£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 […]

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 […]

Sartorius will supply equipment for Penn State’s new Fermentation Facility in the university’s Center of Excellence in Industrial Biotechnology. Sartorius Stedim Biotech and Penn State University have entered into a collaborative partnership to advance multidisciplinary teaching and research in biotechnology, the company and university announced in an April 16, 2018 press release. This long-term relationship […]

Humankine product line added to Proteintech catalog. Rosemont, IL—Proteintech Group, the benchmark in antibodies, today announces an agreement to purchase HumanZyme. HumanZyme is a leading manufacturer of recombinant human proteins. Their proprietary human cell-expression system generates authentic human proteins that have greater biological activity and stability than competitors’ systems. With this acquisition, Proteintech Group further solidifies […]

Providing the industry’s first commercially available high-parameter immune monitoring solution for deep profiling of PBMC, Fluidigm brings proven mass cytometry together with innovative third-party data analysis SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM) today announced the introduction of the Maxpar® Human Immune Monitoring Panel Kit for comprehensive immune cell profiling in cancer and immune-mediated diseases. Immune […]

Lincoln, Nebraska: LI-COR Biosciences is pleased to announce that HS Biosystems is appointed to distribute LI-COR Biotechnology Products in Korea effective May 1, 2018. “The team at HS Biosystems offers qualified service and support personnel who will maintain close communication with LI-COR and with customers in Korea to provide the best possible service experience for researchers,” […]

BERLIN–JPT Peptide Technologies (JPT) announces the launch of The Human Proteome Peptide Catalog, the first and most comprehensive online resource for validated reference peptides in mass-spectrometry based proteomics. The new repository provides fast access to >400.000 light & heavy proteotypic peptides covering essentially all proteins of the human body. Currently, a total of 19.840 proteins is […]

SEATTLE — NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the Breast Cancer 360™ (BC 360) research panel. The BC 360 Panel provides a unique 360 degree view of the tumor, microenvironment and immune response. The 770 gene expression panel includes comprehensive and […]