SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA & ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. Illumina, Inc. has donated sequencing systems and related consumables to the African Union Commission through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen SARS-CoV-2 sequencing capabilities and capacity in 10 African countries. The cargo arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last week and the equipment is being […]

IPSWICH, Mass. — New England Biolabs (NEB®) today announced a transition to a 100% recyclable alternative to expanded polystyrene (EPS) for shipment of most of its products. The new packaging was developed by TemperPack, a U.S. company that focuses on providing sustainable solutions for cold chain shipping. While fully recyclable, this new packaging maintains the proper shipping […]

CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO) announced today the launch of a novel enzyme master mix (Inhibitor Tolerant 1-step RT-qPCR Mix) that eliminates the need to use an RNA extraction kit prior to running the patient sample through a molecular assay.  By eliminating this step, total assay cost is lower and processing times for […]

SAN DIEGO — SciCrunch’s Antibody Registry announced this week that it has partnered with ChromoTek to assign unique identifiers (RRIDs) to ChromoTek’s line of Nanobody based immunoreagents and antibodies. The partnership increases the database of RRIDs available for bioscience researchers use considerably both companies say. “I am delighted that we can form this partnership with […]

SAN DIEGO – TriLink BioTechnologies®, a Maravai LifeSciences company and a leader in the production of nucleic acids for research, diagnostics and therapeutics applications, and Imperial College London, a public research university located in the United Kingdom, announced today that they have entered into a partnership in which TriLink will manufacture self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) for […]

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Today, Berkeley Lights, Inc., a leader in Digital Cell Biology, launched new capabilities to empower the Opto Cell Therapy Development 1.0 workflow. The workflow consists of a collection of software capabilities, reagents, and protocols to be run on the Beacon® and LightningTM systems. With the new capabilities researchers can now perform multiple […]

Providing customers with a versatile, scalable, sample-to-report workflow   Bringing comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) one step closer to the standard of care in oncology, Illumina is now shipping TruSight™ Oncology 500 ctDNA (TSO 500 ctDNA), our first liquid biopsy solution for detecting cancer biomarkers, and TruSight Oncology 500 High-Throughput (TSO 500 HT), enabling high-throughput implementation by large […]

ID NIMBUS Presto Assay Ready Workstation Integrates Thermo Scientific KingFisher Presto Purification System with Hamilton Microlab NIMBUS for Rapid Processing of Casework Samples SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Forensic scientists now have access to the new ID NIMBUS Presto assay ready workstation, a rapid and easy-to-use automated DNA sample preparation system designed to extract nucleic acids from evidentiary crime […]

Grants will award researchers seeking to harness biomarkers to improve diagnosis, prognosis or treatment efficacy studies with access to Quanterix’ ultra-sensitive detection solutions BILLERICA, Mass.– Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company digitizing analysis to advance the science of precision health, today announced a call for proposals for the Simoa® Success Grant Program. Designed to support United States-based […]

Dr. Richard Gibbs, director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor, and colleague going over data in the Center. Houston, TX – The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (BCM-HGSC) recently was awarded a National Institutes of Health grant for acquisition of the Pacific Biosciences Sequel II DNA sequencing instrument. This technology will help […]