Single cell analysis for therapeutic discovery recognized with prestigious business award for innovation Cambridge, UK: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has be honored with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award recognizes the Company’s excellence in patenting, developing and globally commercializing single cell analysis […]

HERCULES, Calif.–Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, has extended its range of recombinant monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies with the introduction of antibodies that are specific for ipilimumab (Yervoy) and the ipilimumab/CTLA-4 drug-target complex. These highly specific and high-affinity antibodies are suitable for bioanalytical and […]

panCELLa and CCRM collaborate to benefit academia and industry Toronto, ON — Toronto-based panCELLa and CCRM have executed a collaboration agreement using novel technology to generate commercial-use and clinical-grade iPSC lines which will be made available to academia and industry to enable the development of new therapies. “panCELLa is an innovative company and a key […]

London, UK / MicrofluidX announces it has raised £1.4m in seed funding from leading seed investors UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), Longwall Ventures and Moulton Goodies Limited with angel contributions from 88 Capital and Cambridge Angels. The Company will develop its novel cell bioprocessing technology, utilising microfluidics to tackle the challenges associated with bioprocessing for cell […]

Deployment expands access to PacBio’s highly accurate long reads on the African continent for a variety of applications, from ethnic-specific reference genomes to COVID-19 research MENLO PARK, Calif. and PRETORIA, South Africa — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), a leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes, and inqaba biotec, the leading […]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST) today announced the enhanced Twist Clonal Genes product line with the expansion of preparation quantities, delivery formats, buffer options, and tube and plate options. Customers can now access larger amounts of DNA in the format suitable for their specific research needs. “Leveraging our ability to […]

Biotech manufacturer recommended for continued certification to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 Madison, WI USA. — Promega Corporation announced today it successfully completed its first ever fully remote quality surveillance assessment and is recommended for continued certification to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the British Standards Institution (BSI) completed its six-day review […]

Accelerates the detection and identification of viral sequences and seamless submission to critical databases SAN DIEGO–Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announces the Illumina SARS-CoV-2 Data Toolkit, a new suite of data analysis tools and workflow functionality for researchers working with the virus using next-generation sequencing (NGS). The toolkit makes it easier for researchers to detect and […]

Sino Biological, Inc. today announced a co-development agreement with Nanommune Inc., an Irvine, California based biotechnology company specializing in the development and application of multiplex array technology. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop coronavirus antigen array products for serological studies of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The two companies also […]

LexaGene Files Patent Application for Expanded Capabilities of Their LX Analyzer To meet higher COVID-19 testing needs in reference laboratories   BEVERLY, Mass. – LexaGene Holdings, Inc., (OTCQB: LXXGF; TSX-V: LXG) (the “Company”), a biotechnology company that develops genetic analyzers for rapid pathogen detection and other molecular markers, announced today the filing of a provisional patent application […]