New appointment boosts Markes International’s European expansion plans Markes International Ltd has announced the appointment of Dr Klaus-Peter Sandow as General Manager of Markes International GmbH. Sandow joins Markes on the back of a highly successful, two-decade-long career within the analytical chemistry world, encompassing both technical and commercial roles in global, blue chip electronic technology […]

CELLINK AB and seqWell, Inc. have entered into an agreement in which CELLINK will commercialize seqWell’s products, including the upcoming plexWell Single-cell Rapid Kit for plate-based single-cell RNA sequencing, to a wider audience outside the United States. The agreement encompasses seqWell’s full line of plexWell library preparation kits for a wide range of multiplexed NGS […]

BEVERLY, Mass. — SeqWell, a leader in genomic technologies, announced the release of its plexWell Single Cell Rapid Kit, simplifying and accelerating the preparation of NGS libraries for single-cell RNA sequencing. plexWell Single Cell Rapid is the first in a series of products in the single-cell analysis area and offers a comprehensive library prep solution employing […]

A pioneer in the development of DNA and RNA library preparation kits for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) systems Swift Biosciences announces the addition of Bruce Zhang, Director of Sales and Marketing, APAC to its global commercial team.  Bruce comes to Swift with ten years of rich experience and has led efforts in increasing product adoption in his previous companies […]

John C. Spinosa, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the executive management team as our Chief Medical Officer. “We are fortunate to have attracted Dr. Spinosa to join us,” stated Jay Goth, CEO. “John’s background and experience with companies large and small will be critical to our future success helping genomic sequencing companies revolutionize the healthcare, agriculture […]

Automation of a repetitive, but important, step in the process of preparing samples for LC and LC-MS/MS analysis enhances laboratory efficiency NEWS SUMMARY: New Waters Otto SPEcialist Positive Pressure Manifold minimizes user-to-user variability and improves reproducibility of analyte recoveries Semi-automated system improves SPE workflows and enables successful method transfer by automating an important aspect of […]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Swift Biosciences of Ann Arbor, MI  has released a targeted gene panel that covers 100% of the SARS-CoV-2 S gene, even with limited viral titers. The Swift Normalase® Amplicon SARS-CoV-2 S Gene Panel (SNAP) eliminates the need to perform qPCR for library normalization. A pioneer in the development of DNA and RNA library preparation […]

As adoption of scRNA-seq in industry and academia accelerates, Parse Biosciences (formerly Split Bio) offers the most flexible and scalable single cell sequencing kit, no custom instrument needed Seattle, WA: Split Biosciences, a company providing researchers scalable and flexible single cell sequencing solutions, today announced $7M in Series A funding. The funding round was led […]

Initiative to promote the benefit of using Thermo Fisher Scientific’s library prep kits with SPT Labtech’s instruments to help reduce reagent and material requirements for high-throughput genome sequencing   CAMBRIDGE, UK – The cost of library preparation is one of the biggest obstacles to large next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies, slowing down the pace of insights […]

Porvair Sciences has launched a new second generation model of its Ultravap® Mistral – an automation-ready sample evaporator that offers throughput advantages to laboratories looking to optimise and accelerate sample preparation. Designed to remove the traditional laboratory ‘bottleneck’ of solvent evaporation, industry-leading sample drying reproducibility has been achieved by recent advancements in gas injection technology. The new and improved […]