Zymo Research Corp, a California-based life science reagent company and Opentrons Labworks, Inc, makers of affordable and easy-to-use lab robotics, have partnered to create a robust engine for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing. As the COVID-19 crisis persists, the need for high-throughput, fast turn-around, and affordable testing platforms will become a matter of vital security to facilitate […]

New content and Interpret NGS analysis software detection capabilities include BCR-ABL and KMT2A-PTD detection Oxford, UK –  Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), A Sysmex Group Company, announces the addition of accurate detection capabilities for translocations and difficult-to-sequence partial tandem duplications (PTDs) in its popular myPanel™ customisable SureSeq™ NGS panels. This latest update is, for example, beneficial to researchers investigating […]

READY-TO-GO PROCESSING SOLUTION FOR COVID-19 HIGH COMPLEXITY TESTING LABS   Zymo Research and Tecan partner to launch a ready-to-go processing solution that streamlines viral DNA/RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs, saliva, sputum, plasma, and serum. IRVINE, Calif.  —Zymo Research announced today a partnership with Tecan to launch a ready-to-go processing solution to streamline viral DNA/RNA […]

Hong Kong — PHASE Scientific announces the worldwide commercial launch of the PHASIFYTM VIRAL RNA Extraction Kit as part of its global effort to help detect and control the COVID-19 disease. PHASIFYTM VIRAL purifies and concentrates viral RNA in patient viral transport media samples. This novel technology outperforms conventional solid phase extraction methods in RNA […]

SOUTH EASTON, Massachusetts — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB:PBIO) (“PBI” or the “Company”), a leader in the development and sale of broadly enabling, pressure-based instruments, consumables, and platform technology solutions to the worldwide life sciences and other industries, today announced that the Company has received a purchase order from a new customer, Can B Corp (OTC:CANBD), […]

LEOMINSTER, MA, Mar. 12, 2020—Oligo Factory and Landrau Scientific Innovations have agreed to collaborate on developing a Poly dT affinity purification media. This media will be useful to researchers and process purification laboratories involved in the purification of mRNA-based cancer immunotherapies and infectious disease vaccines. The companies hope that the affinity media will offer an alternative […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC), a pioneer in genomics that improves the yield, safety, and transparency of cannabis, has been signed as a US Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Agilent, a global leader in the life sciences, applied diagnostics, and chemical markets. “We’re very pleased to add MGC to our cadre of Value Added […]

DENVILLE, N.J.— Diagenode, a leading global provider of complete solutions for sample preparation and epigenetics research, and MGI Tech (MGI), a subsidiary of global genomics leader BGI Group, today announced a co-marketing agreement for Diagenode’s innovative NGS library preparation product line in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. Under the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, the two companies have […]

Porvair Sciences has introduced Microlute™ SLE 96-well plates and cartridges to enable you to quickly and easily extract a wide range of acidic, basic and neutral analytes from samples with greater reproducibility. Designed to provide a superior method of liquid extraction, Microlute™ SLE products use selectively sourced diatomaceous earth (DE) as the solid support to maximise absorption of the […]

Enabling Low-Cost, High-Volume Sequencing of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Hospital Infection Control and Surveillance SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and HINXTON, United Kingdom — Fluidigm Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDM), an industry leader in microfluidics technology, and Next Gen Diagnostics (NGD), a Wellcome Sanger Institute-based leader in the automation of pathogen bioinformatics, today announce an exclusive agreement that enables NGD […]