environmental-monitoring instrumentation, including devices and software for scientists to […]
EEL assay overcomes well-known limitations in spatial biology SANTA CLARA, CA and STOCKHOLM – Rebus Biosystems Inc, (“Rebus Bio”, “Rebus”), an Illumina Ventures-backed life science technology company creating revolutionary tools to advance spatial omics research, today announced that it has acquired the IP and related assay assets of EEL Transcriptomics AB, a privately-held company focused on high-plex spatial transcriptomics […]
MONTREAL & BOSTON — Nomic Bio (“Nomic”), the protein profiling company, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed US$17 million Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to over US$21 million. The round was led by Lux Capital and joined by SR One and Casdin Capital, with participation from prior institutional investors. […]
CONTRIBUTING TO STEM EDUCATION ENCOURAGES THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS IRVINE, Calif. — Zymo Research announced today that it is partnering with YARD Sciences to give high school students up-close and personal experiences with scientific laboratories. Zymo Research has donated $10,000 to YARD Sciences to help purchase vitally needed laboratory equipment to support YARD Sciences’ mission […]
Ready-to-Use Reagents to Advance Spatial Biology Research Fluorescent image of human lung cancer FFPE sample with 13 protein biomarkers illuminated using the Spatial Immune Profiling Kit for ChipCytometry. ST. LOUIS, Missouri – Canopy Biosciences, a Bruker Company, today announced the launch of a first in a series of assay kits for ChipCytometryTM, a quantitative, high dynamic […]
Sengenics, THE Functional Proteomics Company, is pleased to announce the signing of new sales and marketing agreements with major distributors in East Asia to make our suite of products and services more widely accessible to customers in the region. Our new partners will market and provide full support for Sengenics’ proprietary technology to pharmaceutical, biotech […]
Image segmentation enables the software to reliably distinguish cells, nuclei and other objects WALTHAM, Mass. — The scanR high-content screening (HCS) station provides fully automated image acquisition and data analysis. Version 3.3 improves the deep-learning technology’s capabilities to reliably separate objects in biological samples using instance segmentation, the ability to detect and delineate distinct objects […]
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