Wehrheim, Germany – MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI), a global life science leader and innovator, has announced the commercial availability of its innovative HotMPS reagents* and sequencing instrument** in Germany as of 9 August 2022. “We are delighted to be bringing our proven DNBSEQ™ technology to customers and partners in Germany once again,” said Dr. […]

BioEcho Life Sciences, a Germany-based biotechnology company supplying the fastest and most sustainable nucleic acid extraction technology, announces the opening of its US subsidiary in Boston, MA. Cologne — The BioEcho subsidiary in the biotechnology hub of Boston is a decisive step in the company’s plan to serve a worldwide growing customer base with best-in-class […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that it is collaborating with METTLER TOLEDO to address one of the biggest concerns in any laboratory—error-prone sample preparation. This integrated solution allows the automatic and seamless transfer of weighing results and the associated metadata from METTLER TOLEDO LabX™ Balance software to Agilent OpenLab software. […]

Vienna – Lexogen, a transcriptomics and Next-Generation Sequencing company announced the release of the new RiboCop rRNA Depletion Kit for Yeast today. Total RNA is comprised of large amounts of undesired ribosomal RNA (rRNA), which accounts for up to 95 % of all transcripts in an RNA sample. The new RiboCop rRNA Depletion Kit for Yeast […]

Newly released Evercode™ Whole Transcriptome v2 kits have demonstrably improved gene detection and robustness. SEATTLE –  Parse Biosciences, a leading provider of accessible and scalable single cell sequencing solutions, announced today a significant performance update of its chemistry for the Evercode™ Whole Transcriptome products. With substantial gains in transcript and gene detection alongside a more robust […]

Leading genomics solutions provider debuts complete NGS library preparation to support the identification of novel monkeypox variants in response to growing researcher demands for viral surveillance solutions CORALVILLE, Iowa — With the World Health Organization declaring the monkeypox virus (MPXV) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and more than 47,000 total cases across 99 […]

QIAseq Targeted DNA Pro Panels halve library preparation time for sequencing samples New low-input kit for RNA sequencing further expands QIAGEN’s universal NGS portfolio and reduces disposable plastics use by 90%  Four million samples have been processed by growing range of QIAseq NGS panels running on any sequencer Hilden, Germany, and Germantown, Maryland  — QIAGEN […]

INTEGRA Biosciences has collaborated closely with nucleic acid extraction experts MACHEREY-NAGEL (MN) to develop automated protocols for a variety of NucleoSpin® RNA and DNA extraction and purification kits on the ASSIST PLUS pipetting robot. The combination of these technologies provides high quality, purity and yield for DNA and RNA extracts from varied specimen types, suitable […]

WOBURN, Mass. — Covaris, LLC (“Covaris” or “the Company”), a manufacturer of advanced tools enabling life science innovations, announced today that it has appointed Annemarie Watson as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Watson succeeds Covaris founder Jim Laugharn, who will remain an investor in Covaris and on serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, […]

Carlsbad, CA – Argonaut Manufacturing Services (‘Argonaut’), a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) serving the biopharma, life sciences, and molecular diagnostics industries, today announced the launch of BioFuseTM* Sample Prep device. BioFuse is a disposable cartridge solution that enables seamless integration of lyophilized reagents, sample filtration, and removal of pipetting steps to greatly simplify complex assay workflows. BioFuse requires no […]