IPSWICH, MA – New England Biolabs (NEB®) announces an expansion of its RNA depletion product portfolio to support more-sensitive an d cost-effective RNA sequencing via next generation sequencing platforms. The NEBNext RNase H-based RNA depletion protocol offers efficient and specific depletion of the abundant RNA species that interfere with the analysis of both coding and […]

New reagent, in vivo-jetRNA® to tailor to pharmaceutical and research industry demand for mRNA technologies Strasbourg, France – Polyplus-transfection® SA, a biotechnology company that develops and sells innovative solutions for the delivery of nucleic acids in research, bioproduction and therapeutics, today announces the launch of in vivo-jetRNA®, an innovative injectable mRNA transfection reagent. in vivo-jetRNA can be used for vaccination […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ: TECH), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-grade raw and ancillary reagents, announced a commitment to invest between $40 million and $50 million to expand its GMP-grade protein production capacity. This investment will fund a new facility that is specifically dedicated to supporting the […]

Funding led by ATW Partners and SJF Ventures with follow-on Investment from Health Catalyst Capital, RTI International, and Inova Health Systems ST. LOUIS–PierianDx, the leading clinical genomics informatics company, today announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B funding round led by ATW Partners and SJF Ventures that also includes existing investors Health […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Roche Diagnostics Corporation (RDC), part of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG;OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced the appointment of Matthew Sause as President and Chief Executive Officer, North America, effective November 4, 2019. The position is based at RDC’s North American headquarters in Indianapolis. Sause joins Roche Diagnostics from Gilead Sciences, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of […]

Accelerating portable, intelligent and flexible genetic sequencing SHENZHEN, China — At the 14th International Conference on Genomics (ICG-14) held in Shenzhen on October 25, MGI released its new one-stop sequencing solution, including the portable “express” sequencing system DNBSEQ E series, the modular “digital biolab” DNBelab D series for use with the sequencing system, and a new single “cell” DNBelab C series, a handheld single-cell laboratory that can […]

The proposed merger of 2 DNA sequencing system firms, Illumina and PacBio, raises competition concerns, an in-depth CMA review has provisionally found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its provisional findings as part of a Phase 2 merger investigation of the proposed $1.2 billion takeover by Illumina, Inc. (Illumina) of Pacific Biosciences of […]

IsoPlexis continues to build its pipeline of revolutionary, single-cell, proteomic biology solutions with novel, tumor cell, proteomic signaling pathway technology BRANFORD, Conn. — IsoPlexis, the leading life sciences company in the single-cell proteomics space, announced today that it has received $2 million in grant funding from the National Cancer Institute’s Small Business Innovation Research (NCI SBIR) Development Center for […]

Brussels, Belgium – Ovizio Imaging Systems, a company providing an innovative microscopic imaging technology to the bioprocessing market, today announces the execution of supply agreements with Celgene Corporation for the automation of certain engineered T cell manufacturing processes. Celgene will be using Ovizio’s innovative on-line iLine F microscope, and the BioConnect system, a closed, single-use fluidic […]

Dolomite Microfluidics has launched a number of new microfluidic chip options for its innovative Telos® system. The expanded range of high quality glass chips is intended to open up a number of new applications for the high-throughput Telos platform, providing a genuinely scalable option for droplet, particle and flow product generation across a wide range of industries. The expanded range now includes a 50 μm version of the Telos 2 Reagent Chip to complement […]