Former MedImumune executive hired to grow company’s precision health initiatives and drug discovery programs   MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–DNAnexus, Inc., the leader in biomedical informatics and data management, today announced the appointment of David Fenstermacher, PhD, as Vice President of Precision Medicine and Data Services. Dr. Fenstermacher will be responsible for overseeing the company’s data management […]

Burlington, MA – RedShift Bioanalytics (RedShiftBio) appoints new European Director for Sales and Support and East Coast Regional Sales Manager to help satisfy demand for its award-winning protein characterization system. Mike Williams joins the team to lead sales across Europe, and Jin Kim will support the U.S Eastern Region. The AQS3pro was introduced and completed […]

Grants to be awarded to researchers with the most transformative ideas for disrupting precision medicine through biomarker research in Quanterix’ Accelerator Lab   Lexington, Mass. – Quanterix Corporation (NASDAQ: QTRX), a company digitizing biomarker analysis to advance the science of precision health, today announced a call for proposals for a new Accelerator Grant Program. Designed […]

SHANGHAI and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California — Shanghai ChemPartner a leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO), along with Berkeley Lights, Inc. (BLI), the leader in digital cell biology, announced today they have taken the next important step in their collaboration. ChemPartner has installed BLI’s Beacon® Optofluidic platform and is the first full-service CRO to offer B Cell antibody discovery services to its global client […]

Genovis has entered into a distribution agreement with FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical for the Japan, Taiwan and Singapore markets. The agreement includes distribution of current and future Genovis SmartEnzymes and will enable Genovis to market and sell products to more scientists in the region. FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical is well established in these markets, with more than 1500 employees […]

Oversubscribed round led by LSP will fund accelerated product development and commercial operations in the U.S. PARIS – DNA Script today announced an oversubscribed Series B fundraising of $38.5M led by LSP, one of Europe’s largest and most experienced healthcare investment firms. Bpifrance, through its Large Venture fund, joined the round, alongside existing investors Illumina Ventures, […]

RNA is an inevitable object of study to use in investigating biological molecular mechanisms. Intracellular RNA contains a wealth of information, including sequence, abundance, structure and so on. Due to the temporal and spatial specificity of RNA expression, sample acquisition is difficult, and accurate analysis of RNA in samples after sampling is particularly important. Current […]

SYDNEY Longas Technologies Pty Ltd (‘Longas’), a developer of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, today emerges from stealth mode, unveiling its Morphoseq™ technology and announcing the appointment to CEO of Nick McCooke, who built and led the team at Solexa that pioneered NGS prior to the company being acquired by Illumina. Morphoseq is a disruptive […]

Extended validation scope means more streamlined rapid pathogen testing for food-testing laboratories BASINGSTOKE, England — Thermo Scientific SureTect PCR Assays are now validated to run on the Applied Biosystems SimpliAmp Thermal Cycler and Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 5 Food Safety System, which means a streamlined workflow that requires fewer touchpoints. Laboratories can now work more efficiently and release products […]

A comprehensive solution for cell lysis, RNA removal and purification of intact genomic DNA from a wide variety of biological samples, including, but not limited to, cultured cells, blood and mammalian tissues. Ipswich, MA, USA — New England Biolabs® (NEB®) today announced the release of its Monarch Genomic DNA Purification Kit. The kit offers extremely […]