New targeted sequencing workflow combines pre-validated content with easy customization and new analysis tools to accelerate variant discovery and screening (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) Swift Biosciences today announced the commercial release of its Accel-Amplicon Plus™ Cancer NGS Panels, a suite of nine tumor-specific and focused gene panels to facilitate targeted cancer sequencing. The Accel-Amplicon technology enables simultaneous detection […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.  – Twist Bioscience Corporation, a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA, today announced that the company has expanded its presence in Asia Pacific, adding strategic distribution partners for synthetic DNA (genes, gene fragment, oligo pool product lines) as well as the exome and custom target enrichment product […]

Ann Arbor, MI — Cayman Chemical has launched a new line of ready-to-use, quantitative lipid standards prepared specifically for mass spectrometry applications. This new line of MaxSpec™ analytical standards complements Cayman’s high-purity, basic research tools that researchers have been using for more than 37 years. All MaxSpec™ standards are provided in solution and formulated to save […]

£57.5k investment for quick, simple food safety tests using nanoparticles and antibodies Glasgow – The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) today announces funding of £57,500 to investigate a new technique to model antibodies bound to gold nanoparticles, allowing production of tests that are of a higher accuracy and reduced manufacture cost, which could be used to […]

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — RTI International, a leading research institute, today announced a strategic collaboration with PierianDx, to help solve the problem of translating complex genomic data into actionable clinical insights to advance precision medicine. The collaboration includes investment and other strategic support to help advance PierianDx’s growth plan.  “Next-generation sequencing is a rapidly evolving scientific field […]

AUCKLAND, NZ – Bioinformatics software company Biomatters today announced it will host an exhibit at the Protein Engineering Summit (PEGS) in Boston to showcase new functionality in its Geneious Biologics software for antibody screening and discovery. Since its launch at the PEGS Boston conference last year, Geneious Biologics has not only extended the software’s Sanger-based […]

DARMSTADT, GERMANY Innovations include first-of-its-kind single-use tangential flow filtration capsule for bioprocessing of antibody-drug conjugates and monoclonal antibodies Tangential flow filtration capsule, final fill capsule filter and large-scale mixers designed with operators in mind New products reduce risk, improve speed and ease of use Darmstadt, Germany, April 17, 2018 – Merck, a leading science and technology company, today […]

The European Patent Office has granted a patent to m2p-labs of Baesweiler, Germany, for an innovative microbioreactor device to facilitate high-throughput bioprocess optimization in the life science market. 48 microbioreactors are placed on a standard microtiter plate which is about the size of a smart phone. This is key in order to optimize a multitude […]

World’s first commercially available platform for high-throughput single-cell DNA analysis expands capabilities to include HiSeq and new targeted panels CHICAGO.—Mission Bio, Inc., a leader in single-cell DNA analysis and precision genomics, today announced at the American Association for Cancer Research 2018 annual meeting multiple premier cancer centers have added the Tapestri platform to their laboratories. […]

Seattle, WA – RareCyte, Inc., a global rare cell detection and liquid biopsy company announces its newest product, CyteFinder HT in conjunction with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago April 15 through 18. CyteFinder HT, RareCyte’s newest member of the CyteFinder family enables high-speed whole slide imaging with up to […]