Seattle, USA – BGI, a leading global genomics organization, announced plans to create a West Coast Innovation Center to develop technologies and collaborative projects in life science, global health and related fields. The BGI Global Innovation Center will be co-located in Seattle, Wash. and San Jose, Calif. to build an ecosystem of innovation in the two high-technology […]

Collaboration Will Offer Combined Data Management and Predictive Analytics Platforms to Empower Plant Breeders Rehovot, Israel and St. Louis, Missouri – Phenome Networks, a premier plant breeding software company, and Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company providing predictive plant breeding analytics, today announced a strategic collaboration to offer a combined system to further accelerate plant breeding. […]

NEWARK, Delaware – CSols, Inc. the premier Laboratory Informatics consultancy, announced the successful completion of the enhancement and extension of GenoLogics Clarity Lab Information Management System (LIMS) for Adaptive Biotechnologies, the leader in high-throughput immunosequencing. To make use of several new features, and to further automate the processing and management of its assays, Adaptive Biotechnologies […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop and commercialize a next-generation sequencing (NGS) oncology companion diagnostic (CDx) for ivosidenib (AG-120) to identify isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutations in cholangiocarcinoma patients. Ivosidenib is an IDH1 inhibitor currently in a Phase 3 trial (ClarIDHy, NCT02989857) for […]

Firms combine ambr® technology with the BioProfile® FLEX2 Unique tool will allow massive quantities of cell culture data to be collected during upstream processing QbD studies Goettingen, Germany — Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a leading international supplier to the biopharmaceutical industry, today announced an agreement with Nova Biomedical (Nova), a well-known US manufacturer of cell […]

Patented Gene Designer 2.0 Software Speeds Discovery with Visually Rich Graphical Interface NEWARK, Calif.—-ATUM (formerly DNA2.0, Inc.) announced today that the company has signed a patent licensing agreement that gives Thermo Fisher Scientific access to the company’s novel gene design platform. “Most people think visually, so seeing a graphic representation of a sequence is very […]

New medium designed for hematopoietic cell culture for cell-based therapies SANTA ANA, Calif.—-Irvine Scientific, a world leader in the development and manufacture of cell culture media today announced another addition to its expanding line of products to support stem and immunological cell therapies with the introduction of PRIME-XV® Hematopoietic Cell Basal Medium. This new formulation […]

Hamburg Eppendorf’s new Mastercycler® X50 accommodates PCR with outstanding speed and optimization capabilities. With heating rates of 10°C/s average, Eppendorf provides a very fast 96 well cycler compatible with standard format consumables. PCR optimization reaches aOKnew magnitude with the innovative 2D-Gradient, which allows totally new expectations with regards to yields and specificity of PCR. Additionally, […]

The Novallele™ genotyping assays, reagents, and control sets are accessible to Canadian researchers MELVILLE, N.Y. May 16, 2017 Canon BioMedical is pleased to announce the launch of our Novallele genotyping products in Canada for sale through our distributor, Cedarlane Corporation. The Novallele portfolio covers genetic variations that can be difficult to genotype and offers a […]

Save time with accurate quantitation of three proteins, enabling normalization, in a single blot Amersham™ Typhoon™ NIR Plus is the latest modular and upgradable near-infrared imaging system from GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business. NIR Plus’ three-laser flexible configuration provides two essential NIR channels, as well as a third visible laser channel for triplex protein detection […]