ChromoTek joins the Proteintech family, expanding its next generation antibody tools Chicago and Munich — Proteintech, the benchmark in antibodies, today announces  the acquisition of ChromoTek, a manufacturer of Camelid, single-domain antibodies, also known as nanobodies. ChromoTek is the market leader in nanobodies — high-performance recombinant reagents used for breakthrough research discoveries.  The combined companies […]

New serology assay accelerates COVID-19 research and vaccine development through rapid characterization of human immune response to multiple SARS-CoV-2 antigens MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH) today announced that ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, released its SARS-CoV-2 Multi-Antigen Serology Module for Jess and Wes Simple Western automated western blotting systems.  The SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen assay for Simple […]

Summa Equity, the purpose-driven private equity firm that invests to solve global challenges, has acquired a majority stake in Sengenics, a functional proteomics company with a proprietary technology called KREX that enables researchers to vastly improve the understanding of the human proteome and immune system. Proteomics, i.e. the large-scale study of proteins, is one of […]

Dr. Joseph Keegan, Executive Chairman, to Assume Interim Leadership BURLINGAME, CA — Halo Labs, a life science instrumentation company developing tools for biologics researchers, announced today it is releasing a non-fluorescence version of its revolutionary Aura™ platform. This new instrument option known as the Aura BMI will improve on Halo Labs’ popular first-generation instrument, the Horizon®, which is […]

AMSBIO has further expanded its product range to help in the fight against COVID-19 with the introduction of a new range of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and antigens to aid development of new immunoassay diagnostic kits. While RT-PCR diagnostic kits has provided fast and sensitive COVID-19 case confirmation, the technique suffers from some inherent drawbacks that limit it to diagnosis during the […]

Nuremberg, PA – Applied Food Diagnostics, Inc., a food science solutions company, is pleased to announce the Molecular Environmental Monitoring Program (MEMP) Salmonella Assay has officially achieved AOAC® Performance Tested MethodsSM Certification No. 042002. The revolutionary protocol identifies Salmonella with matchless sensitivity and specificity, yielding results from an environmental swab in less than 2 hours. Specifically […]

ST. LOUIS — Partek Incorporatedannounced today that its software has been cited in over eight thousand peer-reviewed articles published in scientific journals, including the prestigious PNAS, Cell, and Nature Medicine journals. Topics throughout their twenty-seven-year history range from drug research, human genetics and disease relationships to causes, diagnosis, and treatments. Samples of scientific papers citing the use of Partek […]

New Panel to Provide Support During Onset of Flu Season in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic San Francisco, CA — As the world continues to battle COVID-19, health officials are preparing for the possibility of more co-infections with the onset of the Flu Season. Studies show a high frequency of co-infections in patients with […]

Installation of FlexFactory will enable Akron to alleviate constraints in the supply of critical materials for cell and gene therapy manufacturing This will be the first Cytiva FlexFactory to be used in the manufacture of plasmid DNA Cytiva, a global life sciences leader, will provide its FlexFactory to Akron Biotech, a leading provider of cGMP-compliant […]

Life Sciences 908 Devices, a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop mass spec devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, today announced the appointment of two Vice Presidents to its executive team, including Maura Fitzpatrick as the Vice President of Product Management and Marketing; and Kevin McCallion as the Vice President of Production and New Product […]