Delft (NL) March, 2020, The Netherlands: – Dutch-based upstream bioprocess equipment specialist Applikon Biotechnology B.V. (Applikon) has announced a partnership with one of Latin America’s leading suppliers and distributors of laboratory and life sciences equipment, Sotelab of Brazil. The partnership between Applikon and Rio de Janeiro-based Sotelab Sociedade Técnica de Laboratório Ltda (Sotelab) significantly boosts […]

Berkeley Lights’ proprietary technology, the Beacon® optofluidic platform, is currently used by researchers across three continents—the U.S., China, and Australia—to help them find solutions for the Coronavirus. EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Berkeley Lights, Inc., a leader in cell selection, is currently engaged with universities and medical centers in the U.S., China, and Australia who are looking to create vaccines […]

SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that it has filed a patent infringement suit relating to BGI’s “CoolMPS” sequencing products. The complaint was filed against BGI Genomics Co., Ltd., BGI Americas Corp., MGI Tech Co., Ltd., MGI Americas, Inc. and Complete Genomics Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern […]

BOSTON — NanoView Biosciences, Inc. and Izasa Scientific today announced an exclusive distribution agreement for NanoView’s ExoView® platform in Spain and Portugal. View photos “Scientists across Spain and Portugal will be excited to have access to NanoView’s unique exosome characterization technology, enabling them to better understand the role of extracellular vesicles in biology which is an emerging growth market in life science […]

SAN JOSE, CA–MGI, part of the global genomics leader BGI Group, announced an agreement with SOPHiA GENETICS to provide MGI’s customers access to the SOPHiA Platform for data analysis and interpretation. By combining MGI’s DNBSEQ™ sequencing technology with SOPHiA’s Platform, MGI provides an effective solution for clinical researchers and further drives adoption of MGI’s genetic sequencers. […]

BOLOGNA, Italy and HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — Menarini Silicon Biosystems, the pioneer of liquid biopsy and rare cell technologies, announced today that it is developing several new products that could help advance precision medicine research by expanding the capabilities and applications of its CELLSEARCH and DEPArray technologies, for rare cells isolation and single cell analysis. The new solutions include an […]

Partnership to support highly sensitive variant analysis in cancer research HOUSTON & SHANGHAI – NuProbe Global, a global molecular diagnostics company based in Shanghai, China and Houston, TX, has signed an agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, where Oxford Nanopore has licensed NuProbe’s Blocker Displacement Amplification technology globally for undisclosed consideration. The technology combination offers the […]

OUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.– Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced a collaboration with SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine to bring access to the universal SOPHiA Platform for advanced genomic analysis to Twist’s customers, providing the analysis […]

CINCINNATI — Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO), following the extremely successful launch of the Lyo-Ready qPCR mixes, is proud to introduce today its Air-Dryable qPCR Mix. This specialized master mix offers a cost-effective and easier alternative to freeze-drying for ambient temperature stable real-time PCR assays. Meridian’s Air-Dryable qPCR Mix has been designed to simplify assay […]

Berlin-Germany and Utrecht, Netherlands The Julius Wolff Institute for Biomechanics and Musculoskeletal Regeneration at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin has installed a MILabs extra ultra-high resolution microCT (U-CT XUHR) system as an essential research tool to study the interplay between biology and mechanical strain. The unit will be used to to study the effects of […]